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  • Saftey Glasses

    How often do you wear them?I wear them about 85 percent of the time,but also wear eyeglasses.I even wear them mowing the lawn.
    Calypornya...near the beach

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    I wear safety glasses mowing the lawn...I wore them today running the table saw...I wear them all day at the robot building sessions....

    It's been almost 20 years since I went to the eye repair doctor
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    • #3
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      All the time now. When I was cutting speaker holes in the doors of my 65 Impala with a jigsaw, the blade broke and hit me in the cheek below my left eye. I like being able to see.
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        For the last 30 years I've worn them whenever I'm awake.
        Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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          Everyday. I work in a machine shop running a lathe. I have gone to the doc with metal in my eye a few times, that's with safety glasses on. The last time, the boss told me that I must have magnets in my eyeballs. He was laughing when he said it. ;D My problem is my eyesight is getting worse every year and I've got to get close to see what I'm working on. The last pair of glasses I got, I had the doc order bifocals to help. I've even got a faceshield I keep handy. It's no fun having a burr-grinder in your eye to get a piece of metal out. :o

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          • #6
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            I even wear them when I go to bed, just in case............

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            • #7
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              I've been wearing tri-focals for the last 23 years.
              Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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              • #8
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                Having nearly gone blind (complication of diabetes), I'm real careful to install 'em when I'm doing anything the slightest bit dangerous. I'd wear them whenever I was in the shop, but I do a lot of body work and the darn things attract filler dust like mad, making vision nearly impossible. Since my cataract operation, I only need corrective lenses for close vision, so this is taking some getting used to (I wore glasses since I was 13).

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                • #9
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                  Besides safety glasses when using an angle grinder, I started wearing them whenever I crawl under the car -- Somehow that one piece of dirt still manages to fall in my eye. Drives me nuts.

                  I also started wearing earplugs when grinding and welding -- ever had a hot piece of slag go in your ear? :-[

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                  • #10
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                    I wear saftey glasses whenever I'm working on anything in the garage. I always wear sunglasses when I'm mowing unless its too dark then I switch to the safety glasses again. I spent good money on my Smith & Wessons and they are amazingly comfortable and scratch resistant. I was the saftey officer at my last job in the Air Force Research Lab so I got quite used to saftey stuff. I wear eyes and ears whenever I'm working with anything more powerful than a cordless drill. I also don't wear gloves around anything rotary having seen what it can do if it grabs a hold of your glove. American Chopper caught what can happen on national TV. I need to get a good dust mask and respirator since I work in an enclosed garage. You generally have only 1 correctly working version of your body parts, protect them.
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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by CTX-SLPR
                      You generally have only 1 correctly working version of your body parts, protect them.
                      I have matched pairs of a lot of stuff, but I kind of want to keep it that way!
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                      • #12
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                        Originally posted by studemax
                        I've been wearing tri-focals for the last 23 years.
                        I wear bi-focals,makes it hard to climb stairs,and ladders,can't imagine what complications tri's make.Some times I wear eye glasses,saftey goggles,and face sheild.Call me 4 eyes if you want,kept a lot of crap out of my eyes.
                        Yep,I wear hearing protection too.Have always been hard of hearing in my right ear,standing next to open exhaust race cars didn't do me any good either,but saved me from going to VietNam.
                        Calypornya...near the beach

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                        • #13
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                          Originally posted by Eric68
                          Besides safety glasses when using an angle grinder, I started wearing them whenever I crawl under the car -- Somehow that one piece of dirt still manages to fall in my eye. Drives me nuts.

                          I also started wearing earplugs when grinding and welding -- ever had a hot piece of slag go in your ear? :-[
                          Eric

                          I am with ya there. Safety glasses and hearing protection. Everything in the shop is loud and/or flying at you.
                          No only that but after 8 years in the military and a couple of trips over seas I don't hear that well any way and sometimes get ringing in my ears. So, along with my sight I would like to check what I have left of my hearing.

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                          • #14
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                            When hammering, using power tools or under car, ALWAYS. I learned from having to flush rust out of my eyes several times. Saves a lot of time & agrivation to just use the safety glasses. I have been lucky enough to only scratch an eye a few times before I learned this.

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                            • #15
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                              Alright I'll be the first to admitt that after 8hrs in the shopat work,I don't wear them 80% of the time at home when I should. I've even had slivers in my eye three times,once a doctor had to pull it out after putting my head in a vice!Why am I so hard headed at home? I even had a stone blow apart while using my die grinder three days ago. Probably time to clea out the garage tomorrow so I can find 1of the three pair I have at home.

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