tommerr Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I have a friend who never used safety glasses. Now he has a bad spot in the center of one eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I'm already blind in one eye ,from a virus when I was 3 years old, so wearing safety glasses is a no brainer for me. I use band tinted polycarbonate, the dark band at the top helps reduce some of the glare from the fire. I do like the sound of the Pryamax goggles, I must see if I can track some down over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptree Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 IanR, If you can not find them perhaps Glenn can add them to the Iforge store. I can get him a decent wholesale price. Do a quick search for Hagemeyer. They are the international mill supply company I buy from. In the US they are Hagemeyer N.A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinbender Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Hello Folks, I was cleaning dry concrete from garden tools with a 4" grinder a few days ago. Whack with a hammer and knock off the loose stuff with the wire wheel. I was wearing wrap around safety glasses and have a cord on them so when using my welding helmet they are easy to take on and off, and they are always with me. Felt protected. To shorten a long story they have small correction lenses quite low and I was tilting my head back to see through them and a piece of concrete made it inside. Several peices to be honest. One bounced off the inside of the lens and deep enough in my cornea that getting it out was difficult( for the Doc not me). I am now looking for a pair of stick-on lenses like big contacts I saw in passing somewhere. You order them in your script and then can apply them to the inside of your chosen safety glasses and reapply when you need to. If anyone has info on these it would be helpfull for myself and others. I dodged the bullet this time and glad you did too:) Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) Both my pairs of glasses are safety in my bi-focal script, the shop pair also have side shields and Rose-1 filters for IR. But I can see where it would be nice to have an "add on script" for things. I like that idea alot. Edited June 22, 2009 by steve sells typo, what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikadyn Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Things like this make me happy to always have my goggles with me. I've gotten used to wearing my ESS Land Ops for 8hrs on end, plus they're more comfortable than normal shop safety glasses/goggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 That's not a bad idea ptree. I have found a distributor in Australia. just waiting for them to email me a list of retailers . Cheers Ian Ross P.S Glad to hear you escaped serious injury. I've had 48 years to get used to one eye, I would imagine loosing an eye in later life would be difficult to deal with.:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptree Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ian Ross, hope you can find the goggles that work for you. I think I would be greatly disadvantaged if I were to lose an eye. I am not real good even with both:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Not at a forge, but when I was just out of the Army I worked this construction type job. We all had access to safety glasses but no one wore them. I even had my own because I needed a certain type to fit over my regular glasses. Anyhow, the boss was nailing a sheet of T-111 to a stud and when he struck a nail it bounced back and struck him just above the eye on the supraorbital arch. It literally missed his eye by a fraction of an inch and it drew a good amount of blood. Had he been less lucky he'd have been blinded in that eye. Since then I've been semi-fanatical about wearing safety glasses if there's a chance of any kind of hazardous flying object or substance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamptroll Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I always wear them while picking raspberries also. A lesson learned the hard way by ending up with a scratch on my eye from a thorn. Very painful for about a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I have my regular glasses done as safety glasses: wide lens aviator style looked just like the non-safety ones I used to wear. Now I'm never without them! Shoot I have been know to swim with them on! (cable temples) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I have my regular glasses done as safety glasses: wide lens aviator style looked just like the non-safety ones I used to wear. Now I'm never without them! Shoot I have been know to swim with them on! (cable temples) Tommy,you are just too cool!! I bet if they`re not sunglasses they`re at least transition lenses.The ladies love aviators. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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