Your Essential Guide to Woodworking Gloves and Safety

Your Essential Guide to Woodworking Gloves and Safety

People have been using wood for more than thousands of years to make anything from hunting implements to furniture to homes. In modern times, people build homes, cabinets, furniture and anything else that might be useful for living comfort. Many also use wood to create art, including picture frames, pyrography, designer tables and more. Woodworking trades include carpentry, woodturning, carving, joinery, furniture making and cabinet making.

Whether you work with wood as a hobby or for a living, you need to keep yourself safe by using the proper tools and wearing personal protective equipment. Abolox carries many woodworking hand tools and the personal protective equipment (PPE) you need to reduce the risk of injuries, including gloves, goggles, safety glasses, hard hats and more.

Working with Wood

When you work with wood, you often work with chemicals, including paint, stains, paint thinners, strippers and more. Some sub-industries also set up saw machines or work with other equipment. Depending on your job, you’ll need different types of gloves and other PPE. Abolox carries gloves for many applications, including:

• Abrasion resistance.
• Breathable.
• Cold weather.
• Cut resistance.
• Fire-resistant.
• Fingerless.
• Impact.
• Puncture resistance.
• Slip-free.
• Touchscreen.
• Waterproof.
• Welding.
• Knuckle protection.

Abrasion Resistant

When working with wood, it’s always best to use leather gloves to prevent splinters. However, when moving larger pieces of wood, you should wear gloves with impact resistance. Cowhide is the most common type of leather used for woodworking gloves and is stronger than goat hide and other types of leather. Hobbyists will find plenty of protection in MCR cowhide leather gloves with keystone thumb, as they have a good balance between dexterity, durability and abrasion resistance.

Those working in the woodworking industry need something with more strength and resistance to abrasions. Abolox carries several abrasion-resistant gloves with various levels of protection, including:

• MCR safety goat skin leather mechanic glove with a cowhide double palm.
• MCR safety goat skin leather glove with a padded palm and impact level 1.
• MCR safety fire-resistant Mustang leather utility work glove, Category 3.
• MCR safety fire-resistant Mustang leather utility work glove, Category 4.

Cut Resistance

Woodworkers often work with saws, chisels and other sharp cutting tools and equipment. Instead of switching gloves every time you go from handling the wood to cutting or carving it, purchase cut-resistant gloves to protect your hands. Abolox carries several types and levels of cut-resistant gloves, including:

• Radians PU palm coating Cut A4 13-gauge work glove.
• Radians PU palm coating Cut A3 13-gauge work glove.
• Radians PU palm coating Cut A7 13-gauge work glove.
• MCR safety fire-resistant Mustang leather work glove A4 and CAT 4.
• MCR safety mechanics work glove with a cut rating of A5 and an impact rating of 1.

Fire Resistance

Woodworkers don’t usually need fire-resistant gloves, but those working around machinery might want fire-resistant gloves with impact resistance to protect from heat and possible fires.

Impact

Many woodworking sub-industries have opportunities for smashed hands and fingers. Impact gloves reduce the risk of impact injuries, whether working with large pieces of wood and slabs or with woodworking machinery, including presses, saws, lathes, and more. Abolox carries several types of impact-resistant gloves, including insulated work gloves for those working in unheated buildings or outside in the cold weather. Some of the impact gloves we carry at Abolox include:

• MCR safety insulated work glove with A5 cut resistance and impact level 2 protection, plus a reinforced palm.
• MCR safety mechanics glove with A5 cut resistance and impact level 2 protection.
• MCR safety mechanics glove with A5 cut resistance and impact level 1 protection.
• MCR safety hi-viz alchemy glove with A4 cut resistance, 15 gauge orange, 14 inches long.

Puncture Resistance

Working with chisels, drills, and other woodworking tools opens you up to punctures. Abolox carries several puncture-resistant gloves to protect your hands when working with sharp, pointed tools.

Visit Abolox

When you need work gloves to protect your hands while working with wood, visit Abolox to choose the gloves you need for your specific job.