[modeleng] Re: Returned

I've never been able to do anything when wearing gloves. But my most recent 
loco has some controls that get so hot they blister my fingers. A rag 
provided a temporary solution until I splashed out and bought a pair of RAF 
pilots gloves. They appear to be made of a very fine and supple leather 
which is just thick enough to provide good heat insulation but not too thick 
that "feel" is lost.
Being right handed I didn't use the left hand one which remained in my 
overall pocket until a left handed friend, whom I owed a favour, complained 
of hot controls on his engine. He scoffed at my offer of a pristine white 
glove but was convinced after a short trial. He still reckons that piece of 
carbon filled ptfe he gave me cost more that the glove though!

Cheers,


Barrie
Warrington UK

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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 8:46 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Returned


>
> Tight clothing and fashion aside, I've taken to wearing thin,
> tight-fitting latex surgical gloves just to give the skin on my hands a
> break.  Is wearing these against procedure as well?  Seems they'd just
> tear if caught in a machine, and if you're close enough with them on to
> get the glove really caught by something spinning, then I imagine
> it'd've gotten your finger/hand anyway...  Still, maybe even the slim
> chance of the latex dragging a finger into a machine is too much of a
> gamble...
>
> On 6/18/2007, "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>When I worked at the GM&O RR in the 1950s, it was verboten to wear 
>>gloves=20
>>around any moving machine tools especially bench grinders.  The grinder 
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>>anything else revolving can grab a glove and jerk your hand into it.  I=20
>>always wear tight clothing and no gloves when running my machine tools.=20
>>(Well, I always wear tight clothing anywhere I go since they seem to 
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>>electric welding if I will be at it for more than a few minutes.  Glasses 
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>>do wear all the time when in the shop, but come to think of it I am 
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>>some right now or else I would have trouble seeing the computer monitor!
>>
>>Jesse the Redneck teetotaling machinist in hot dry West Tennessee
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