Safety glasses!!!! ouch!!

[arie kabaalstra]

Originally Posted by Geof The kind of mind that makes fun of this type of behaviour is incomprehensible to me. But that does not stop me getting really pissed off with people who think it is funny or sissy to wear protective equipment. I have found seeing with two eyes and counting with ten fingers a distinct advantage in my life.

Most of the time i make fun of people who DON'T wear their glasses when grinding , milling or Turning.. things like "So.. yoy want a Dog?.. "... "huh?.. what do you mean?.. ".. "Well a Golden Retriever, or a Labrador?.. they come with a red and white stick as well".. that usually does the trick..

[Mark L. MN]

I watched enough of the right safety films as a kid and don't want to end up "dissadvantaged". I have worn safety equip. at home for simple tasks, like grease splatter! But some times you can't win. Few years back I worked a temporary job operating spot welding machines (job title was get this: Butt welder, bottom welder) for a company that had two machinists for jigs and general repair work. Had one guy there that refused to wear any safety glasses. Said He's been a machinist for over twenty years and never needed them. I tried to tell him "it only takes once". Which set the standard for others in the factory, who also thought they were in no danger.

It only takes once to loose it.

[wildcat]

Nice pictures! Might find those in high school safety presentations.

Ever run a grinder without safety glasses only later to find little black specks of stuff plainly visible in the white part of your eyes? Safety glasses for me from now on...

Oh, the worst eye injury I ever had (honestly borderline my worst injury in general) was at the breakfast table... the person sitting next to me turned the paper in a crazy way that hit my eye causing a paper cut on my eye. Sounds like a completely wussy injury but I wish that you never have recurrent cornea erosion that a simple paper cut started.

Accidents happen in sorts of crazy places.

[Madclicker]

I believe in 0 tolerance for safety glasses. I'll fire in a heartbeat.

[boxxer_boy]

Well here is something.... I wasnt wearing anything..I had my head inside the Machine and the tool did a tool change (in a CNC Mill) Noticed that the tool life had run out..So i changed the tool..When i did that i must have only put it in 10-20mm longer and that was enough to grab the top of the job as i was moving across to measure it on the censor...A 32mm long series HSS endmill (talking 250mm long) grabbed the top of the job and snap blew up and a peice about 50mm can flying towards me and smacked me right on the nose..Broke it in two places and had 4 stiches.... now just a little scar!!!!

[AMCjeepCJ]

Well, other than a little itch at times, it seems to have healed 97% or so... Not perfect but not to shabby either!

[LenMcC]

Originally Posted by vacpress i had touched the iron to my lips!

when i was learning to weld i started with oxy-fuel. i finished a bead and stuck the filler rod in my lips to hold it. it would have been nice if the instructor had offered advice not to to that when he was going over the safety portion beforehand. ...ok, maybe not. i was 21 at the time, to make it worse.

glad my first post is such a great contribution! i look forward to learning and sharing. lesson 1: a table is a better filler rod holder than your lips. lesson 2: will likely be more intelligent than lesson 1.

[apache405]

my dad taught me the safety thing early. i wear safety glasses now like sunglasses when i am working on projects and i buy only impacted rate sunglasses.
darwin will come for those who don't wear the safety gear..

[bremenrules]

A few years ago I had a scare when I was milling brass with a little desktop Sherline. A piece of brass chip flew off the part, around my prescription glasses, and into my eye. It took me ~30 minutes to get it out with wet paper towel. Not fun...scared the crap out of somebody who's too itchy about his eyes to even use contact lenses. Four years later I've graduated to bigger and better machines and ALWAYS wear the biggest, nerdiest looking safety glasses I can find.