wow...........thanks for telling this story.
One would never think that could happen...just looking at a fresh weld.

one good thing about eyeballs needing glasses the older one gets..
it's automatic eye protection !
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "pat" <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!

> Yeah, they used a needle on my eye to flick a piece out.
> The ER doctor said I might get a rust stain but it didn't happen.
> I was welding a stainless header.  Got done and went to inspect my work,
> got
> real close to the welded area, oblivious to the popping noises of hot
> metal
> flaking off around the heated area.
> One little flake hit the brown part of my eye and fused there.  No amount
> of
> flushing would get it out.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:56 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
>
> I once was blowing some metal shavings off of a workbench, and a piece
> went
> into my eye.  The piece was gone by the time I got to the doctor, but it
> left a painful scratch on the cornea, as well as a rust ring where it had
> been. They used a dremel to buff out the rust ring!  Scary.....
>
> Mike B.
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
>>And when using a Dremel! Twice, almost a year to the day apart, grinding
> with my Dremel on my Vanagon put me at the eye doctors to get a small
> metal
> fragment removed from my eye. The second time I DID have safety glasses,
> but
> had pulled them down to get a better look at what I was working on-then
> didn't pull them back up-big mistake ( I should mention that I wear
> regular
> eyeglasses and I thought they offered enough protection-they don't!).
> Recently on the show "American Restorations" there was a shot of the shop
> owners 17 year old son grinding away on a piece of metal with NO safety
> glasses on. A few minutes later there is a shot of him, clipboard in hand,
> writing up an estimate for a customer and he IS wearing safety glasses!
> Guess there is more of a chance of that ball point pen flying out of his
> hand and hitting him in the eye than metal fragments from an angle
> grinder.
>>
>>
>>
>>Jeff Stewart
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>>In this case a large hose clamp from an ALH TDI engine.
>>
>>This was a spring type hose clamp for the plastic intake pipe.
>>
>>I didn't use hose clamp pliers since a regular pair was closer.
>>
>>That sucker slipped out of the jaws of the pliers, flew about 6 feet
>>horizontal and bounced off the cover of my service cart, landing neatly in
>>the top drawer.
>>
>>It happened in an instant, with considerable force.
>>
>>While slightly amusing, I quickly realized how easily I could have been
>>blinded in one eye if it took a different path.
>>
>>
>>
>>Scott had mentioned wearing safety glasses when working with these things
>>and I knew better, but just took a shortcut. Got lucky.
>>
>>
>>
>>Same thing with drill bits. I had one lock in a metal plate and shatter. A
>>piece flew right past my face and blew out the fluorescent bulb on the
>>ceiling.
>>
>>That bit fragment could have easily hit me in the eye.
>>
>>
>>
>>All you vanagon DIY'ers, please wear your safety glasses.