Since 7 th grade wood shop I I been wearing safety glasses and even through 23 years fixing forklifts for a living. My neighbors went on vacation instead of cutting their hay, they have 6 Horses to feed and came home with CV19 ? they looked like fecal matter, they were so ill and they took the jabs and boosters , . They asked me If I could cut their hay so yes I could drive their tractor and they had a drum cutter that worked well. The drum cutter can throw stoned and grass seeds so I wore safety glasses. I got pelted with rocks when I ran over a Gopher mound and didn't think any thing about it. Later I washed off the safety glasses and found what I thought was grass was actually a pit in the glass from a rock dead center Pupil hit. Safety glasses are good.
Safety glasses.
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Yup, I wear them whenever I am supposed to. We have a shop use one for our key cutter, but I have my own pairs at my work station at work. We have a customer that comes to the retail counter somewhat often that has issues with saliva flying all over the place. I popped the glasses on and he got all offended and left. Sorry dude, I don't want spit in my eye.
100% saved me many times... I shudder to think how lucky I was all the times I did not wear them when I should have been. Now it's ; any time I am using power equipment, yard or shop work.
The Army has a lot of BS, but they are pretty hard on eye pro now and I totally support that. Find the right ones and you'll forget you even have them on. I like the Wiley-x Valors. Reasonably priced (10% off direct with ID me) legit APEL certified and 4 different lenses you can swap in and out. (APEL is legit, I would NOT trust Amazon or gas station stuff). I probably have 4 pair.
https://www.wileyx.com/wx-valor-apel-ch4701
The Army has a lot of BS, but they are pretty hard on eye pro now and I totally support that. Find the right ones and you'll forget you even have them on. I like the Wiley-x Valors. Reasonably priced (10% off direct with ID me) legit APEL certified and 4 different lenses you can swap in and out. (APEL is legit, I would NOT trust Amazon or gas station stuff). I probably have 4 pair.
https://www.wileyx.com/wx-valor-apel-ch4701
They really are important
Thanks for reminding me, I get prescription ones from work, I gotta go for an exam
They bring out a tray of different frames they'll pay for, I'm partial to the 3M brand with the side shields
Norm Abram reminded me every Sunday night for decades
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Thanks for reminding me, I get prescription ones from work, I gotta go for an exam
They bring out a tray of different frames they'll pay for, I'm partial to the 3M brand with the side shields
Norm Abram reminded me every Sunday night for decades
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I wear safety glasses, steel toe shoes & hearing protection along with what ever PPE is required for the job. I have been wearing PPE since 1970.
I wear Wiley X Bricks with prescription lenses daily. Great safety glass.
Next time I have to get bifocals.
Next time I have to get bifocals.
I wear this when grinding.
https://www.harborfreight.com/safet...oggles-with-detachable-face-shield-58667.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/safet...oggles-with-detachable-face-shield-58667.html
Yup, great move! ^^^
I also wear a face shield when grinding or to avoid chemical splash back
Rubber sleeves & apron when using strong chemicals
High rubber boots when walking through deep muck
And a hard hat when trimming large tree branches.
I’m still here to talk about it.
Yep, I don't understand all the techs I see in vids not wearing them. I feel naked without them in the shop. Even "just" wrenching, I'm always wearing my eyes. I put on ears if I touch an impact, hammer or even blow gun. And I feel naked without my steel (composite, actually) toes.
I use a pair of Crosman shooting glasses from my air rifle. They're Z87.1 rated and look exactly like these 3M ones
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Clea...-Safety-Glasses-4-Pack-90834-00000B/202552616
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Clea...-Safety-Glasses-4-Pack-90834-00000B/202552616
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AZjeff
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Just make sure the safety glasses have a rating like ANSI Z87-1xx or they probably aren’t as good as they should be. Good to hear you guys are wearing them be choice. I was the safety guy at work and it’s amazing how resistant some people are to PPE.
Mine have a 2.0 reading lens in them and they’re on any time I fire up a power tool, even a Dremel, or strike things with a hammer.
For serious grinding, I have a face shield that goes over the safety glasses.
Safety glasses are strong enough, this is more to avoid getting pinged in the face by little flying bits of stuff.
For serious grinding, I have a face shield that goes over the safety glasses.
Safety glasses are strong enough, this is more to avoid getting pinged in the face by little flying bits of stuff.
AZjeff
$50 Site Donor 2023
OSHA requires a face shield for grinding operations because of what you describe.
Another frequent safety glass wearer here. I shudder when I see people weed whacking or using saws without them. In fact my ex-FIL lost an eye while using a table saw.
Now that I am aging, I had to start getting the safety glasses with built-in bifocals. Now, THAT was a great invention!
Now that I am aging, I had to start getting the safety glasses with built-in bifocals. Now, THAT was a great invention!
I know this is what you have .........if not you are wrong, and should acquire some.
Bought several on sale a while back, and gave my wife some when she is sewing. She hates them, but oh well.Woman really need glasses when sewing on a machine.
https://safetyglassesusa.com/products/s1169c-html
JHZR2
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I like pyramid ztek safety glasses, with the indoor/outdoor mirror lens.
But ppe needs to be mixed with logic. In some cases one can go too far, and it can actually add risk. Note that’s not saying to reduce ppe or not use it. Instead, one just really needs to know the risk and the level of burn down they can influence.
My biggest issue with glasses is that in hot conditions they’ll fog up. Very frustrating. Gloves will become full with water too… can’t take them off and on again then…
But ppe needs to be mixed with logic. In some cases one can go too far, and it can actually add risk. Note that’s not saying to reduce ppe or not use it. Instead, one just really needs to know the risk and the level of burn down they can influence.
My biggest issue with glasses is that in hot conditions they’ll fog up. Very frustrating. Gloves will become full with water too… can’t take them off and on again then…
I was pricing out some Z87.1 prescription safety glasses when I realized they seem to use the same impact resistant polycarbonate lens as my regular glasses, but with the addition of side guards. Might make more sense to just get over-the-glasses safety glasses if you wear glasses with polycarbonate lens