Bought a pair of Iron Man gloves at a hardware store. Special cushioning material, anti slip coating, specially formed to follow the hands shape.
$30. But they are great. Yellow & black color easy to find.
Motorcycle gloves as mentioned could also be a good choice if they're not too thick.
Four additional suggestions bearing in mind the goal is to allow you to work comfortably, safely without aggravating the arm.
Not knowing what tree, or ground saws are used,....
1. Oregon has developed some saw chains that actually reduce vibration, and-or have increased cutting speed.
"Vibe Ban" is a redesigned cutter chassis at the rivet holes, and cutter heel. 3/8". ,325, and 3/8" Lo Profile.
The new second generation "Vanguard" is great for reducing vibration, and has a cutting speed equal to LP, except when cross cutting/buried nose cutting as in felling (only 5% slower).
It really fools you because it's so smooth.
If you can get past the looks, it should impress you.
"Chamfer Chisel" is a new working corner that takes less power, and can stay sharper longer. Only in 3/8" Lo pro for now. Some chains are also available with "Chamfer Chisel & Micro Lite"(below).
"Micro Lite" is a thinner chassis, cutter, and much lighter bar & chain combined weight. Chain speed is faster due to a narrower kerf. Won't last as long for a commercial application, but the much faster speed, can be a trade off. It is only available with a guard link, which will increase vibration, however.....the trade off is the "Vibe Ban" chassis, and the "Chamfer" cutter combination can offset the guard link.
2. Bars with a larger nose radius actually cut a little smoother, but the kickback frequency is increased.
That could be a trade off that isn't so good for safety.
3. When starting, slowly pull on the starter rope till you feel it begin to get very hard ("lock up'). Piston is now under compression. Then pull smartly (correct angle) and hard.
It greatly reduces the shock load to you and the recoil assembly.
4. Buy from Red Max, or Stihl, the spring cushioned starter handle. You can even make one buy simply copying what they've done. No patents are involved.
Have Carpal Tunnel in both hands., and a friend who recently had two arm-wrist operations. One involved wrapping a tendon around the nerve. Helped, but the rehap was one big...'ouch'.
Hope you feel better real soon.
they may think they know but really they don't when it comes down to it.
