Eye protection!

[Paul Boyd]

Just a gentle reminder about why it’s so important to wear good eye protection when using cutting discs in mini-drills, or any other tool for that matter. This one also cut my finger when it let go, before embedding itself into a cardboard box!

Cheers,
Paul

 

[Martin Wynne]

@Paul Boyd

Hi Paul,

Not only with power tools. I still remember the day when building track on a board I lifted it to my eye to check the rail alignments. Not noticing a pointed round needle file lying between the rails. As I lifted the board to the light, the needle file slid down and hit me on the nose. It could so easily have gone in my eye. Ever since I always turn any work upside down before putting it close to my eye.

Take care,

cheers,

Martin.

 

[Rob Manchester]

Paul,
I find the 'branded' ones both last longer and feel a little more robust ( a common trend with many products these days ). Important to remember they are cutting disks and not for grinding on the side of the disk.

I need glasses for anything closer than about 4 feet away and was lucky to source safety glasses with various strengths of lenses which are very useful. I tried at builders and tool shops without any luck but Amazon came to the rescue as so often. They are made with the likes of cyclists in mind I understand.

Glad you are still in one piece

Rob

 

[Paul Boyd]

I still remember the day when building track on a board I lifted it to my eye to check the rail alignments.

Hi Martin,

I've nearly poked my eye with a rail end a few times doing that, but not left a needle file between the rails yet!

I find the 'branded' ones both last longer and feel a little more robust ( a common trend with many products these days ). Important to remember they are cutting disks and not for grinding on the side of the disk.

I need glasses for anything closer than about 4 feet away and was lucky to source safety glasses with various strengths of lenses which are very useful. I tried at builders and tool shops without any luck but Amazon came to the rescue as so often. They are made with the likes of cyclists in mind I understand.

Hi Rob,

From memory, this was from an Expo box. I was trying to cut the remnants of a tap out of an open sided slot in an aluminium extrusion in a very confined space. The disc snagged... I got enough of the tap out though in the end, without marking the outside!

I need glasses for close-up work, although I'm nominally short-sighted these days. This was at work where we also have safety glasses that fit over prescription glasses, and fortunately I was wearing them although they weren't hit.

Cheers,
Paul