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[Mauzinette]

As I’ve admitted previously I’m a bit lazy when it comes to wearing PPE

Things usually start well, but once the eye protection comes off, there’s a good chance I forget to put it back on. To tackle this issue I placed this in my previous Blue Lug order:



It’s the most unobtrusive cord for glasses I could find and hopefully makes me a better wearer of eye protection

 

[verbotenwhisky]

As I’ve admitted previously I’m a bit lazy when it comes to wearing PPE

Things usually start well, but once the eye protection comes off, there’s a good chance I forget to put it back on. To tackle this issue I placed this in my previous Blue Lug order:

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It’s the most unobtrusive cord for glasses I could find and hopefully makes me a better wearer of eye protection

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Safety is almost always a over reaction to an event which with a minor amount of for thought and planning would not have taken place to begin with. So to implement a safety program in your shop you write out a JSA, include all tools to be used and an explanation of how they will be used and what the safety concerns are then a short concise explanation of what steps you are taking to mitigate the concerns. You must sign as the project lead and have your safety officer sign off..... that would be your mother, wife or legal guardian.

Or follow the red neck safety program, set the safety glasses on the bench and poke yourself in the eye with the wife watching. Have the wife tell you how stupid that was in her most stern voice and you'll never forget the again. It's kinda how you remember your wife's birthday; simply forget it once and that'll never.... happen.... again.....

 

[mmcmdl]

Or , just get old ( like me ) and get prescription safety glasses . Once I got them I was never without them .

 

[SouthernChap]

As I’ve admitted previously I’m a bit lazy when it comes to wearing PPE

Things usually start well, but once the eye protection comes off, there’s a good chance I forget to put it back on. To tackle this issue I placed this in my previous Blue Lug order:

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It’s the most unobtrusive cord for glasses I could find and hopefully makes me a better wearer of eye protection

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Nice one.

I know this might sound like a finger wag (and I know I can sometimes come across like that generally too, so apologies everybody!) forming good habits around safety doesn't come immediately but as ThatLazyMachinist on YouTube says, you have ten fingers and two eyes; it's good to have the same numbers of each when you leave the workshop.

Here's the first in his 4 part series on workshop safety:

They are aimed at both hobby machinists and people who want to be working machinists (he used to tech shop) so some of the advice maybe a teensy bit 'official practice' but, eh very few people get hurt being over careful.

All his videos are really good, with a very dry sense of humour; I'd recommend any of them. The safety ones are just like the rest

 

[woodchucker]

As I’ve admitted previously I’m a bit lazy when it comes to wearing PPE

Things usually start well, but once the eye protection comes off, there’s a good chance I forget to put it back on. To tackle this issue I placed this in my previous Blue Lug order:

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It’s the most unobtrusive cord for glasses I could find and hopefully makes me a better wearer of eye protection

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I just use some braided twine for seine fishing.

 

[SouthernChap]

It's kinda how you remember your wife's birthday; simply forget it once and that'll never.... happen.... again.....

Especially if the first time you forget, you lose an eye, or a finger or worse.

 

[SouthernChap]

Or , just get old ( like me ) and get prescription safety glasses . Once I got them I was never without them .

Yeah, it helps for me that I can't see for do-do. If I'm not wearing safety glasses, then I can't see well enough to even begin something that might lead to endangering my eyes!

I have the varying diopter safety glasses because I've spent too much on other shop-related purchases. Next year I'll go and see if I can get some specific prescription bifocals or perhaps varifocals (although I've heard advice that warns against wearing varifocals in the workshop if you're not used to them).

 

[verbotenwhisky]

Especially if the first time you forget, you lose an eye, or a finger or worse.

Its sarcasm with an injection of fact, in the world in which I function, offshore oil and gas exploration (drilling rigs), Safety is big business. We are required to have safety certs and training before we leave the bank and doing something stupid can get you dead or fired because , as a general rule, stupidity never stops a one injury/fatality.

 

[yota]

got a text from a friend of mine yesterday with a link to a pile of stuff a guy was selling on Marketplace for $100.00 asking what I thought of it. I said hell yes, looks like a great deal. turns out he was at an airport and wouldn't be back for 4 or 5 days. he messaged the seller to see if he would hold it, but the guy said no, he might lose a sale if my friend flaked out. it was about 45 minutes away, so I went and picked it up for him. what a score. all nice older name brand US made stuff.

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[verbotenwhisky]

Yeah, it helps for me that I can't see for do-do. If I'm not wearing safety glasses, then I can't see well enough to even begin something that might lead to endangering my eyes!

I have the varying diopter safety glasses because I've spent too much on other shop-related purchases. Next year I'll go and see if I can get some specific prescription bifocals or perhaps varifocals (although I've heard advice that warns against wearing varifocals in the workshop if you're not used to them).

I have progressive (not political) lenses which I suspect are what you are calling varifocals, I learned that there is a grand difference between the cheep ones and the good ones. With the cheaper ones progressive lenses you have to look through the center the further you go down the lens as either side will be distorted while the more expense lens have a much wider focal point without the distortion. I hate bifocals, they have a line without transition and I always seemed to get where I could not adjust and the line was in the field of vision....