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Has anyone ever used a sanding glove? Remember reading a review on it a while back. The review went on to say that they really help arthritis and carpal tunnel suffers. Klingspore sells them for about $20. Thanks in advance.

Bernie

I must say I have never heard of a sanding glove, but if they would help with arthritis I think I should have one. Any Idea where to purchase one of these items? I seem to have arthritis in both my thumbs and it just t'aint fun at all.

baysidebob wrote:I must say I have never heard of a sanding glove, but if they would help with arthritis I think I should have one. Any Idea where to purchase one of these items? I seem to have arthritis in both my thumbs and it just t'aint fun at all.

Try these Bob:

http://www.thesandingglove.com/

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11411&source=googleps

http://www.bowlerstore.com/showproduct.aspx?ProductID=2409&SEName=ebonite-abralon-sanding-gloves

There are others here.

Hi,

I have had some personal experience with these so I'll leave a couple of quick comments.

I purchased a set of these (made of leather) sometime ago, I don't recall where from or $$. They were less then wonderful. The fingers tips were open, thus the seams between fingers along with collected sawdust, and the vibration that was transmitted cause the area between my fingers to get raw. This turned out to be worse the the original issue that I got the gloves for.

I later picked up another pair with a stretchy glove part and leather palm/pad area. I have chubby fingers and the gloves were so tight that they were uncomfortable in the finger area. Not sure it was just not the right size or what???

I happened to meet a guy who polishes airplanes and we got to talking about how he was holding up doing that as he wasn't all that much younger then I am and I know I could never stand and do that for hours on end. One of the things he mentioned was these sanding gloves... as it turned out he said to go to a bike shop and pick them up there, as riding gloves....

So that is another option for you. I would say for sure to go to a store and try them on... at least for me the mail order route never worked out. As far as how much better they are in use, some what better but it is not like night and day. Maybe I can go an extra few minutes at a time and maybe a few more sessions during the day but it is not like it makes you young again.

Ed

bernie_penkin wrote:Has anyone ever used a sanding glove? Remember reading a review on it a while back. The review went on to say that they really help arthritis and carpal tunnel suffers. Klingspore sells them for about $20. Thanks in advance.

Bernie

Thanks Tim, I may just to give these a try.......

I might give them a try as well. Gives me an excuse to head over to the local Rockler store.

Thanks for the info.

Buying one from Rockler is a great idea. I work for Dynabrade and we source the Dynamit to Rockler. It was an idea of our owner after talking to some turners.

Thanks for letting me know. I'll sneak over there as soon as the wife give me my allowance.

Looking back over some of the posts got me to thinking. I was looking around for a type of gel pack glove that reduces the vibration of a sander. Anyone know about those. Heard that Craftsman had developed a type of sander to reduce vibration, but I already have plenty of great sanders and would rather save up for some other tools.

This is a topic that comes up a lot at Dynabrade as we design and manufacture a full line of pneumatic sanders. We test all our tools per an ISO test protocol that tells you what to sand (flat 100# steel plate), the grit (120), the downward pressure(6#) and the sanding pattern (figure 8). It also specifies where you place the accelerometers on the tool.

The tough thing about gloves is you really can not place an accelerometer between the glove and your hand to test if or the amount of vibration reduction. Most of the gloves have a material called sorbathan (spelling looks wrong, but I'm an engineer) which when you look at energy absorbtion curves it does little. But there is much to be said for decoupling your hand from direct vibration so they may work.

We make what many in the industry feel is the finest random orbital sander and we rely on our counterbalance design, a weight mated premium pad, and a quality system to assure we are manufacturing our parts and pads correctly. We have tested many sanders and I can tell you that nothing coming out of Sears is a market leader

Orbital sanders sometimes called jitterbug sanders tend to emit higher vibration levels than random orbital. Really unless you require a pad with corners on it(drawer sanding) you are better off with the ROS because of faster cut rate and better finish.

If you are experiencing a numbing in your hand when you are sanding it really is a sign that you should not continue working the tool. In the very least you should switch hands if it is a one hand tool or even if it is 2 hand switching your hands will reduce your exposure as one each handle will have different vibration levels.

Best Regards,
Frank