Eye Protection

* Face Protection - Always wear face protection when cutting or dressing metal in the shop. There are different types of face protection that can be used for cutting and dressing metal.

• • Goggles - Goggle fit fully around the eyes and is tensioned by an elastic band that goes around the head. These offer very good eye protection, but can suffer from fogging. Anti fogging wipes and sprays work fairly well to eliminate this. They do tend to leave an unfashionable ring around eyes though.
  • Safety Glasses - Safety glasses come in alot of different styles to suit the taste of the wearer. They also come in a lot of different shades also. You can get safety glasses to fit you eye prescription. Prescription safety glasses are fitted with side shields that may or may not be removable. Side shields need to be replaced every now and then as they tend to cloud up with age, reducing your perifferal vision. Safety glasses don't fit a tight as goggle and have to potential to allow debri from above, below and from the sides where gaps form around the face. Used in combination with a face shield, they have the potention of keeping 99% of debri out. Safty glasses should be Z87 rated.
  • Face Shield - Face shields give full face coverage with optimal viewing and are better for use on grinders and sanders.

-- RebStaup - 26 Jan 2008