What safety glasses do you wear?

[Dennis51]

I'm looking for safety glasses which wrap around to prevent sawdust from entering my eyes.

Not prescription but clear glasses

Thanks 

Dennis

[Norm Fengstad]

I sometimes weara clear goggle that fits over my prescription glasses it has an with elastic band to hold them in place

[FrankEV]

Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight all sell various kinds of wrap arround safety glasses/goggles.  I suspect you would find something that suits you in one of these places. 

I  use standard prescription glasses w/ safety lenses while I'm scrolling.  No "dust in my eyes" problems.  I do also use a lighted magnifier lamp so the dust from cutting is blocked to some degree by the lamp. However, I do use an inexpensive pair of clear wrap around safety glasses when operating my table saw as this in when I'm likely to get sawsust up in my face and eyes. I have no idea what brand they are and they probably cost less than $5.

Now, when riding my Harley I wear a $600 helmet with a flip down shied to protect my  head and eyes .

[teachnlearn]

Not to be a wise guy. If your having trouble with saw dust around your eyes, work on getting rid of the the saw dust. Your breathing that stuff too. There is the larger dust that settles, but smaller particles are floating around. So cutting off the scroll saw and pulling a a mask down, you would still be breathing it. There are loads of discussion on getting the saw dust down. The selection of safety glasses is still your choice. Medical reports show woodworkers have a much higher chance of serious lung conditions.RJF

Edited October 20, 2020 by teachnlearn

[new2woodwrk]

I have to agree with @teachnlearn if you have issues with sawdust getting in your eyes, you have to have issues with breathing it as well.

As mentioned, HF and all the other big box stores have good eye protection depending how much you want to spend and how much protection you want/need.

But, IMO let's get the dust under control at the same time.

What are you using for dust control in the shop?

[Rockytime]

The answer to your question should be dust collection. Scroll saws have blowers which just spread the  sawdust around. Goggles are fine as well as dust masks. I could not be comfortable wearing all that stuff. Dust collection need not be expensive. There are numerous posts here that explain how others have built their DC. YouTube also features many articles showing how to build DC's. Goggles and dust masks are fine but very confining in my estimation. DC really does help.

[kmmcrafts]

I buy at Sam's Club.. they have a 5 pack ( I think it's 5? ) and the price equals out to about $2 each.. You can get all tinted.. all clear or a mix of dark tint, yellow tint, and clear.. Thought I'd hate the yellow tint.. but gotta say those things is like turning on another set of lights.. maybe my old eyes but I feel like I can see through everything with those one..  Especially nice when I'm working underneath a car where there is not much light.. 

I do agree with the others about dust collection etc.. but I'm hoping you mean safety glasses for like running table saw etc.. 

[oldhudson]

For many years I put some type of safety googles over my regular glasses. What a PITA. Last July I had cataract surgery in both eyes. Of course, I got a new prescription afterwards. When I had the new glasses made I opted to order a second set with safety glass and side shields.  I'm sure you know that this is a $$$$$ solution but, what a difference!!! There's bathroom just outside my shop.  I stop there, on my way, take out my hearing aides and change to my safety glasses - bingo I'm ready.

[FrankEV]

56 minutes ago, oldhudson said:

...  take out my hearing aides and change to my safety glasses...

I wear HA's also, but my Scroll Saw is not that loud and I have Alexa playing Serious XM so I need to able to hear.  I should take them out while I use my table saw but since I'm already hard of hearing, I don't think it matters much.  Too damn old to worry about it anyway.

[teachnlearn]

1 hour ago, FrankEV said:

I wear HA's also, but my Scroll Saw is not that loud and I have Alexa playing Serious XM so I need to able to hear.  I should take them out while I use my table saw but since I'm already hard of hearing, I don't think it matters much.  Too damn old to worry about it anyway.

The ear protection protects the ear drum and the smaller bones from impact by high energy or what we perceive as very loud noise. Just taking your hearing aids off you may not perceive the loudness, BUT the intense sound waves are slamming your ear drum and over vibrating the small bones in your ears. Its always your choice. You can go from hard of hearing to deaf. My son grew up deaf. Start studying sign language, you may need it. RJF

[oldhudson]

4 hours ago, FrankEV said:

I wear HA's also, but my Scroll Saw is not that loud and I have Alexa playing Serious XM so I need to able to hear.  I should take them out while I use my table saw but since I'm already hard of hearing, I don't think it matters much.  Too damn old to worry about it anyway.

I'm no expert, but I'd advise removing the HA's during shop time, the dust does them no good. Besides the saw I have a dust collector and exhaust fan running. I use and LG HBS-760 headset. It's a bluetooth unit that I link to my android phone and listen to Pandora. There are small comfortable ear buds the insert into the ear and keep the majority of the shop noise out while playing my favorite tunes at a common sense volume level. Take car of the hearing you have left.

[Jim McDonald]

With standard safety glasses, my estimation is that sawdust will find a way inside as s they do not seal well.