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ALWAYS wear eye protection while grinding!!
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I made the stupid mistake of not wearing my glasses while grinding yesterday, I had a rough night with the feeling of something in my eye. Went to see an eye doctor today, he removed a piece of metal from my eye-it had been there long enough to rust- so he had to remove the rust from the surface of my eye-with a small dremel like tool and an incredibly tiny drill bit!! thankfuly he numbed my eye first So unless you want someone drilling in you eye-ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTORS! that is by far the weirdest expirience I have ever had..... It made me want to remind everyone to be safe. Gary -- Ice Tigre Have Laptop, Will Travel. |
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My great great grandfather was a blacksmith (no im not joking he seriously was and thats where I got my anvil). He was just a farm blacksmith, but one day his son decided to go into the shop and be like dad and hammer on some hot metal. Well he did and it didnt take too long for a peice of hot scale to fly up and hit him right in the eye, blinded him and he could never use that eye again. Back in this time saftey glasses wernt as avalible as tehy re now we have them avalible so please use them.
Edit: The anvil in my avatar is the anvil but the picture doesnt do it justice, it is much bigger looking in RL its a 120 lbs peter wright __________________ Knives can only be as sharp as their maker, So keep on hammering. "All men die, Not all men really live." William Walace |
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Been there, done that 4 times, got the t-shirts! And the weird thing is, all 4 times, I WAS wearing my glasses! Not a pleasant thing, having to get it taken out. Did that twice. The other two times, it came out on its own.
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I used to work in a neon sign and art business where scribing and snapping glass were done all day, i learned that most of the time when something gets in your eye it comes from your eyebrows or hair , i have learned to always brush out my eyebrows and hair and wash my face after working with glass or metals.
__________________ N'T McAhron Sqwaukin Vulture Verrinder "to create is to make art" TREMBLING EARTH KNIFE WORKS |
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I am glad your ok.I have had eye work done about 10 times over the last thirty years as my trade is a weldor/fabricator/ machinery mechanic.All but one time was while wearing glasses and once was wearing a welding helmet( the piece bounced in from behind and burned into the eye). Protect yourself but be assured that you stay around metal long enough it will fight back.Also buy an eye magnet, you can get them from some industrial first aid companies.I got mine from Zee medical.It has saved probably another twenty times of going to the eye doctor.Take care.Dave
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Hey guys,
been offline since that happened, my eyes were realy sensitive to light,even after the discomfort from the rust removal went away. my next 3 knife projects are now scraped--- the doctor visit cost me $289.00-- I haven't any insurance. so........., what is an eye magnet?-- I can't aford these doctor visits. Not that this will happen again. Gary |
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DON'T forget the resp. protection ~ it won't be as noticable as the eye, but it will cripple your lungs just as sure as I'm sitting here.
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I got hit in the corner of the eye by a hot piece of scale once.. Luckily it just burned the skin at the edge of the eye.. It was a very quick reminder that I had forgot to put on my glasses..
Just tonight I was forging and hit a red hot blade with the hammer and it flung out of the tongs and flew up and smacked me in the cheek.. got a nice burn.. Believe me... i was glad I was wearing the glasses.. if that thing had hit my eye it could have been bad news.. Be safe.. |
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Gary, an eye magnet is a small tool double ended with a smooth rounded magnet on one end and a loop of monofilament on the other.One side will get the ferrrous metal and the other is for everything else.Very cheap as I think I only paid about $30 for it.It has paid for itself many times over.Dave
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