Magnifier safety glasses

[KurtHuhn]

A while back my dad gave me a pair of safety glasses that has one important twist - magnification areas above and below the normal sight-line through the lenses - like crazy bifocals that keep flying debris out of your eyes. Now, I don't usually go for things like this. I wear contacts, and I figure I can see just fine. I put the safety glasses on my workbench and forgot about them.

One day I left my normal pair of safety glasses upstairs, and didn't feel like going up to get them, so I grabbed the magnifying ones and threw them on when I fired up the lathe. Once I got used to where to look through, I found that I was actually depending on the magnifiers to look at things up close - like a pair of reading glasses!

I will swear up and down that I don't need reading glasses (and will probably be wrong) but these things are excellent for looking at small details up close. Most recently I was hand-rubbing a finish on a knife blade, and despite not really needing safety glasses for that operation, I wore them anyway because I could really see the finish developing as I worked the abrasive against the steel.

Just a helpful tip for those that may be approaching The Age Of Eye Decline.

[Frank]

After my laser eye surgery to correct my myopia, I no longer have fine near sight - perhaps it's a combination of age and the surgery. I almost always have regular reading glasses hanging around my neck, plus a pair of the highest power reading glasses for fine print. For really detailed work I use these: Headband Magnifier

Kurt, yours sound like proper safety glasses with magnification areas. Do you have a link as to where they are obtainable?

[KurtHuhn]

I have no idea where my dad picked these up from. However I've seen similar ones at Woodcraft.

The nice thing about the ones I have is that there's a magnification area both above and below the line of site - making it easy to use the magnification no matter what position your head is in.

[FredS]

. . . Just a helpful tip for those that may be approaching The Age Of Eye Decline.

I my case that age would be 46 years. When I first started using glasses a year ago it was basically just to read the scrolling info line on the bottom of the ESPN screen. Now I can't do any layout or set-up work without them. At least now I never have to hunt for safety glasses because I always have my specs on!

[smokindawg]

Yep........ I know the glasses your talking about Kurt. I have to wear safety glasses at work and can't read a computer screen without reading glasses either. So I bought two sets of the safety glasses with the readers built into the lens. They work great and really weren't that much of a cost. I bought a clear pair and a slightly tinted pair. Been using them two years now and wouldn't and couldn't be without them.

I bought mine on ebay........ The ones I got are the sporty tight to the face ones and not the ones the size of a house.

Here is an example of what I found!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Radians-C2-Bifocal- ... 7C294%3A50

[KurtHuhn]

You know what, I hate to say it, but I'm at the point that I probably should be getting reading glasses anyway. As much as I hate the idea, these safety glasses are really, really nice - and are probably the gateway drug (so to speak) to me actually getting a pair the next time I visit the eye doctor.

[Sasquatch]

I will look at these next time I am at the store:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx ... at=1,42207