Do you wear anything

[JimB]

I always wear a full face shield. I also have a set of cloths - jeans, old sneakers, shirt - just for the shop so I am not bringing any dust from the basement into the house. Sometimes I wear leather gloves when turning bowls. Depending on the finish I'm using I'll may use a 1/2 mask.

 

[phillywood]

Qsn. didn't have qualifying as to where?
Joking aside, if you don't want to pay the emergency room lots of money then all should be considered accordingly.

 

[Smitty37]

Aqua Velva

Aqua Velva Musk.

Full faceshield trend respirator saw dust (especially sanding dust) raises hob with my none too great anyway lungs. Any shirt I have on. Shoes...cement floor in the basement where my shop is. No gloves because I'm not alergic to anything.

Safety glasses when using my dremel to skuff the tubes.

 

[HSTurning]

Summer Turning
Jean's
Tee Shirt
Sneaker's or Boots
Safety Glasses and Face Shield (yes both)
Woodturner's Leather Apron (have it may as well use it)
and Half Face Respirator with Org. Vapor / Acid Gas for any toxic woods or when using CA

Winter
add a Sweat Shirt (sleeves up)

add this
Nitrile Gloves for any toxic woods or when using CA
Dust Collector always running but it is in the same room so I use the respirator

 

[bitshird]

Bifocal safety glasses, sometimes a face shield, a smock, and boots, no steel toes, Jeans and undies for sure, usually a long sleeve T shirt or work shirt.

 

[widows son]

Beware

The floor in my shop is cement, although I do have a few small spots with some carpet tossed down..I totally recommend shoes. That floor would be cold, and you would be stepping on sharp objects like little pieces of wood, plastic, steel debris. I recommend you wear undies, because zippers are hazardous, but don't wear polyester undies as they will ruin your little boys spirits. I wear safety glasses when using lathes and table saws.

Reminds me advice I received, "Beware of fly's with brass teeth"

 

[IPD_Mrs]

Bikini (well in the summer) and my glasses or I wouldn't know where to stick the skew


Mrs.

 

[LeeR]

[...] I wear my wedding band because I can't get it off my finger. In fact it has never been off for 7 years.

Rob,

Have you tried soaping your ring finger? I cannot get my ring off when hands are dry, but with some liquid soap, it does come off without too much effort.

 

[Ruby pen turning]

I don`t wear anything special. I worked at Merck for a month.. there was so much safety crap, that it was unsafe. Common sense is your best safety I believe.
One thing I do think you need to watch out for is working around that table saw. It is the devil and it will get you by whipping something at high speed and when it gets you (as someone above said), you will have more respect for it in the future. Not that I respect the devil but you know what I mean :O)
I RARELY stand in the launch path.

 

[phillywood]

No one mentioned the yellow socks as that is the motto of the IAP, am I wring?:tongue::biggrin:

 

[trickydick]

Triton powered respirator that makes you look like a spaceman. IPod with earplugs, levis, tennis shoes, turners smock.

 

[LeeR]

I hate to track shop dust into the house, so I have a dedicated pair of shoes for the shop. I finally modified them to make them easier to get on and off. They were already slip-on leather shoes, with pretty heavy leather, and thick soles. Comforable and good cushioning on concrete (I have a basement shop). But unless I was wearing dress socks, they were not all that easy to slide on and off, and a nuisance if I was in and out of the shop frequently. I would find myself going into the shop barefoot sometimes, or in stocking feet -- "just to do something that would only take a minute". Not really a wise practice, and those minutes sometimes became a hour. I cut off a strip around the back of the shoe, making them much easier to slip on. But I did not remove so much that they were like slippers, which could be dangerous if they slip off while using tools.

 

[sbwertz]

on a saturday morning it is not at all unusual to find me in the shop in my pajamas and bare feet. quote]

Man, you must not be a klutz like me! I never go into the shop without close-toed shoes. If I drop one of those pointy, sharp things, I want my feet protected. I'm into levitation in the kitchen. If I drop a knife I go airborn and don't come down until it stops bouncing :biggrin:

 

[Rfturner]

is there a difference I should be aware of?

Just curious ,what do you wear when turning...
nothing?? or naked...

I wear
1. Safety Glasses (I like being able to see)
2. Pants or shorts depending on weather
3. Short sleeves or sleeves rolled up, (I like all my fingers and limbs)
4. close toed shoes, mostly boots
5. This is an important one...a smile

 

[Fred]

I wear coveralls that i cut off the sleeves . I also wear a face shield while turning. And the radio is at 152db!!!

So are we being lead to believe that your avatar is actually a picture of you working?

I really like fried devil egg laying chickens too. :wink:

 

[bobalouie76]

Im sure Ill get scolded and Ideserve it, but I dont wear any of the suggested safety equipment when Im in the shop. Lathe, table saw, band saw, etc. I have thought twice when cutting pieces I have glued up for segmenting and when using the router. I have been meaning to get a decent pair of safety glasses. The ones I have are to scuffed up to see thru very clearly. I guess thats better than not being able to see at all though.

I promise one of my next stops will be to get the glasses, even b4 I use anymore tools. If all of you, who have been doing this (lathe work) are using them, I should be too.

 

[NewLondon88]

r. I have been meaning to get a decent pair of safety glasses. The ones I have are to scuffed up to see thru very clearly. I guess thats better than not being able to see at all though.

You *do* know that your micromesh and plastic polishes will work
just fine on safety glasses, right? Same for face shields, visors etc.

 

[randyrls]

will not turn on the lathe unless I'm wearing a full face shield. When I'm at the finishing stage, and therefore not applying any force to the item that's spinning, I'll switch to full wrap-around impact resistant glasses...

I always use gloves when I'm not using powertools, mostly due to allergies.

Andrew

Andrew; I have a pen dust hood that incorporates a clear plastic shield. I copied it from Skiprat or MesquiteMan. I use the face shield when turning larger pieces. Goggles with using most tools, hearing protection for some tools.

 

[TellicoTurning]

I generally wear old work clothes, Jeans in winter or sometimes sweatpants and long sleeves, in summer just shorts and t-shirt and if it's really hot as it was last summer, I'll take the t-shirt off, but since I have a dermal reaction to some woods, I always wear a Lee Valley type smock over the shirt, long sleeved with knit cuffs at the wrist and a velcro tab that seals the neck... sometimes I'll wear a filter mask, but have trouble breathing if it's hot, so sometimes will sometimes won't on the mask, always wear reading glasses to see up close and a face shield... I learned my lesson on the face shield the hard way... a 10" bowl bounced off my cheek bone and blacked my eye... so that is a must.... I wear a cut off glove though now it's a golf glove on my left hand... the wood chips slapping against the side of my hand makes it sore after a while... for shoes, generally anything I can stand in for a long period of time... right now a pair of brogan type I got at WallyWorld... in summer sometimes will wear a pair of crocks.. but they tend to fill with saw dust and wood chips... I run dust collector and fans almost year round to try and keep the dust away... sometimes in winter it's a little chilly for the fans, but the DC always runs.