This is just my opinion BUT WHEN YOU ARE USEIN ANY KIND OF GLUE OR DANGEROUS LIQUIDS PLEASE PLEASE PUT ON SAFTEY GLASSES
Chris
Chris
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So right Christopher the cements are lethal.
Good tip, but let's widen that one up to power tools like a dremel, sawblades etc :thumb2:
My dad lost his left-eye when a tooth of a sawblade broke off!...
My dad lost his left-eye when a tooth of a sawblade broke off!...
YEA good idea Steven an to wearin masks when sprayin paints an such an sorry to hear about your dad
chris
Wearing glasses has saved me several times from serious eye damage - by flying swarf, and once from corrosive chemicals that only burnt my cheek & forehead ( the other guys ended up having their eyeballs syringed! ).
Loss of sight is the thing that really frightens me. I have suffered from retinopathy in the past, with several bouts of laser treatment, and even now I have 6 monthly check ups to check that it isn't flaring up again.
Just a moment's thought before acting could save you a whole world of hurt!
Dave
Loss of sight is the thing that really frightens me. I have suffered from retinopathy in the past, with several bouts of laser treatment, and even now I have 6 monthly check ups to check that it isn't flaring up again.
Just a moment's thought before acting could save you a whole world of hurt!
Dave
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Well as you can imagine I only have one good eye, the left is so so , ok to a point but will never be completely right. Can't afford to have any problems with the right.!!!!!
I wear safety glasses for lots of things , gardening , even cooking. When modelling I have the left eye covered, and normally have an optovisor on or I'm looking through a very large magnifying lens.
I suffered a very nasty retinal detachment and was fortunate to have a very good surgeon who was able to save the eye, but the damage had been done with scarring and 3 further ops removed as much as could be archived.
Can't believe when I see people working with out eye protection when today the glasses are so cheap .
I wear safety glasses for lots of things , gardening , even cooking. When modelling I have the left eye covered, and normally have an optovisor on or I'm looking through a very large magnifying lens.
I suffered a very nasty retinal detachment and was fortunate to have a very good surgeon who was able to save the eye, but the damage had been done with scarring and 3 further ops removed as much as could be archived.
Can't believe when I see people working with out eye protection when today the glasses are so cheap .
Can't believe when I see people working with out eye protection when today the glasses are so cheap .
(John R QOUTE)
Yes John these people think that it wont happen to them to them it only happens to others not them until it does then they will have a rethink an in some cases its to late the damage is done an they learn the hard way as I was nearly one of them but I know better now
anyway hope you all had a great chritmas day an got some lovely pressies
chris
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(John R QOUTE)
Yes John these people think that it wont happen to them to them it only happens to others not them until it does then they will have a rethink an in some cases its to late the damage is done an they learn the hard way as I was nearly one of them but I know better now
anyway hope you all had a great chritmas day an got some lovely pressies
chris
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Thanks Chris.Had a good time and received some modelling goodies. Hope you had a enjoyable time as well .
Many many years ago on this forum. A member posted a pic of his eye after a visit to A&E. The tube of super glue he was trying to open suddenly burst right into his eye.
SO Colin youre sayin like me wear safety glasses then ?
chris
Having seen that pic, I'm always careful. Also, I wear glasses for close up work anyway, but if I didn't, yes, I think it would be a good idea.
I call them my birth control glasses because they are so ugly, but they have saved me from eye damage many times over the years. They are bifocal RX & had cost about $300, but are nearly indestructable. I actually broke them once when they were driven into my face, hence the heavy scar in right eye socket.
PaulE
PaulE
Very sound advice. Sight is precious. I do wear safety glasses but admit I also forget too often. I think I have decided on my New Year Resolution for 2020.
Jim
Jim
Be careful also with hobby knife.... i dropped one in my leg... it entered it like butter...the wound was small (0.5cm) but deep (1.2cm)... fun times and blood times... i used glue to seal it fast... so YES super glue it's dangerous... but being distracted... it's worst...
GOOD FOR YOU Jim don't find out the hard way like I nearly did
an happy 2020 to you an yours
chris an jen
Very sound advice.I learnt my lesson the hard way.Opened a tube of superglue once and it must have had lot if air in it.Shot out and went on my eye.Even with quick irrigation it hurt like hell and like hot needle in eye.It was on white of my eye and was told if it was on my iris then could have been not so good and could have damaged it.So its optivisor and glasses for me always.
Pip pip onk onk.
Richard.
Pip pip onk onk.
Richard.
YEA I stabbed myself with a Stanley knife I sat in the livin room at my mums house when I was a teenager an I was pullin the knife towards me cutting up a block of balsa wood when all of a sudden the blade cut through the wood an how hard I was pullin the knife straight into my left leg an it cut a hole big enough to fit a hen's egg in an boy did it bleed ended up with about 10 stiches ( OUCH) but boy did I learn again the hard way
chris
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