Here is to a needle in the eye (A cautionary tale)

[Ice Czar]

note to self:
rotoroot nose and ears before any MRI



note to forum: when chiseling steel (pneumatic) at close range, always exhale through the nose, but inhale through your mouth

[ThomasPowers]

I have one of the scarey strong disk drive magnets in my medicine chest for removing metal that has not embeded in the eye yet. If I can see it riding in the eyeslime by the lid I can remove it before it takes up residence; good for splinters in the skin too

[chyancarrek]

I never got to see any kind o' Dremel . . .

My doc came at me with a weird little suction syringe to take the metal out then used a tiny scalpel I swear looked just like a miniature 9 iron and scooped out the rust ring.

I guess that's one time when you wouldn't replace your divot . . .

[m_brothers]

While on this topic, where could one get a pair of blacksmithing goggles, that will protect your eyes somewhat from the fire, and protect you from flying sparks or anything else.

[MooseRidge]

The problem is different levels of protection....

I use didymium glasses with wings for forge welding, safety eyeglasses (my prescription) for normal smithing, and a full face palstic shield for grinding......

The didymium glasses are from a glass-blowing supply store (though some of the blacksmith supply groups now carry them)...

My normal glasses are safety glass (have to have the type engraved into the lenses to REALLY be safety glass). Most prescriptions can be made using this type of lenses, but it does restrict the frame styles....

The plastic face shield can be found at some hardware stores or cleaning supply houses (actually.... mine was from when I was an embalmer... LOL!)

Then, of course, there's welding masks/googles etc.....

As far as I can tell, there is no one type of protection that is good in all cases.....