Learning to use angle grinder.
I was told to get big long leather gloves to protect my arms.
Does anyone know a good place to order these?

 

Yea just go to harbor freight or tsc and pick up some welding gloves .

 

Or just any mechanics gloves. That's what I use most of the time. But please wear safety glasses. I watched my buddy get a spark on his eye lid since he felt he didn't need them. Just some 2 dollar clears from anywhere work just fine.

 

rookie or expert, Always try and use a full face shield..glasses are great for sparks, but a shattered disc to the face can kill ya. Get some welding gives too, they don't have to be fancy. Just as long as they protect your hands and wrists

 

If you use a grinder properly with good disc's you won't have a shattering problem. You get that with cheap disc's and poor techniques. Also knowing when to replace worn ones.

 

X2 about the goggles. I just use mechanics gloves with good fitting safety glasses, or hell, out in the sun, sunglasses. I also throw on earmuffs, my hearing ain't what it used to be.

If you are going to be working at funky/confined angles COVER UP. I wound up on on my back a couple days ago, cutting the end off a steel bumper, shooting sparks straight back at me. My scalp, arms and neck looked like I had measles! Should've stopped and put on a hoodie, but I wanted to get it done!

 

accidents happen. only use an angle grinder when accompanied with a face shield and thick cow hide gloves

I've been using an angle grinder for years and I still can't really think of a more dangerous tool used in daily wrenching life besides that. cant tell you how many times I've been thankful for thick gloves and cant tell you how many metal shavings I've had to pick out of my eyes regardless of facial protection. big x2 on the ear plugs. hearing your own ear wax sizzling when your ear drum catches a hot shard is pretty sickening

 

most decent welding helmets now have a grinder setting. best protection right there, however somewhat cumbersome for most.

 

I use these extra long gloves, but the fingers are thick with insulation and can be awkward. All you should need is something moderate like in second link.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Miller-Classic-MIG-Gloves-Long-Cuff-X-Large-249198-/131201506756?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8c381dc4http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lincoln-Electric-Leather-TIG-Welding-Gloves-K2981-L-large-/371178946168?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566bfd3e78http://www.ebay.com/itm/Uvex-Safety-Bionic-Face-Shield-UVXS8500-Sold-As-Each-/140981734970?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d32a8e3ahttp://www.ebay.com/itm/Ratchet-Faceshield-Assembly-Clear-Polycarbonate-Visor-8-Hx15-1-2-W-BlueHeadgear-/221568228760?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33967edd98

 

Here is reality for you. I was on top of a sky scraper down town columbus ohio. I was the super on a construction job. I should have been doing my job. But i wanted it to get done. So I climbed up a ladder with a 10" grinder to help the subs cut antenna cable. The grinder bound up on the cable and then jumped out. The 10" cutting wheel hit my wrist. I went on cutting. Then I noticed blood running down my arm.

Long story short. The blade cut clear through to the tendons. It looked like Arnolds wrist in the terminator. Had to go directly to the emergency room.

A pair of those thick welding gloves certainly would have helped. But i wasn't wearing any gloves. Lesson learned.

 

Also make sure you are not wearing any clothing with stuff hanging off of it (frayed pants, real baggy shirts). 2 times now I have buried a disk (one wire wheel, one cutting) in my thigh because I had a hole in my pants with some string hanging...got too close to the table and my work, disk grabbed a string and wound on down to meet my leg. These things are super dangerous under the best conditions.....don't give it any help by providing stuff for it to grab onto.

 

Large (10") grinder's long welding gloves, small angle grinder's leather work gloves. Always full face protection along with my prescription safety glasses.

 

I do have a plastic face shield.

But, the more I think about it, will any glove really save you from an angle grinder?
It's cutting thru metal, it will cut through MIG and TIG gloves like butter, right?
MIG and TIG are to protect from sparks, not a cutting wheel.

So, it seems like either I'm better off with bulkier MIG gloves
or no gloves at all (since gloves add bulk and are more likely to get caught on something)

 

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...rinder-144821/

Wow, this is scary stuff.
I think I might order more cut-off disks for my Dremel, and stick to the small stuff.

 

Gloves are going to take a lot of the danger away. It still takes force to cut through cowhide. More than you may think. And any force that is not used on your skin is a good thing.