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keithski122
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I've found that even if you wear goggles/mask/glasses it will still get in your eyes from your hair/clothes/the general environment.
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Wish I got a vice, she just said don't move or i'll poke your eye out
If working around or under cars where felt enclosed with sparks etc.
I wore a sealey face mask, these has a silicone seal to the face on the eye pieces with a detachable face covering.
I wore a sealey face mask, these has a silicone seal to the face on the eye pieces with a detachable face covering.
Sealey Safety Eye Goggles + Full Face Protection Safety Shield Clear Visor,SSP76 790295913153 | eBay
Model: SSP76. Sealey Worksafe Safety Eye Goggles + Full Face Protection Detachable Safety Shield Visor. Nett Weight: 0.17kg. Detachable indirect goggles to allow for extra versatility. BS EN 166 BT 3 - Manufactured from polycarbonate for superior durability and resistance.
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When my former office at my last hospital was cleared out the box of stuff included an oculus electromagnet formerly used to pull bits of metal out of eyes. Saved from a skip when we did rebuilding work in 2008 and had sat on a shelf until it was put in my pile of stuff. comes with a variety of bendy tips so you can get different angles/field shapes. The ophthalmologists seem to prefer needles nowadays but I keep the magnet in my shed for a DIY solution just in case.
I did a bit of metal slicing at the weekend, all pointing away and wearing my reading glasses, must remember to do it properly in future!
I did a bit of metal slicing at the weekend, all pointing away and wearing my reading glasses, must remember to do it properly in future!
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whilst im older now i had to wear glasses since i was a child
now i can see well enough without them and certainly cant see within a magnifiying mirror close enough
i get around it by using a ladys magnifiying mirror and a magnifiying glass
heres my setup and i can really use it well the lights give me brightness whilst the magnifiyer gives full view right deep into the eye
yes its a makeup mirror and i dont care what you think but has saved me many a trip of not going to the hospital for a digging out of the piece in the eye
ive even had the **** taken out on me until they got some in and had to use it themselves, this time they didnt have to go to hospital but has been many times before
even my nephew has used it for the same reason
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I remember a mate asking me to help chop the top on his Ford Pop hot rod. I turned up at his house with goggles, ear defenders, gloves and coveralls. He came out in jeans and t shirt, nothing else. We then set to hacking and grinding, him with nothing but a safety squint as protection. Me with all my gear on.
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I think wearing decent safety eye wear is a far better option than your hi tech 'after the event' mirror system. And will also save you many a trip to the hospital. And maybe an eye.
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I worked offshore with a British guy who was already blind in one eye after an accident. He hadn't learned his lesson though, and twice he was choppered off, to shoreside hospital, at great expense, when he got carp in his remaining good eye.
Nice enough guy, but wouldn't be told. I think he was in line to get fired, after the last medivac, but he inconveniently died whilst on break in Thailand.
Nice enough guy, but wouldn't be told. I think he was in line to get fired, after the last medivac, but he inconveniently died whilst on break in Thailand.
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i can assure you that comment is incorrect due to having enough after something in the eye accidents when removing those goggles or eye glases from a presons eyes a light wind or even as stupid as brushing your hand through your hair dusting off has been enough to send a piece straight into the eye
only proper sure way is to use proper head gear and face mask in one by all means wear other goggles underneath that and thats why i posted what id recomend
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True enough, but usually easily rinsed out if that's how it got in.
Getting a bit firesd in at speed is a different world of pain.
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Ive met a few like that over the years.I worked offshore with a British guy who was already blind in one eye after an accident. He hadn't learned his lesson though, and twice he was choppered off, to shoreside hospital, at great expense, when he got carp in his remaining good eye.
Nice enough guy, but wouldn't be told. I think he was in line to get fired, after the last medivac, but he inconveniently died whilst on break in Thailand.
you need safety glasses that suit you and the task! For a grinder Im goggles ever time
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Not metal bothering?
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I try
more like metal worrying
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I know. At one point I thought I would get my own seat at A&E due to metal particles in my eyes, I think I must have been up there 5 or 6 times now.A change of jobs means I haven't needed to for ten years though
