Rust ring in my eye!

[Ten Hammers]

If someone has a connection for old style frames ( think Roy Orbison or ZZ Top ) please post it. Wayfarer makes them, I know. Large nylon frames is what I want. Non prescription lenses can then be added ( Thank you H Wooldridge for the explanation on coating, had forgotten that ). Side shields can of course be added as well. Work supplies safety glasses ( disposable ) that are wrap around style. Cheap I'm sure but rated properly. Light refracts differently with this type of lens. Inside a helmet, things look different. Flat lens is better for me ( and really works better for me. Welding supplier formerly had old style but no longer carries ( and cannot find supplier ). What I want is gonzo size like Thomas speaks of. Fashion is not my goal. Military issue glasses would work but I have not looked into suppliers for that venue. Thanks in advance.

[BT]

Ten is this something like you are looking for? Crews Engineer Bifocals

Jock also has the Bouton glasses in his store across the street.

[Ten Hammers]

Glenn, yes, covering the affected eye does work. Sometimes covering both eyes works better. This of course will be difficult to explain to the officer when he stops you in traffic on the way to the hospital. John Wayne attitude is not really a good way to go but of course neither is whining. situations arise. If you NEED help by all means get help ( meaning 911 here in the states ). Stopping what you are doing ( I am as busy as anyone ) and assessing the situation should be the first order of business. In camp ( which may be miles away from medical facilities ) this order of business still applies. As some of us know, something in the eye is an experience based thing. Most times the FOD extracts itself through natural tear flooding. Sterile eye wash works ONCE and should then be replaced ( ok ask me how I know about that ). I have been infected by ER Doc digging out stuff. 2 days later went to the Opthamologist and he cleaned things up and gave me the little tube of antibiotic for self application. I have also been rescued by ER Doc with a loup and tool to extract FOD. Someone once said that life is too short to go through it injured, blind or dead. This is good advice. BTW, FOD = Foreign Object Damage and is a Military acronym I learned in the Navy regarding Jet Aircraft. Many ( most ) medical professionals are not trained to use this and do not immediately understand but I still use it. Family or neighbors ( or customers ) can always haul you to the hospital but if you NEED help and are by yourself, make the call.

[Ten Hammers]

Bernie, thank you for the link. What I want are nylon frames but thank you señor very much. Will look into Jocks as well.

[BT]

Yeah, Steve, I reread your post after I posted my link and noticed you said nylon frames. This might be more what you are looking for Crews S-7 Clear Lens Wire Sideshields Safety Glasses or this Crews Innovator Bifocals

[skunkriv]

Something like this.

Glass Safety Glasses

The folks at the eyeglass place always try to convince me how much lighter my glasses would be if I switched to polycarb lenses. I still prefer safety glass. For many operations I will wear something else over them (plastic glasses, goggles, faceshield)

Probably start a flame here. I KNOW poly lenses have immensely better impact resistance. I wear my glasses all of the time. Sweating in the shop on a hot or a hard working day I probably clean my glasses (on my shirt or whatever) 10 times an hour and more. On some days I clean them almost every heat. Even with the scratch resistant coating the poly lenses just don't hold up for me.

[Ten Hammers]

Thanks fellas !

[ThomasPowers]

I never clean my glasses when I can use *water* either running or still to swish them through, then soap them and swiah them again---never rub them with anything before I clean off as much stuff as possible.

But I'm quite blind without them---I have to go to a back-up pair to find them when I have misplaced them.

Thomas

[Ten Hammers]

Thomas, I use the same technique I guess but with a spray bottle of something ( perhaps Simple Green at home shop or some kind of orange spray cleaner or the like at work. ) Here at home I just flood until I'm happy all the nasties are off then wipe with a hankerchief. At work I follow the flooding with a water bath to the glasses ( or helmet lens sometimes ) . Work of course has a bathroom for the shop but home shop doesn't. Flooding with a spray bottle, wiping to see if it's clean and more flooding to get rid of any more nasties really seems to keep the lenses from scratching as bad ( for me anyway ).

[millwright]

I have had the steel sliver doug out of my eye but it was not as bad as the burning coke dust that I got in my eye while working at a coke plant I switched to these glasses AOSafety Prescription Safety Eyewear at work and bought a pair for the shop AO safety was good to deal with too