Metal slivers in your fingers

[Patio]

I also use my calipers. They are always handy or work really well, I think.

[Mid Day Machining]

No matter how careful and clean I try to work I end up with to many tiny slivers in my fingers.
The type you just feel when you rub.

Like to hear your method to avoid them in the first place and to remove them if we must.

My way is really simple. I don't do any steel parts.

[SteveHGraham]

Tweezerman brand pointy tweezers work well.

[OlderNewbie]

Using 5mm latex gloves and using cheap (and I do mean cheap!) paint brushes for moving chips around largely prevent this, at least for me. When the paint brushes get too soaked with oil they hit the trash, but at 50 cents each or less it's hard to care much.

John

[SteveHGraham]

When I get out of the shop, I get warm water running and let it pour over my hands for a while. The idea is to loosen up whatever grease (including the kind I produce) may be holding splinters on my skin. If I can knock them off before applying soap and rubbing my hands together, I'm less likely to force them into my hide.

[Harold_V]

Using 5mm latex gloves

I'd like to think you wear them just for clean-up---never when operating machinery.

Harold

[OlderNewbie]

Using 5mm latex gloves

I'd like to think you wear them just for clean-up---never when operating machinery.

Harold

Oh, my; I should have written 5 mil gloves, not 5mm gloves! If these catch on anything they just tear away, usually with so small a tug that I don't even notice at the time.

John

[Harold_V]

Using 5mm latex gloves

I'd like to think you wear them just for clean-up---never when operating machinery.

Harold

Oh, my; I should have written 5 mil gloves, not 5mm gloves! If these catch on anything they just tear away, usually with so small a tug that I don't even notice at the time.

John

I'm still concerned. One can not rely on the "tear away", as you can still get dragged in to a spinning spindle. On small, underpowered machinery, you may dodge a bullet, but with commercially rated equipment, it's very possible to be badly injured, even killed. Wearing gloves on moving equipment is never recommended.

Harold

[hwboivin3]

I use "splinter out" with a magnifying glass. Works very well when the caliper won't work.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EtlZnvXYsVQ

[LarryMck]

When I get a get a small sliver that I can't see I will wash the dishes for my wife. I get some good brownie points and 9 times out of ten when I am done the sliver is gone. Once my hands are good and pruny I will wipe it accross the sliver and it usualy pulls it out.

Two birds one stone

[PeteH]

Another vote for duct tape. Might have to try it twice or 3x (if so, pull it off from the opposite direction) but it generally works.

Also... to help see the sliver (if you're digging it out with tweezers or a point), put a drop of tincture of iodine on it. The iodine will creep down into the wound channel and make better contrast. (This is really helpful with wood slivers.)

BTW, that "splinter out" thing is a blood-sampling lancet. Get 'em in the "diabetic supplies" section of the pharmacy. Those are VERY sharp indeed.

[Lazz]

For those stubborn invisible splinters you might try some wood glue. Smear a little on the general area let it dry. When you peal it off the splinter often comes out as well.