Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:17:10 -0400
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From: pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
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Yeah, they used a needle on my eye to flick a piece out.
The ER doctor said I might get a rust stain but it didn't happen.
I was welding a stainless header. Got done and went to inspect my work, got
real close to the welded area, oblivious to the popping noises of hot metal
flaking off around the heated area.
One little flake hit the brown part of my eye and fused there. No amount of
flushing would get it out.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:56 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
I once was blowing some metal shavings off of a workbench, and a piece went
into my eye. The piece was gone by the time I got to the doctor, but it
left a painful scratch on the cornea, as well as a rust ring where it had
been. They used a dremel to buff out the rust ring! Scary.....
Mike B.
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J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>And when using a Dremel! Twice, almost a year to the day apart, grinding
with my Dremel on my Vanagon put me at the eye doctors to get a small metal
fragment removed from my eye. The second time I DID have safety glasses, but
had pulled them down to get a better look at what I was working on-then
didn't pull them back up-big mistake ( I should mention that I wear regular
eyeglasses and I thought they offered enough protection-they don't!).
Recently on the show "American Restorations" there was a shot of the shop
owners 17 year old son grinding away on a piece of metal with NO safety
glasses on. A few minutes later there is a shot of him, clipboard in hand,
writing up an estimate for a customer and he IS wearing safety glasses!
Guess there is more of a chance of that ball point pen flying out of his
hand and hitting him in the eye than metal fragments from an angle grinder.
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>Jeff Stewart
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>In this case a large hose clamp from an ALH TDI engine.
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>This was a spring type hose clamp for the plastic intake pipe.
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>I didn't use hose clamp pliers since a regular pair was closer.
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>That sucker slipped out of the jaws of the pliers, flew about 6 feet
>horizontal and bounced off the cover of my service cart, landing neatly in
>the top drawer.
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>It happened in an instant, with considerable force.
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>While slightly amusing, I quickly realized how easily I could have been
>blinded in one eye if it took a different path.
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>Scott had mentioned wearing safety glasses when working with these things
>and I knew better, but just took a shortcut. Got lucky.
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>Same thing with drill bits. I had one lock in a metal plate and shatter. A
>piece flew right past my face and blew out the fluorescent bulb on the
>ceiling.
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>That bit fragment could have easily hit me in the eye.
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>All you vanagon DIY'ers, please wear your safety glasses.
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