safety glasses??why??

[EricH]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

I personally think that safety glasses are a bit overdone. I totally agree with wearing safety glasses when cutting/drilling/grinding, but it just bothers me that I have to wear them when I do such dangerous tasks as putting stickers on the robot or sorting through my pocket change. This is mainly because I have prescription glasses and those huge goggles annoy the heck out of me.

OK, first off, you wear prescription glasses normally. IF they are polycarbonate, you only need side shields. That shouldn't be too hard, should it? I know of at least one person who has prescription safety glasses.

Second, just because all you are doing is, say, looking at the robot, that doesn't mean that someone else in your pit, or the neighboring pit, or the pit across the aisle is not doing something that could throw bits of material into your pit, and quite possibly into your eyes.For argument's sake, let's assume they are drilling plastic, say PVC. Now, PVC has a tendency to form a plastic mass on the drill bit, made up of "strings" of PVC, and these occaisionally fly off. (Metal does the same under certain conditions, and tends to fly off even farther.) One of those "strings" leaves a drill bit in the pit next door, and flies into your eyes at high speed before you can stop it. You are not wearing safety glasses, and it has enough momentum/energy/force to shatter your normal glasses. Now you have bits of glass in your eyes, as well as plastic. You could lose your sight.
Admittedly, this is a bit far fetched. I use it to make a point--and it could potentially happen with metal.

So, even if you don't understand the reason behind the rule, follow it. Would you rather put up with discomfort for three days, or suffer discomfort for the rest of your life?

[s_forbes]

I know exactly where you guys are coming from, I'm usually way safer than I need to be. But I still stand by my original post, and I will continue to tinker on my own time without wearing safety glasses unless I see fit.

I thought it also might be worth mentioning that I have always worn my goggles when in the pits at a competition, and I wore them when working on the robot at our teams shop. Just because I don't completely agree with the rules doesn't mean I don't follow them.

Originally Posted by EricH

OK, first off, you wear prescription glasses normally. IF they are polycarbonate, you only need side shields. That shouldn't be too hard, should it? I know of at least one person who has prescription safety glasses.

Actually, I would much rather wear real goggles than those things. In the cases when I'm working on something where there is a significant chance of getting something in my eye (grinding, using the drill press, etc.) I want to have my eyes safe. Metal shards have no problem flying in over your glasses.


Sorry if I came off as some rebelious punk earlier, I didn't mean it.

[Nitroxextreme]

Safety glasses are a must not only in the pit, but anytime you are near a robot.

I do have one question though....why do you not like safety glasses that much? If you are so against them in the pits...I can only assume that you do not wear them during the build season.

I can understand where you may see a cheap pair as uncomfortable and causing messed up vision. However, If you have been involved in FIRST for any time then you would definately have a set of you own safety glasses that you could forget you were wearing.

[yodameister]

Originally Posted by Nitroxextreme

I can only assume that you do not wear them during the build season.

Please do not assume such things...It makes an *bleep* out of you and me . Eye safety was our number one priority when we were working in the shop. I am very strict about safety, I'm sure that s_forbes will agree with this statement.

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by yodameister

Please do not assume such things...It makes an *bleep* out of you and me . Eye safety was our number one priority when we were working in the shop. I am very strict about safety, I'm sure that s_forbes will agree with this statement.

I would completely agree with that statement!

[capof541]

safety glasses on my team thats the first thing we stress being we started out at a trade school it was what we learned walking in the door so it was beat in our heads and the NASA engineers never let us for get that. but safety glasses have save me in other ways like grinding disks flying at me, but my favorite was when i put my glasses on my head cause i couldn't see and was under our tongue for our flipping arm in 2005 and the engineer manually pressed the button on the solenoid and 25 pounds of pressure came flying down on my head it luckily hit my safety glasses

[sporno]

i was the same way i didnt like saftey goggles.. them i dropped a can of aircraft remover and it sprayed my face .. now aircraft remover takes paint off of metal .. it was on my face and in my eyes.. now i awalys wear satey goggles.. one time i was wearign them and a drill bit broke and hit the goggles..just wear them.. $@#$@#$@#$@# happens