On Apr 19, 3:51 pm, SWDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> glasses recommended?
Duluth Trading has several styles of safety bifocals from $20-30.
http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/department/tools_shop/tools_shop2/eye_hearing_protection/87544.aspx?feature=Product_58
(or go to duluthtrading.com and search for cheaters)
I didn't see any 2.25, but they have 2.0 and 2.5. Have you googled
'safety bifocals'?
Andy
On Apr 19, 3:51 pm, SWDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> glasses recommended?
Besides being a woodworker, I am also an avid kayaker. Several years
ago, I picked up a pair of stick-on bi-focal lenses from my local big
box drug store and mounted them on some cheap sunglasses. I can see
far OK but not close. These lenses are great. I can now read a chart
on my lap. In the car, I can read the odometer.
I recall the lenses cost about $20. I have dunked myself a few times
and the lenses never came off. They are plastic and you attach them
to the sunglasses by wetting them and pressing them on the inside
surface. If you don't like the position, just peel them off and
reapply.
I don't see why you couldn't attach the lenses to ordinary safety
glasses. When the safety glasses get scratched up, replace them and
transfer the lenses.
HTH,
Bill Leonhardt
Thu, Apr 19, 2007, 2:51pm (EDT-1) [email protected] (SWDeveloper) doth
query:
I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap 2.25
bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
glasses recommended?
I use a full face shield, because I don't like sawdust and debris
being thrown in my face.
JOAT
I have anal glaucoma. I can't see my ass going to work today.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>> glasses recommended?
>
> Um, it's your eyes. Not a time to go cheap and hope for the best. Go
> polycarbonate, which BTY is pretty common these days.
That's not enough. You need a frame that will actually keep hold of the
lens after an impact
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> "SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> > 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> > glasses recommended?
>
> In order to be safety glasses, they MUST be stamped "Z87.1".
So, all I have to do is get me one of those stamps.
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>> "SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>> > 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>> > glasses recommended?
>>
>> In order to be safety glasses, they MUST be stamped "Z87.1".
>
> So, all I have to do is get me one of those stamps.
>
>
Chevrolet can probably order you one of those stamps, Seem like that is the
emblem on one of the Camaro's or Corvett's. You can get Z28, Z81 and Z06
too. The other Z prefixed labels makes the car fast. If you want it to
be indestructible for insurance reasons you order the Z87.1 option. ;~)
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> That's not enough. You need a frame that will actually keep hold of the
> lens after an impact
>
99.999% of the time it is enough. The remainder .0001% of the time its a
50/50 chance that stronger frames or not being in the same room would be
advisable. ;~)
"SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> glasses recommended?
In order to be safety glasses, they MUST be stamped "Z87.1". That
designation means: 1) they have polycarbonate lenses, 2) the frames fully
surround the lens, and 3) the frames can be fitted with side eye shields.
"SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> glasses recommended?
Try them and let us know how it works out.
I just pair $250 for presciption safety glasses; if the $5 ones work out for
you, I will sure feel foolish.
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> On 19 Apr 2007 13:02:37 -0700, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>On Apr 19, 3:51 pm, SWDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>>> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>>> glasses recommended?
>>
>>Duluth Trading has several styles of safety bifocals from $20-30.
>>http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/department/tools_shop/tools_shop2/eye_hearing_protection/87544.aspx?feature=Product_58
>>(or go to duluthtrading.com and search for cheaters)
>>I didn't see any 2.25, but they have 2.0 and 2.5. Have you googled
>>'safety bifocals'?
>>Andy
>
> Yes, and that my issue. My eye doctor says 2.25 is perfect for
> closeup work. He says I could get prescription, but that's not
> necessary as both of my eye are nearly the same.
Then 2.0 or 2.5 would be pretty darn good.
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> That's not enough. You need a frame that will actually keep hold of the
> lens after an impact
Yeah, it's called a full face shield. Anybody that thinks safety glasses
(whatever the make) are adequate protection against impact injury is
deluding themselves. There's many other parts of the face to consider.
:)
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Chevrolet can probably order you one of those stamps, Seem like that is
the
> emblem on one of the Camaro's or Corvett's. You can get Z28, Z81 and Z06
> too. The other Z prefixed labels makes the car fast. If you want it to
> be indestructible for insurance reasons you order the Z87.1 option. ;~)
>
>
"SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> glasses recommended?
Um, it's your eyes. Not a time to go cheap and hope for the best. Go
polycarbonate, which BTY is pretty common these days.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
>I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>glasses recommended?
Here is where I get mine, they have 2.25:
http://envirosafetyproducts.com/category/magniying_safety_glasses
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Dennis
On 19 Apr 2007 13:02:37 -0700, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Apr 19, 3:51 pm, SWDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>> glasses recommended?
>
>Duluth Trading has several styles of safety bifocals from $20-30.
>http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/department/tools_shop/tools_shop2/eye_hearing_protection/87544.aspx?feature=Product_58
>(or go to duluthtrading.com and search for cheaters)
>I didn't see any 2.25, but they have 2.0 and 2.5. Have you googled
>'safety bifocals'?
>Andy
Yes, and that my issue. My eye doctor says 2.25 is perfect for
closeup work. He says I could get prescription, but that's not
necessary as both of my eye are nearly the same.
In article <[email protected]>,
SWDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
> glasses recommended?
Just bought a pair for DW (for her sewing, she keeps snaping needles)
from CraftSupplies USA for about $15, when I saw an ad for them at under
$10, just can't recall where... Woodcraft or Woodworkers supply, I just
can't recall
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:17:51 -0500, SWDeveloper <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 19 Apr 2007 13:02:37 -0700, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 19, 3:51 pm, SWDeveloper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>>> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>>> glasses recommended?
>>
>>Duluth Trading has several styles of safety bifocals from $20-30.
>>http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/department/tools_shop/tools_shop2/eye_hearing_protection/87544.aspx?feature=Product_58
>>(or go to duluthtrading.com and search for cheaters)
>>I didn't see any 2.25, but they have 2.0 and 2.5. Have you googled
>>'safety bifocals'?
>>Andy
>
>Yes, and that my issue. My eye doctor says 2.25 is perfect for
>closeup work. He says I could get prescription, but that's not
>necessary as both of my eye are nearly the same.
So get 2.50's. If you're past fifty, they will be OK right now and
just right this time next year.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:16:08 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>"SWDeveloper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I'm looking for 2.25 safety glasses for woodworking. Are the cheap
>> 2.25 bifocal glasses ($5 or 10 each) adequate or are the polycarbonate
>> glasses recommended?
>
>Try them and let us know how it works out.
>I just pair $250 for presciption safety glasses; if the $5 ones work out for
>you, I will sure feel foolish.
>
My former employer picked up the tab for a pair of OSHA Z28 (or whatever) approved prescription
glasses from Walmart for about $90 in December. I wear them everywhere, including the shop. It's
nice to know that things like birds, ants and grass are not extinct. Made a note to self to not
wait 10 years between eye exams next time.
This getting older really sucks, but it sure beats the alternative.
Regards,
Roy