Tillman Welding Gloves - Tig Gloves Work Better With a Finger Heat Shield

Tillman Welding Gloves made out of kidskin forif you are a tig welder, you know exactly what I
Tig Welding are some of the best feeling glovesam talking about.
you can find. They feel almost like bedroomBack in the day, we used to cut the thumb out
slippers when you put them on and are madeof an old Stick welding glove and use it for a
from very supple kidskin so that you can feel theheatshield by slipping it over a finger... It worked in
welding rod and feed the rod with your fingers.a pinch but it really didn't slide very easily and was
That's really the litmus test for any tig weldingnot all that heat resistant. But what if there was a
glove isn't it? To be able to feel the wire or pick itfinger heatshield that you could slip over your
up when you drop it. When you buy Tillman Tigmiddle finger or your pinky finger that had several
Gloves or any other type of glove, you arelayers of heat resistant material? The kind of
usually trying to find a glove that is comfortable,material designed to withstand 1500 degrees F?
but durable enough to last and to be somewhatThe kind of material that could slide smoothly
heat resistant.along the metal and actually help you weld better.
Tillman Tig Welding gloves have one drawbackWhat if there was a finger heat shield that let
and its the same drawback as most other tigrest your glove on a hot aluminum casting? or a
welding gloves that are thin and supple have... they4130 chromoly tubing cluster weld, or how about
are not very heat resistant. I have had mywhen you need to use a cutting torch and all you
knuckles burned many times from resting myhave are thin tig gloves?
glove directly on the hot metal I was welding and