Thread: New purchase

Originally Posted by nearnexus

I usually wear riggers gloves when I'm doing hot, sharp, abrasive, tractor, nasty work.

Saw these in GasWeld and thought I'd give them a try.

Rob

Have used these quite a lot. They are pretty good gloves but do not last very long. They also go sticky after a while. They definitely
have their uses tho.

Dean

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

Have used these quite a lot. They are pretty good gloves but do not last very long.
Dean

I haven't used the silver ones yet. I got some of the cheaper black ones (same brand) as well and they've been great in this cold weather.

My hands were like ice until I put them on. They seem OK for lathe work as well and certainly keep your pinkies warm.

So far so good.

Rob

Originally Posted by nearnexus

I haven't used the silver ones yet. I got some of the cheaper black ones (same brand) as well and they've been great in this cold weather.

My hands were like ice until I put them on. They seem OK for lathe work as well and certainly keep your pinkies warm.

So far so good.

Rob

I have used black and grey ones although I don't know what the diff is. Be careful about saying you are going to use them for lathe work or similar. A previous thread on this subject created some animated discussion lol.

Dean

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

I have used black and grey ones although I don't know what the diff is. Be careful about saying you are going to use them for lathe work or similar. A previous thread on this subject created some animated discussion lol.

Dean

I can imagine it did.

I don't normally wear gloves for lathe work, except when changing chucks, but in this cold weather my hands are so damn cold I need something to warm em up.

These are really good and way better, more tactile than riggers gloves.

Rob

What you guy's with cold pinkys need to do is a utube serch on a rocket heater,,,, As long as you have a grinder and a welder you can build one..
Best thing about em is you can heat your shed up fast and cheap.
I'm in a 40' x 25' steel shed, I tried everything from gas cannon heaters to pot bellies, They barely took the chill off. And my god did they go through some wood...

With my rocket heater I can have the shed at 31*c in an hour, then slow the burn down and hold it between 21*c and 27*c all day long on 4 bits of wood... YES I DID SAY 4.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very very economical wood burner.....

Matt

Being a YouTuber I have seen a few videos on the rocket heaters and design experimentation with them.

Good idea Matt.

The cold weather actually does bring out one good thing about lathe lighting though - my halogen worklight does give of a bit of warmth near the workpiece and makes a good hand warmer

Cheers

Rob

Originally Posted by matthew_g

What you guy's with cold pinkys need to do is a utube serch on a rocket heater,,,, As long as you have a grinder and a welder you can build one..
Best thing about em is you can heat your shed up fast and cheap.
I'm in a 40' x 25' steel shed, I tried everything from gas cannon heaters to pot bellies, They barely took the chill off. And my god did they go through some wood...

With my rocket heater I can have the shed at 31*c in an hour, then slow the burn down and hold it between 21*c and 27*c all day long on 4 bits of wood... YES I DID SAY 4.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very very economical wood burner.....

Matt

We have some of those bits of wood around here too! They are called Redgums! LOL.

Dean

PS. I am looking into these stoves.

Had to go out to Paramount Browns today - my 30+ year old (ex Futura Industry) bench grinder finally decided to call it quits.

I can remember paying $60 for it way back then.

Must be having a run of outs on equipment, Makita chuck first and now 8" bench grinder, what's next ?

Anyway, while out there I see they have the plain black Ninja gloves on special at $2.50 a pair. So I bought four more pairs.

Also bought a grinder

Rob

At the manufacturing week expo they were giving out samples of black lightning nitrile gloves.
Disposable Gloves - Black Lightning KBS Workgear Gloves - Nitrile Disposable Gloves

I've tried them out and I ended up buying two boxes of them. I reckon they're great. They don't rip and fall apart like other latex/rubber gloves that I've used and whilst the hands do sweat in them its much less than the others. Turps, etc doesn't eat them either. I also find you can re-use them several times.

Perfect for people with girlie man hands (like me ) )

Christian

Did you buy the gloves on line?

How much $$s are they a pair ?

Do any state agents have them?

I use disposables for some jobs, but they are no good for anything petroleum related - disintegrate.

These sound good.

If reasonable price I might get a box myself.

Rob

I bought them from Blackwoods they were a few dollars cheaper than I could get them on line. They were around $32 for 100. More expensive than the normal ones but they last longer and are reusable.

Christian

Originally Posted by CGroves

I bought them from Blackwoods they were a few dollars cheaper than I could get them on line. They were around $32 for 100. More expensive than the normal ones but they last longer and are reusable.

Christian

That sounds pretty good.

I will get a box to try.

Rob

Went to Blackwoods at Regency Park and got two boxes of the nitrile gloves this morning.

They seem pretty comfy and not very sweaty. I like the fact they are diesel and petrol resistant.

They had them on the shelf at $31 a box, and the guy (Steve) did it for me at $25 (incl GST) a box as a promotional sale.

So I was pretty happy with that.

See how they go.

Rob

I bought a box from Repco's ($32 I think) Mainly to please the family
although at 76 years the damage would have been done long ago.
They seem to work OK.