safety glasses??why??

[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