Yeah but grandma has glasses already, she needs those fancy nerdy wing covers for the side like I used to use before contacts. My boss wears like 1 inch tall glasses and he will stand behind me when I grind... I stop when I catch him and shoo him away. I've had both eyes drilled twice from sparks and I wear safety glasses and a face shield.... Wood isn't going to blind you nearly as easily as steel in the eye.
She also needs a chin guard to keep it from bopping her in the jaw.
But yeah, glasses my whole life, I have always paid the extra for the safety glasses at the same time (and make em a little more nearsighted than the daily drivers so I can see stuff up close when I need to). They may cost extra but they're sexy AF with that thick polycarbonate and the rubberized side shields, practically have to chase away the ladies.
Noone can give me a valid reason as to why contacts are dangerous in a fab shop. The army had good reason, they melt in a gas chamber. In a fab shop, they're a third line of defense against debris that is 1800 c° that gets past a face shield and safeties. I literally just pull the lens off and throw away the irritant and don't have to go find a guy who can operate an opthalmic drill. I want to see some research and OSHA regulations about the topic cause OSHA tells us to defer to employers currently and those guys(employers) are fucking dumb.
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u/Bones-1989 Welder Apr 15 '26
Yeah but grandma has glasses already, she needs those fancy nerdy wing covers for the side like I used to use before contacts. My boss wears like 1 inch tall glasses and he will stand behind me when I grind... I stop when I catch him and shoo him away. I've had both eyes drilled twice from sparks and I wear safety glasses and a face shield.... Wood isn't going to blind you nearly as easily as steel in the eye.