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Z3Driver

04/05/2012 9:16 AM

Safety face shield.

I've been using a cheap-o HF full face shield for woodturning and I'm
looking to upgrade to something I can actually see through. I wear
prescription trifocals, so it needs to accommodate glasses. I think
I'd prefer to stick with a full face shield instead of goggles. A y
recommendations?

Larry


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LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to Z3Driver on 04/05/2012 9:16 AM

04/05/2012 12:21 PM


"Z3Driver" wrote:

> I've been using a cheap-o HF full face shield for woodturning and
> I'm
> looking to upgrade to something I can actually see through. I wear
> prescription trifocals, so it needs to accommodate glasses. I think
> I'd prefer to stick with a full face shield instead of goggles. A y
> recommendations?
>
> Larry
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Grainger has several.

This is one.

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Lew


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RonB

in reply to Z3Driver on 04/05/2012 9:16 AM

04/05/2012 4:22 PM

On May 4, 1:06=A0pm, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'm in that camp. I treat face shields like rubber gloves: disposable.
> When they get too scratched up, they go in the recycling bin and I pick
> up a new one at HF for less than the cost of a replacement shield insert
> for the expensive models.
>
>\

Me too. I am not a big HF fan but face shields and some expendables
are where HF fits into my hobby funding. Rubber gloves have a very
short life when I pull them out of the box and I don't expect a face
shield to last forever. It just needs to be sturdy enough to stop
that heavy chunk of Oak that flew out of my lathe a few years ago.
And the HF shield did just fine.

RonB

MM

"Mike Marlow"

in reply to Z3Driver on 04/05/2012 9:16 AM

04/05/2012 12:42 PM

Z3Driver wrote:
> I've been using a cheap-o HF full face shield for woodturning and I'm
> looking to upgrade to something I can actually see through. I wear
> prescription trifocals, so it needs to accommodate glasses. I think
> I'd prefer to stick with a full face shield instead of goggles. A y
> recommendations?
>

I used to use more expensive face shields (I think they might have been
Johnson brand, but I'm not sure). I quit buying them and just started
buying the HF shields because they are just as good, and a lot cheaper. Any
brand of that kind of shield wears out, and you just have to replace the
shield - or in the case of the HF unit - the whole thing. I don't think
you'd be much happier with an upgraded shield.

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-Mike-
[email protected]

Mm

-MIKE-

in reply to Z3Driver on 04/05/2012 9:16 AM

04/05/2012 1:06 PM

On 5/4/12 11:42 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Z3Driver wrote:
>> I've been using a cheap-o HF full face shield for woodturning and I'm
>> looking to upgrade to something I can actually see through. I wear
>> prescription trifocals, so it needs to accommodate glasses. I think
>> I'd prefer to stick with a full face shield instead of goggles. A y
>> recommendations?
>>
>
> I used to use more expensive face shields (I think they might have been
> Johnson brand, but I'm not sure). I quit buying them and just started
> buying the HF shields because they are just as good, and a lot cheaper. Any
> brand of that kind of shield wears out, and you just have to replace the
> shield - or in the case of the HF unit - the whole thing. I don't think
> you'd be much happier with an upgraded shield.
>

I'm in that camp. I treat face shields like rubber gloves: disposable.
When they get too scratched up, they go in the recycling bin and I pick
up a new one at HF for less than the cost of a replacement shield insert
for the expensive models.

The will all get scratched up at some point. The HF ones seems to be
much lighter, too. I have a couple that get rotated between certain tool
stations and weed-eating.


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-MIKE-

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--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
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