From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 8/11/2025 9:52 AM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 8/11/2025 11:39 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> On 8/10/2025 3:33 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>> On 8/10/2025 3:51 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >>>> I like to try to mention things that are good.  Not just whine about   
   >>>> things that aren't, but as I pointed out before it seems like the   
   >>>> moment I praise something it goes south.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've used a lot of welding gloves over the years.  The biggest issue   
   >>>> is my fault of course.  I cook off the fingers.  By the time I   
   >>>> realize my hand is getting hot the fingers are cooked into hard   
   >>>> shrunken caricatures of their former selves.  Most welding gloves   
   >>>> are also stiff, and the softer "TIG" gloves cook off easier than   
   >>>> other welding gloves.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've been using a pair of Vulcan Defender (Harbor Freight) welding   
   >>>> gloves for the last year or a little better, and I've been doing   
   >>>> more welding in the last couple years than I have in the past.  Just   
   >>>> yesterday I was thinking, "The gloves still haven't cooked of, and   
   >>>> they are much more flexible (for a welding glove) than others I have   
   >>>> used. While they aren't the perfect welding glove they might be the   
   >>>> best one I have used."  I was in the process of taking them off to   
   >>>> walk inside and post about them here on this very newsgroup, when   
   >>>> the lining of the right glove came out with my hand.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, its not quite as comical as the mental image that might conjure   
   >>>> up for you.  The liner fingers came out of the leather fingers and   
   >>>> part way up the cuff of the glove.  I wasn't able to just push my   
   >>>> fingers back into to get it situated either.  I had to pull the   
   >>>> liner most of the rest of the way out of the glove, and one finger   
   >>>> at a time poke a finger into the liner to straighten it out.  Then I   
   >>>> was able to one at a time fit my fingers into the liner and push the   
   >>>> liner back into the glove. The glove is saved, but its going to be a   
   >>>> pain in the wazoo to use from now one.  I'll have to grab the finger   
   >>>> tip of each finger and pinch the liner in place as I extract my hand   
   >>>> every single time I use it from now on.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes Jim, You Only Have To Think About It   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>    I've been using the HF 3 pairs for 20 bucks (might be more now)   
   >>> welding gloves for several years now . They're cheap enough I don't   
   >>> freak when I fry one . They work pretty well for casting aluminum and   
   >>> brass too . I'm more careful with the Tillman TIG gloves .   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I just looked on the website and didn't find a deal like that.  I'm   
   >> not a fan of the cheap split leather welding gloves, but if they were   
   >> that cheap I might learn to live with it.   
   >>   
   >> That being said, my second favorite pair of welding gloves is a long   
   >> cuff split leather Tillman.  The cuff goes part way up my bicep which   
   >> means I could properly protect my arms with out changing shirts or   
   >> putting on some welding sleeves.  I have two pair, and both pairs have   
   >> cooked fingers.  LOL.   
   >>   
   >   
   >    Found this right off ... on clearance in store only .   
   >   
   > https://www.harborfreight.com/3-pair-14-inch-split-cowhide-welding-   
   > gloves-488.html   
      
   Must be a catered result.  Your link says unavailable in Yuma.   
      
   Just out of curiosity I took a look at MSC and they show some   
   "inexpensive" leather welding gloves for 5 bucks a pair.  Limited   
   supply.  Only 196 left.  LOL.   
      
      
      
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