When I was a sheet metal worker, we would use a light leather glove (deer skin? goat skin?) and they would last us about a month or two. They were tight at first, but with practice we picked up small sheet metal screws with them and everything. I have tried, ever since, to get back into the habit of using gloves for EVERYTHING...but to no avail. I absolutely have to take off my gloves for nuts and bolts. Anyway, sheet metal workers are hard on gloves. You need cheap leather gloves by the case.
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Harbor freight leather gloves are OK as near disposable items, under $5. > Have uses them for moving firewood around.. > > For those prices, I have no idea where the leather comes from for the > places they are sewn in China. Maybe the same Brazilian beef that goes in > cans: > > > https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/fa/0e/0a/fa0e0ac5822abfcdf18d97d1fa7446aa.jpg > On Feb 2, 2016 3:54 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> My production guys that do the tower mounts can go through a pair of >> gloves in a day sometimes. We are really lucky if we get a week out of a >> pair. Anyone know of a place where we can get them in bulk for the weld >> shop? We are paying about $17 a pair. This is not welding gloves, the >> welders get their own for that. This is just for moving the steel parts >> around, cutting, grinding, forming, deburring etc etc. >> >
