gloves ???

[Justin Stephen]

Old golf glove for left hand only, fingers removed from first knuckle to fingertip, for exactly the reason Wally said. Dry wood gets hot. It sucks having to interrupt a perfect, smooth push cut because your left hand is being pelted with what feels like hot coals.

[Dick Rowe]

I use a bicycle glove (no fingertips) on my left hand when turning dry burls. Some of the chunks that come off a burl can really hurt if they nail your hand just right.

[Alan Trout]

I know a lot of well respected turners wear gloves but IMHO it is not safe. The only gloves I will wears and I am still careful is nitril glove when applying finishes on the lathe. I never wear watches, rings, shirts untucked etc. I saw a guy get his hand literally ripped off in a metal lathe wearing a glove and I personally had a shirt get caught in a metal lathe, thank goodness it was an old shirt, it ripped off my back with lots of burn marks but I am still alive. Our modern high HP wood lathes are just as dangerous if not treated with respect.