[z77dj3kl]

A more apt comparison would be to using a saw vs using a saw with gloves on.

With gloves it's safer and more comfortable, but you're not quite as in touch with the wood as you would be without one.

Without gloves you feel badass because you don't care about safety, and you might be able to carve out some slightly more intricate things.

Either way the outcome is roughly the same and it really doesn't matter what your personal preference is.

[erikpukinskis]

I flagged this because this is extremely dangerous advice.

DO NOT use gloves with a table saw, jointer, etc

There are exceptions, but if you want a simple rule: DO NOT use gloves with power tools

It is extremely dangerous. You can take an injury that would've been a nick on the finger and turn it into a lost hand.

[rwallace]

Now I'm curious: why? Not that I don't believe you, but I'm wondering what is the reason? It's not intuitively clear why gloves would make it more dangerous, even knowing that it is.

[sossles]

If a glove comes into contact with a spinning blade, there is a good chance it will pull the rest of the glove, and the hand within it, right into the path of the blade.

[rwallace]

Aha! That is one of those things that never crossed my mind, but makes perfect sense once explained.

[z77dj3kl]

I had a hand saw in mind...

[PaulDavisThe1st]

Speaking as a person who lost half a thumb to a table saw ...

the difference in your analogy emerges when someone wants/needs you to carve out something more intricate, and you say "it's not my job to be able to do this without gloves".