Broke a pair of safety glasses today! While I was wearing them!

bunyip · Feb 21, 2022

I wear a shield after a cheap wire brush on my angle grinder deposited some spines in my face when it made contact with tthe metal that was being stripped, wear my ordinary glasses under it.

Bearsixty7 · Feb 21, 2022

Larry Caldwell said:
I do flux welding too. Many people do not realize how toxic flux fumes are. Unfortunately, I don't have a respirator that will fit under my welding helmet, so I get by with opening the shop doors and sometimes running a fan to blow fumes out. Nobody is allowed in my shop without safety glasses. I also have wrap-around shooting glasses, good for accidents and those guys next to me at the range with a lead shaving revolver.

One of the things I have stressed to my teenage son when welding, always have either exhaust going or a simple fan blowing the smoke/fumes/toxins away from you, even if welding outside which is where we (I) do 99.9% of our welding. Roll the welding table right up to the shop door opening or just outside the shop door on the shop apron/driveway but still have a fan going unless there is a strong wind working in our favor.

dstig1 · Feb 22, 2022

bunyip said:
I wear a shield after a cheap wire brush on my angle grinder deposited some spines in my face when it made contact with tthe metal that was being stripped, wear my ordinary glasses under it.

Wire wheels are notorious for that, even good ones. I use a faceshield for them and for cutting discs as I have had them explode at times, and even if they don't it is all too easy for them to throw crap at your face while you are using them (especially for awkward cuts).

2LaneCruzer · Feb 22, 2022

dstig1 said:
Wire wheels are notorious for that, even good ones. I use a faceshield for them and for cutting discs as I have had them explode at times, and even if they don't it is all too easy for them to throw crap at your face while you are using them (especially for awkward cuts).

After I saw a picture of a guy with about 1/2 of a grinding wheel embedded in his forehead, I bought a Craftsman variable speed grinder. I run it slooooooow!