Don my trend Pro every time except turning finials....
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Don my trend Pro every time except turning finials....
I'm new at this but it is one of the first things I bought, and I ALWAYS wear it. If anything weird or completely unusual that you hear about happening...I'm the guy it happens to, it runs in the family. Plus I am Ugly enough as it is!
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My face shield holder is a constant reminder of a near miss when returning an oak bowl which exploded. That said, sometimes I wear safety glasses when doing small spindle stuff like ornaments.
All the time. If stuff isn't occasionally blowing up in your face, you're probably not pushing yourself to your potential. Just my opinion.
I always use a full face shield when roughing down pen blanks. and switch to safety glasses when doing finishing cuts.
When turning Toxic woods esp. Cocobolo, I use a Triton air hood.
November 1 2010 I had surgery for a catarac on the left eye and am very carefull not to get anything on/in my eye. Right eye surgery yet to go soon.
I always use safety glasses and dust mask when turning pens and use Trend air pro when turning bigger stuff.
You'll rarely see me not wearing one. I've been turing since I was 12 (I'm 46 now). In my younger days I was "quick" enough to dodge the projectiles and suffered no harm, had a few bounce off my forehead and so forth... But an experience told to me by a good friend in canada changed my mind about face shields in my mid 30s. To make a long story short he is now blind in one eye simply because he wasn't wearing a shield. I wear thick glasses and have always said they're bullet proof so there is no need to worry... The part I didn't factor in is the lens being dislodged from the frames... My friend would still have an eye if it weren't for the fact that the lens was dislodged from the frames and driven into and destroying his eye from the impact of a bowl that came apart. The piece was that big that it would have given him a heck of a knock on the head but wasn't capable of destroying his eye as it actually hit his eye brow and cheek bone, it was the glasses lens that did the damage.
And! It's much nicer when the shavings are not hitting me directly in the face... For me now I hate turning without a shield.
i always wear a face shield.
I completely disagree with that comment, yes I know it's "Just my opinion" but just because you haven't had a mishap does not mean someone isn't pushing themselves to do the best they can. I try to follow the AAW safety steps and I think one of the major mistakes made is turning wood faster than it should be, or turning wood that has a crack with the potential of it flying off. Yes a few accidents happen because something wasn’t seen inside the wood. Accidents normally happen because someone wasn’t following basic safety – using wood they shouldn’t (rotted, lots of knots, wood isn’t right type to turn, lathe to fast etc). I’ve seen some items fly off the lathe because the piece wasn’t connected to the chuck properly – recess wasn’t deep enough. But if you look at the Teknatool chuck manual or whatever chuck you happen to use, if something would come off it most likely would just more or less fall to the ground. We actually did this in a class I took on turning – for the Teknatool jaws the max for any contracting turning is 1440rpm and for expanding its only 684rpm.
I’m not saying that everyone that’s had something fly off and hit them it was because they weren’t following either the AAW safety guide lines or manufacturers guide lines. Things happen but just like an accident in a car . . . if they were driving faster they could have avoided the whole accident . . . NOT. I think the better question would be "if you have stuff occasionally blowing up in your face" why is this happening? I wear a face shield for those times that I screw up, I'm going to make a mistake with my jaw connection or something. If I do then at least my face is protected.
This is JMO as I try to be safe but I also feel I’m pushing myself to my potential in my art. You shouldn’t have to have a scare to prove you’re a true turning artist . . . or do you? Turning isn’t a contact sport nor does one need to get hurt to prove they are living up to their potential, if it is then I think I need to find another form of art to express myself.
yes, i wear face sheild while turning and also using chain saw
Relax, Carol. It was obviously tongue in cheek. Maybe I didn't use enough smileys. :D :D :D :D Seriously, people are much too quick to attack other people around here lately. That said, I don't know anyone who turns that hasn't had mishaps where a face shield wouldn't have been a good idea, just like I don't know anyone who carves who's never cut himself, and I don't know anyone who uses a router that hasn't had a chuck of wood occasionally blow out.
I always wear a face shield or safety glasses, normally a shield. For large work I have a heavy duty one (think ballistics rated) and for smaller work one of the $20 range face shields. For very small items I use bifocal safety glasses.
The eyes are not all that needs protecting, unless you don’t mind broken teeth or having a flat nose.
I was wearing a faceshield when a large piece came off and hit me directly in the face. Even with the shield, it was a shock. It would have put me in the hospital first, and the dentist second. Now I even wear safety glasses underneath. Belts and suspenders; I learned the easy way...
Well, I will have to say sometimes. I always wear one when roughing out my bowls, but I usually take it off after getting what I feel is good balance or trueness to form:eek:, guess I'm lazy and don't spend the time to keep my shield clean therefore I just take it off, but since I read this post I may just start wearing it more often.
I am a firm believer in QUALITY eye protection, as well as ful Face protection (I don't need any more character). My father lost an eye due to improper eye protection while shooting in Cowboy Action Shoot. The Eye Dr told him that if he had Lexan eyewear on he would have just had blurred vision, and a head ache, both of which would have gone away. I do admit I said I wear a facemask all the time, but some times I just wear safety glasses mostly when I am putting the final touches on something. One of these days I will just bite the bullet and buy a nice Trend, or that style Mask/Breathing apperatis. Those seem to be the best way to go.