Since they're as low as $6 a pair, there isn't much of a reason not to wear tinted safety glasses instead of sunglasses.
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Since they're as low as $6 a pair, there isn't much of a reason not to wear tinted safety glasses instead of sunglasses.
Mango88
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An uncle of mine spent the last 30 to 40 years of his life picking grenade shrapnel out of his chest, he was a tough old guy.
Inebriated
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Same for the M frames... which are what I use for shooting.
Armored farmer
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May 9th 1983, I had a fencing staple ricochet out of a hedge post and into my cornea. 7 days in the hosp, 14 stitches in my cornea, drops, cremes, eye patches, doctors, etc.
Wear your safety glasses.....Take it from me, the alternative is not fun.
Wear your safety glasses.....Take it from me, the alternative is not fun.
gearchecker
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I used to work at one of the old Saginaw Steering Gear plants about 14 years ago. I wear glasses normally, but they still made me get prescription Safeyy glasses. One afternoon I was walking down the main Isle and I felt something hit my glasses. I took them off and there was a small chunk of steel embedded in the lens. It was blown off a part that was being machined on a turning center. It hit the lens pretty high so I'm not sure it would have hit me in the eye or not. But those glasses certainly saved me from a serious injury.
The plant paid for the lens replacement, and I've kept those safety glasses ever since.
I've replaced the lenses once already and I need to get them replaced with a new prescription soon.
I have a younger brother that lost an eye when he was around 8 years old. He was smashing pop bottles with a hammer, and a piece blew into his right eye, and that was all she wrote.
You only have one set of eyes, and they haven't figured out how to do eye transplants yet.
Wearing Safety Glasses can save your vision without any doubt.
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Gregory
The plant paid for the lens replacement, and I've kept those safety glasses ever since.
I've replaced the lenses once already and I need to get them replaced with a new prescription soon.
I have a younger brother that lost an eye when he was around 8 years old. He was smashing pop bottles with a hammer, and a piece blew into his right eye, and that was all she wrote.
You only have one set of eyes, and they haven't figured out how to do eye transplants yet.
Wearing Safety Glasses can save your vision without any doubt.
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Gregory
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I never took this seriously until 4 years ago. After having 20/20 in both eyes for my whole life, my right eye has developed a bad cataract that will require surgery (more complex than usual as the cataract is behind the lens which will need to be replaced with a symnthetic one). Down to the left eye to use, and being a righty, I've had to learn to shoot southpaw to qualify with the carbine for work--still can shoot rightsy w/ pistol and cock my head a bit. Suffice to say, it has been humbling and I've bome a born-again believer in eye protection 100% of the time for shooting and such.
What about if you have prescription glasses? I've been told mine are resistant, and I'm getting new ones and will make sure, because before I've been putting other glasses on top of my glasses and it tends to hurt and make aiming even harder.
There is a federal shatter standard for all prescription eyeglass lenses.
Very small particles will not be a problem.
They do not have enough momentum to break the lenses.
Plastic lenses are more shatterproof, but more easily scratched.
Long ago I had 'shooting glasses' made up using stick wire frames and polycarbonate lenses.
They are not real safety glasses (no side shields, no lens pop out protection) but should stop most smaller things.
If a bullet encounters even actual safety glasses they are going to fail.
In my shop with milling machinery, a lathe, table saw, drill press, bandsaw, jointer, etc. I use actual safety glasses (and often hearing protection).
I use muffs in the shop when needed (router, etc.) but prefer EAR plugs for shooting (but use both muffs and plugs for some rifles and larger handguns (.45 Win Mag)).
If I end up in the side wall lane at the indoor range, plugs and muffs are often required even with a .45 ACP.
Very small particles will not be a problem.
They do not have enough momentum to break the lenses.
Plastic lenses are more shatterproof, but more easily scratched.
Long ago I had 'shooting glasses' made up using stick wire frames and polycarbonate lenses.
They are not real safety glasses (no side shields, no lens pop out protection) but should stop most smaller things.
If a bullet encounters even actual safety glasses they are going to fail.
In my shop with milling machinery, a lathe, table saw, drill press, bandsaw, jointer, etc. I use actual safety glasses (and often hearing protection).
I use muffs in the shop when needed (router, etc.) but prefer EAR plugs for shooting (but use both muffs and plugs for some rifles and larger handguns (.45 Win Mag)).
If I end up in the side wall lane at the indoor range, plugs and muffs are often required even with a .45 ACP.
The lack of side shields does kind of bother me.
I was hoping you wouldn't say that. lol I just hate the glasses over glasses situation.
With me ear plugs only really work in one of my ears (in terms of staying snug), I prefer muffs.
If I end up in the side wall lane at the indoor range, plugs and muffs are often required even with a .45 ACP.[/QUOTE]
If you want to help these come on out there is a product I have used called Draw Out Salve. I have used it on more than one occasion when there is foreign matter & I don't want to go digging with a straight pin & tweezers to get it out. It smells bad but works pretty well.
This reminds me of once several years ago I was using a powder actuated tool to put up hangers for sheet metal ductwork. When I shot the hanger up I felt something sting my cheek. About a year later a piece of metal came out. When I first started in the trade safety glasses weren't 100% mandatory-now they are. Sometimes it is annoying to have to wear them but it is better to be annoyed than blind.
Always wear safety glasses. I wear ansinrated shades all day at work, in my shop and at the range. The scar I see when I look at a white wall or the blue sky reminds me if I get lax.
And as far as wierd stuff coming out later I had a cheapie wire wheel explode on a 4" grinder 12 years ago...I have another piece of wire coming up now. I had glasses on and there were about 20 bristles embedded in the right lens and about 70 or so in my face and chest, ironically my arm only got a few.
And as far as wierd stuff coming out later I had a cheapie wire wheel explode on a 4" grinder 12 years ago...I have another piece of wire coming up now. I had glasses on and there were about 20 bristles embedded in the right lens and about 70 or so in my face and chest, ironically my arm only got a few.
fatcat4620
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This.
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Any competent optometrist can produce prescription safety glasses for you, but if your prescription is simple you can get safety glasses with magnification very easily. Uvex and other safety glasses manufacturers can do this for under $100. You can get an insert to drop behind them for ~$50 if you want to wear them with different tints. If you want to use a specific brand like WileyX or Oakley you can send the prescription to them and they will have prescription lenses put in your frames. The only barrier to having prescription safety glasses these days is whether you can afford to have your prescription put into safety glasses.
Any competent optometrist can produce prescription safety glasses for you, but if your prescription is simple you can get safety glasses with magnification very easily. Uvex and other safety glasses manufacturers can do this for under $100. You can get an insert to drop behind them for ~$50 if you want to wear them with different tints. If you want to use a specific brand like WileyX or Oakley you can send the prescription to them and they will have prescription lenses put in your frames. The only barrier to having prescription safety glasses these days is whether you can afford to have your prescription put into safety glasses.
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