Sure glad that I have always made sure my eyeglasses carry a certain safety rating even if it is not the highest. I was trying to salvage a rim off of the combine earlier this weak and the jack/bolt combination kicked out and the bolt caught the corner of my right lense. The bolt left a little rub at the the extreme right edge of the lense. I would hate to think what would have happened had I not had my glasses on or that they did not carry a minimal safety rating. I am not the guy who tempts fate by doing things in a haphazard manner and I have used the jack/bolt method to do other straightening but this was the one time you always have to be on guard for the other times that kind of job was done without incident. By the way after playing around for a couple of hours the bolt incident was enough to call the salvage yard for another rim. Looking at it afterward it was never going to straighten enough to hold the tire bead anyways. Scored some finds at the local scrap yard so the week is starting to even out.
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Russ from MN
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I have a few pair of safety glasses from work, the prescription is kind of old so I couldn't read fine print, but they are good enough for running chainsaws and brush cutters. I even wore a hardhat the last couple of days, I was cutting some big trees with dead branches at the top.
One of the most valuable tools in my shop are my safety glasses with full reader lenses. I am so used to wearing reading glasses at work and being on the computer that doing any type of work within arms reach I want reading glasses. So when I pick up a tool and start to do something I reach for my reading glasses that are also safety glasses. I got them from Gemplers.
Was at the dirt track race years ago, spectator in the stands.
Turned to watch corner 1 action, and something went bam blam tink. Kinda happened so fast I couldn't tell, but thought something fell on my shoe, and sure rattled by my head. Found a little tiny pebble, what would be a large bit in some sand on the shiny aluminum stands by my feet.
Noticed the side of my nose stung a bit, took my glasses off, and that little pebble flew in between my lens and my eyeball and hit the metal rim of the nose guard so hard it left a debt on the eyeglass fram
Huh.
Paul
Turned to watch corner 1 action, and something went bam blam tink. Kinda happened so fast I couldn't tell, but thought something fell on my shoe, and sure rattled by my head. Found a little tiny pebble, what would be a large bit in some sand on the shiny aluminum stands by my feet.
Noticed the side of my nose stung a bit, took my glasses off, and that little pebble flew in between my lens and my eyeball and hit the metal rim of the nose guard so hard it left a debt on the eyeglass fram
Huh.
Paul
Crazy Horse
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I was with a guy this afternoon that lost an eye twenty years ago. Chaining down a load with the lever-style boomer. Released the pressure and it spring back and knocked itself loose from the chain and took out his eye. Not sure if safety glasses would have helped in that situation, I guess he'll never know the answer to that. I'm sure glad your experience worked out better.
I sure can add to this one. You better bet I wear safety glasses. When I sand blast witb my little blaster, double filter mask, wraparound saftey glasses, full face sheild, so no sand gets anywhere near my eyes. Any time you use a grinder, saftey glasses and face shield. NANO SECONDS baby.
TomH in PA
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I worked with a guy who caught a wire off of a wire brush in the eye.
Similar incident but the wire landed on my nose. Strangely enough the two incidents where I had an issue had nothing to do with mechanical work. One was cutting the lawn and one was chopping haylage and both times a small piece of plant material blew under the glasses and into the eye. The haylage episode had my eye hurting pretty bad for over two days.
37chief
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Glad it wasn't worse. that thing could have taken your eye out. We always had to wear safety glasses at my factory job, no matter what we did. I had a rock fly out from my mower, hit the front tire and shot back into my eye. I have a scar in my eye from that. Things happen real fast don't they. Stan
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