My Uvex Bionic faceshield saved me a trip to the emergency room today!

[Don Alexander]

glad you came out unscathed Roger

i guess i am not as adventurous as most of you guys , because i rarely get much over 500-600 RPMs on anything much bigger than pens

might take me a little longer to do a bowl but i don't have to dodge shrapnel either then again its a pretty rare occurrence when something comes off the lathe large heavy objects turning at high speed bring out the cautious in me for some odd reason

[Ryan Mooney]

i guess i am not as adventurous as most of you guys , because i rarely get much over 500-600 RPMs on anything much bigger than pens

Don't count on that saving you. I was doing an oak spindle (of sorts) ~4 weeks back and there was an invisible split inside it. I was only at 600rpm, it was only about 2" around (at the widest point), I was taking a very light cut, it was already nice and round, and I was just refining the width on a straight cut.. easy peasy. However even with that all which about as straightforward as it gets, a nice big hunk popped out and bounced off of my face shield. I actually had the guard down as well, but was turning out just past it on the right.. so no help from that. I still haven't found the broken off piece, I think it ended up in the rafters somewhere 8' overhead.... I believe that part of why it split off was the shape - roughly ==[]===[]==[]== but the wood was definitely flawed there internally (looking at how it split off) and wasn't visible at all from the rough blank.. Its unpredictable and can happen at any time. This wasn't a hard enough of a hit that I believe I would have been in serious danger, but probably would have had a couple of stitches or at least a good butterfly bandage.... unless it caught an eye or knocked out a tooth.

Not worth the risk imho, I'm glad you guys bring this sort of thing up, totally worth the reminder. If you can save one person or "even just" prevent a few unnecessary hospital visits

[Russell Eaton]

I had a boxelder bowl blow out on my cole jaws. It hit my bionic with the sharp edge from the crack that it put a small cut in the plastic. It was a solid bowl, and I was removing the foot. Glad you are OK.

[Tony De Masi]

Happy to find that you are okay Roger and that you had your protection in place. I have the Bionic shield but I rarely use it any more. I use the Trend during all phases of turning. Roughing, finishing, and sanding.

[Roger Chandler]

Happy to find that you are okay Roger and that you had your protection in place. I have the Bionic shield but I rarely use it any more. I use the Trend during all phases of turning. Roughing, finishing, and sanding.

If I have a really dry dusty wood I wear the trend for all the turning.........mostly I put it on for sanding, and I do like it a lot....it has really cut down on the sinus infections I used to get........haven't had one since using the trend airshield pro.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Glad you are OK! Thanks for sharing!

[Jerry Wright]

Roger - glad you are OK. The face shield is a must - safety in roughing and even a simple face shield really does a nice job of deflecting the fine shavings and dust from finish turning away from your nose and mouth. Having been nailed in the mouth a year ago by a 2x2x4" hunk of cherry kicking back from a table saw (18 stitches) I am particularly careful about standing in the "line of fire" on all power tools, my lathe included. A lot of us develop the habit of really getting into our turning and forget to visualize the trajectory of a flying piece. Developing a turning posture that keeps us out of the line of fire is very important for shop safety also.

[J.D.Redwine]

Thanks for starting a Safety Revival.

[steven carter]

Roger, I had a similar experience a few years ago with a large white oak bowl, I had my shield on but it hit my shoulder and then hit the ceiling and put a hole in the drywall. I am glad that you are ok, and thanks for the reminder.

[Alan Zenreich]

- if I sense an unstable piece of wood, I use mine, but not always.

John,

My guess is that very few people ever got hurt by a piece that the 'sensed' was unstable. It's those stable pieces that shatter unexpectedly.

My father used to point out that no one was ever accidentally shot with a loaded gun. The gun was unloaded and miraculously fired <s>

[Tim Thiebaut]

Glad to hear your OK Roger!!!

[Lee Koepke]

well, I gotta say, I wore my brand spankin new Bionic tonight for the first time and its very comfortable and a million times clearer (no fogging) that i used to get with my safety glasses .... its a world of difference... I barely even realized it was on, i certainly hope i never need it, but certainly will wear it.

[Roger Chandler]

well, I gotta say, I wore my brand spankin new Bionic tonight for the first time and its very comfortable and a million times clearer (no fogging) that i used to get with my safety glasses .... its a world of difference... I barely even realized it was on, i certainly hope i never need it, but certainly will wear it.

Good man, Lee! You only get one set of eyes! Wear it in health!

[John Terefenko]

Happy to find that you are okay Roger and that you had your protection in place. I have the Bionic shield but I rarely use it any more. I use the Trend during all phases of turning. Roughing, finishing, and sanding.

I have the older style of Trend and I wondered about the safety ability of the shield on that. Is that rated for high impact??

Anybody have the link to this face shield being talked about here???

[Roger Chandler]

I have the older style of Trend and I wondered about the safety ability of the shield on that. Is that rated for high impact??

Anybody have the link to this face shield being talked about here???

Try this link John........

http://www.amazon.com/Sperian-Protec...7638858&sr=8-1