Gloves are on – FineWoodworking

Social media. A place of sharing, liking, and connecting with people all over the globe. As we all know, sometimes this sharing leads to discussion and debate in the form of comments and replies. I’ve realized that if ever you want to illicit a strong response from the safety police on social media, simply post a photo or video of doing various woodworking tasks while wearing a pair of gloves. Yes, gloves! In some cases, I disagree with the wisdom of wearing gloves, but that has more to do with the type of gloves and the task being done. For the purposes of this post, let’s refer to the left-hand glove as “lefty” and the right-hand glove as “righty.”

To the left

Not long ago, there wasn’t much choice when it came to work gloves. When most of us of a certain age think of work gloves, we often think of lefty—thick, leather, often loose-fitting gloves that could be used for…