Eye protection

[Pat Roy]

I wonder what I look like in my shop. I wear a dust mask, safety glasses or face shield and hearing protection.

[Ian]

My two penneth worth.....
When I was casting I always wore a full clear face shield and it saved my sight when a mold let go once, a charge of molten silver hit the worktop, found a drop of water and blew all over the place. I had a 2mm ball melted into the shield right in front of my left eye, but I still have my left eye
I have to wear glasses anyway for close work so the face shield is good for me.
I would say that the foundry safety glasses make good sense for smithing, right kind of light radiation, what we need is a suppliers name if anyone can think of one

[Mr Smith]

I had a spark go into my eye once when someone else was forge welding. The next time I was at the opticians, I asked for prescription safety glasses.

Every now and again, a piece of (usually hot) crud ricochets off one of the lenses, and I stop and think "They just paid for themselves."

Even one day spent hurting is one day too many.

[BT]

One of the greatest things I have found for us "over 40" types that need reading glasses is the safety glasses with the built in bifocal magnifier. I buy them in several different magnifications and use them based on what I'm doing at the time (weaker magnification when working at the anvil and the work is farther away, and stronger magnification when working on something close). I have no connection with this site, but here is an example of the type I am talking about V2 Bifocal Readers .

[henerythe8th]

Many of the things that we do in our shops have hazards--some of them not immediate---

...for instance-NOISE! generally won't hurt you straight away--but after a few years or so, you're likely to develop the "huhs?"

That's when someone says something that you can't make out and you say, "Huh?"

There are many wonderful things that we like to continue to see, but hearing is a wonderful sense to preserve, too.

I don't LIKE to wear protection!

I LIKE seeing and hearing! I wear my protection, usually in my preferred form--a hard hat with flip up visor and ear muffs. I think that the setup cost about $80, but boy is it convenient. Not necessary to roll up those ear plugs and get your ears all grubby with your dirty hands, no need to hunt for your glasses. Put the hard hat on, when you need the shield and muffs flip them down...

Henry

[ThomasPowers]

My neighbor just put in a 6", 2000 gal a minute well using a diesel driven pump; he was worried about the noise as it's unmuffled but I told hom that that side of the house doesn't have any windows and I *aleays* wear hearing protectors in the shop so it shouldn't be an issue until he gets the shed built around it....Anyway when he starts irrigating the field nect to my lot I plan to plant trees all along the fence row---pecans sounded nice to me...(noted water hogs here in the desert)

[A.S.T.]

Rember saftey glasses are not only for forgeing . I recently missed out on two days of work and had a pretty bad head ache and all I was doing was trying to drive a nail.
A.S.T.

[Paragon]

What are y'all wearing to go over prescription glasses? I have yet to find a set of safety glasses that fit properly over them with room to spare so I don't have to worry about scratching my prescriptions.

I usually wear splash goggles when grinding and cutting as they are the only thing that seem to fit OK (still sit up against the glasses on the outer edges)

My welding goggles don't seem to be too bad.. but obviously too dark for regular work.

[Glenn]

Full Face shields work well over prescription glasses.

Welding hoods that have a flip up lens ( revealing a second clear safety lens underneath ) are great pieces of equipment. The smaller window (viewing port) means you have a smaller impact zone for the eyes (greater coverage), and a much stronger full face shield. Most likely you already own the welding helmet.

[son_of_bluegrass]

Or if you are willing to spend the money you can get prescription safety glasses.