Thread: How to stop metal cuttings going down your boots

Guys try doing turning for a Job 6mm doc on a nuttall lathe all day long the worst is getting blue swarf down your shirt in your hair and KEEP YOUR MOUNTH SHUT . I were long pants that cover the top of my boots.

Originally Posted by Jekyll and Hyde

I decide I'm going to make that move the other day, after bouncing a number of hot blue spirals off my face at the lathe. Seared cheek and lip flesh isn't the nicest feeling. You also learn pretty early on to keep your mouth shut...

Call me a feline if you want, but that's one reason I don't use carbide tooling. I mean it's supposed to be fun, right?

I use hiking gaiters for brushcutting and they work very well. They make me slightly less nervous about slinkies too...

You never want to wear anything synthetic with carbide.

When those little smoke bombs go off in the drip tray, you know things are pretty hot.

Rob

Sock protectors are great! I'm mostly in trousers in the workshop though. The only time I'm in shorts outside is when I'm digging or landscaping. The sock protectors are gold for that in my book.

I wear plan old gumboots and trousers when I'm brush cutting. It saves the rocks smashing your shins and the trousers hang over the top of the boot enough to keep most of the grass out.

I don't like wearing gloves when I work though. About three times a mowing season on that brush cutter I get a knuckle smasher that shakes my bottom lip!

I still love that brush cutter though! It's a monster!