Last time I bought prescription glasses, I went to Lenscrafters and asked
for their safety glass collection. They had a handful of frames with
removable side shields, and I had them made with bifocal lenses and safety
glass.
-Larry
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Mike Rambour <lists@dinospider.com> wrote:
> I use only bi-focal safety glasses now. Local woodshop sells them at $5
> each on sale at least once a month (woodcraft.com) normally $10/each.
>
> http://www.safetyglassesusa.com/safreadglas.html has them down to $3.10
> each for really ugly ones, the average is about $8 on there.
>
> I have many pairs now :)
>
> mike
>
> On 9/25/2014 11:02 AM, Steven Trovato wrote:
>
>> Safety glasses are usually made of polycarbonate. Cheap plastic glasses
>> will be made of different plastic that is also probably thinner. Besides
>> the obvious absence of side shields, the reading glasses would not pass the
>> tests to qualify as safety glasses. Of course, they are better than
>> nothing. I guess it depends what you are trying to protect against. For
>> light stuff, I'm sure they will do the job. For serious projectiles like a
>> shattered grinding wheel, not so much. I have prescription glasses that
>> are made of polycarbonate. I think they are closer to qualifying as safety
>> glasses, minus side shields.
>>
>> -Steve Trovato
>> strovato@optonline.net
>>
>> At 01:23 PM 9/25/2014, Peter J. Thomas wrote:
>>
>>
>> BTW, the color stripe won't work for me. Not only have I lost my near
>>> vision, but I'm also color blind. One tip to add, I use cheap womens
>>> reading glasses in the shop. Womens reading glasses
>>>
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