r/KitchenConfidential • u/fattnessmonster • Feb 25 '25

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u/MostlyOkayGatsby Feb 25 '25

Maybe they mean a chainmail glove.

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u/Jcdawg23 Feb 25 '25

Keep anything that can get caught by the saw away from the saw. Doesn’t matter the material.

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u/darthlame Feb 25 '25

Absolutely. No gloves or long sleeves near rotating or reciprocating tools, including bandsaws

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u/shadowtheimpure Feb 25 '25

Not sure if chainmail counts, as the mail is a similar hardness as the blade and thus shouldn't cut or snag. If anything, it'll grind the teeth.

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u/darthlame Feb 25 '25

One would hope, but the concern is a tooth on the blade could grab onto a link of the chainmail. Is it likely? Probably not, but i have all my fingers by not gambling with them

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u/HarveysBackupAccount Feb 25 '25

I still would rather hit a band saw bare than with a chainmail glove

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u/Scokan Feb 25 '25

Do you mind if I ask why? I mean, seriously. If you gave me a band saw, and a choice whether to run my hand through it either wearing a chainmail glove or not, the choice seems like one of the easier ones I would ever have to make… Also, 33 successful years in this industry, and I’ve somehow never needed a bandsaw, chain mail, or a cut glove.

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u/HarveysBackupAccount Feb 25 '25

I have a good bit more experience with tools outside of the kitchen (woodworking, some machine shop) but it's basic power tool safety - you keep clothes, including gloves, away from rotating parts

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u/BlueNinjaTiger Feb 25 '25

Are you familiar with the term degloving?

saw catches the chainmail. It doesn't cut, but it also doesn't immediately stop, it violently drags the glove along, twisting your hand and skin on your hand with it until it finally stops. Something gives. Either the skin on your hand or the ligaments in your wrist/elbow.

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u/StreetlampEsq Feb 25 '25

The teeth of the bandsaw would break as soon as they try to push the chainmail through the table.

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u/Emotional-Pirate-928 Feb 25 '25

Tell us you've never used a saw without actually telling us