How many times do you burn yourself?

I'm so dumb, I don't even have fire gloves. I'd say once or twice a season I'm left with something that still hurts the next day. No permanent scars yet.
For me, it's getting those big lumps in late at night after a few beers.

TE

I have burns that have left scars for years, but not from the woodstove- from the beast out back. I get at least multiple small 2nd degree burns every time I fire it. It's a cost-of-business type thing.

I cannot imagine having a "real" burn.

No burns yet in three years. I use welders gloves when loading. I worry more that I might lose my balance while standing up, and reach out to the stove top to catch myself.. luckily I almost always reload pretty cool.. 200 or so..

Every time I load the stove. I have gloves but I too am to lazy to use them.

no serious burns here... maybe once or twise... a blister maybe.

I use welder's gloves. BUT I too am stupid.

I use the gloves, all the time, to pick up coals and even flaming logs. probably every other day i will have to quick pull my hands out of the gloves because they are getting super hot. With an old pair I almost really burned meself because there was a hole burned in the gloves.

welding gloves are a great investment, almost mandatory. If they were a little longer it would be helpful. If i am going to open the stove when its very hot, I will wear a face shield to help with the heat. otherwise its uncomfortable and drys out the skin too much.

http://www.harborfreight.com/welding-gloves-39664.html
$3.99

TradEddie said:

I'm so dumb, I don't even have fire gloves. I'd say once or twice a season I'm left with something that still hurts the next day. No permanent scars yet.
For me, it's getting those big lumps in late at night after a few beers.

TE

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I am in the same boat

Well, never... since I switched to pellets. :cheese:

In 25 years of running wood stoves I've never had more than a few minor singes. Never used gloves, either, except to lift the top load door on the Vigilant. That cast metal lip gets up around 750º.

My oldest boy burned his upper arm on the damn pipe, though. Real bad, got infected and everything. He was only 14 at the time, so I chalked it up to inexperience. Then he did it again the same exact way two years later. I chalked that up to stupidity. :roll:

Welder's gloves . . . no burns except for the first year when I reached a little too far inside and got caught above the forearm . . . I'm more careful now.

I have not got burned in years do to a pair of 24" gloves we bought that get used all the time. They are wearing out now though and we will have to get more soon.

Pete

If you want some real fun, try using those fuzzy material gloves...blue in color. They light up even easier than those imitation chamois cloth shirts that became so popular in the 80's..ending up waving your hands all around like michael jackson!

Too many times. Ill use welders gloves most of the time. Have a burn on my arm now.
Mines not from loading but touching the thing while its ripping along.
To be honest the one chemical burn is the only scar.

I have not had a burn in about three months. I use welders gloves it may have been longer since my last burn.

I have a noticeable scar on my hand from a time late at night when I did not use my gloves. Now I wear them every time. Hurt like an SOB and unlike the t-shirt chicks do not dig scars.

i seem to get lots of stove burns.

Tuff Gong- awesome screen name. With that name, however- I would have guessed a different source of heat for your burn

Adios Pantalones said:

Tuff Gong- awesome screen name. With that name, however- I would have guessed a different source of heat for your burn

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Had to look it up but I get it now. :lol:

Does anyone here have any hair left on their knuckles?

'Bout once a week I get a good 'zinger' somewhere on my left hand. Given it's my last one you think I'd try to make it last...

bluedogz said:

Does anyone here have any hair left on their knuckles?

'Bout once a week I get a good 'zinger' somewhere on my left hand. Given it's my last one you think I'd try to make it last...

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HA!
My buddy Caesar in grad school had 2 prosthetic forearms/hooks. He was a hoot about picking up hot beakers etc with his hook "What are joo weemps complaining 'bout?". We got him back by wetting down the side of his beer glass at the bar.

My yearly burn rate just so happens to coincide with the amount of beer I've consumed that given winter. The formula is shockingly precise

I got burned almost daily with the old woodfurnace. There was a smoke curtain that every time you would reach in would burn below the elbow. I have scars from the old beast. Since the purchase of our new woodfurnace, I've been burned maybe a few times in the last few years. No gloves needed.