ALWAYS wear eye protection (with pictures why)

[Paul Heely]

We all know that we should always wear our eye protection, but I'm sure there are those among us that sometimes don't. Hopefully the attached picture will help to remind everyone to always do so.

This is the result of a dyed and stabilized box elder blank that came apart as I was shaping it. It had already been roughed round and I was just taking a nice cut with the skew when it let go. These were prescription safety glasses, cheapest $150 I ever spent. Scary to think what would happen without proper protection.

Remember, its not just the big bowls coming off that we have to worry about. I'll get off the soap box now.

[Jim Podsedly]

Paul,

Glad to hear you did not lose an eye or got hurt.

It serves as a good reminder.

I wear my perscription glasses and then safety ones over them. Kind of like a belt and suspender kind of guy i guess.

Jim

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Paul.............Thank God you were wearing safety glasses!

Been a lot of these accidents happening lately!

[Alex Cam]

Good reminder..

[Gary Herrmann]

That gave me a shiver. Glad you weren't hurt.

[Jim Underwood]

Is that a pen blank?!!

[Paul Heely]

It was a pen blank. It should have been the nib barrel of a nice green dyed box elder Jr. Statesman. Now its just an interesting prop.

[Keith Outten]

Paul,

You are now the newest member of the "Wise Owl Club", a group of people who have had their safety glasses destroyed and kept their eyesight in tact.

Congratulations

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[Ernie Nyvall]

Oh man, that thing flew off hard. Glad you're okay.

[Pete Simmons]

Prior to the picture I felt reasonably safe just turning a pen blank and would sometimes work with just regular non-safety glasses.

New Rule - Safety glasses with anything that turns, jumps, spins or moves under it own power.


Thanks for getting my attention!


Anybody know where you can get full frame +3.0 safety glasses? Not bifocals but the whole lens is +3.

I have a pair that needs to be replaced but I cannot find this type. No name or help on the glasses themselfs. I did get them at Woodcraft years ago but now all they seem to have are bifocals.

[Steve Ott]

That wasn't the cheapest $150 you spent, it was the best $150 you spent! Glad they worked!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Glad you weren't hurt. Steve hit the nail on the head. That was the best $150 spent.

[Shane Nyvall]

still trying to figure out how that came off.

[Paul Heely]

still trying to figure out how that came off.

Wish I had a good answer. Since the blank was stabilized it turned more like plastic than wood. Best I can figure is that there was a defect in the blank and since the grain that is there, the rest is burl, runs perpendicular to the centerline of the tube it just came flying off when I hit the defect.

[Paul Heely]

That wasn't the cheapest $150 you spent, it was the best $150 you spent! Glad they worked!

You are correct. I should have said the best $150 I ever spent. After tomorrow's visit to the optometrist it'll be the best $150 I spent again.