Falling pics 11/25/09

[rwoods]

hiya Ron! how you and that grandbaby been?

Grand baby is great. She'll be one in a month. My daughter is planning to feed the neonatal unit next month after her checkup as a token of our gratitude for helping save her life.

I am doing a little cutting on Saturdays again.

Hope you're well.

Ron

 

[treeslayer2003]

same ol here Ron. glad to hear the little one is well. and the shoulder is getting better .

 

[northmanlogging]

as for the bugz Had a pair for awhile even wore em for a bit, The glare is something I couldn't get over, but I'm special like that (palinopsia or cerebral polyopia the acid trip without the acid trip), that and they don't do **** for fine dust, so while I had em on it felt like I was wearing googles so I would forget to squint a little bit when making off side underhand face cuts... and gets gobs of fine dust in my eyes anyways.

 

[catbuster]

Not a fan of Bugz goggles. I'm back to my Flak Jacket XLs I've had for several years now. I don't have fogging issues, but the RH were I'm working is generally a lot higher than it is in the PNW. They don't seal around your face, but do a better job than any other pair of glasses I've had of keeping the dust out of your eyes. And definitely better than the Bugz.

 

[Metals406]

After Cody T. told me he wore these, I ordered 4 pair.

I loved them on fires, no fog, no stuff in the eye.

I wore the black paint off the screen. No worries, I got some flat model paint (lacquer) -- cleaned the glasses, and painted the screen again. Worked great.
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=3518

 

[Metals406]

I would also try these I reckon.
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15234

 

[Skeans]

I would also try these I reckon.
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15234

Those are pretty much bug eye goggles, I'll look and see if I still have a set and send them to you.

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[Metals406]

Those are pretty much bug eye goggles, I'll look and see if I still have a set and send them to you.

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These look better, and I bet fit nicer.

No worries on sending me any, I still have 4 pair of the others.

 

[Skeans]

These look better, and I bet fit nicer.

No worries on sending me any, I still have 4 pair of the others.

No problem, I gave up on wearing on anything.

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[Metals406]

Oh, that reminds me.

I caught flack on a fire for rubber palmed Atlas gloves. I Googled fir fire rated ones, and found some.

I'll post up a pic, ordered them from Zoro tools.

Rated for 250 F. contact.

 

[catbuster]

Oh, that reminds me.

I caught flack on a fire for rubber palmed Atlas gloves. I Googled fir fire rated ones, and found some.

I'll post up a pic, ordered them from Zoro tools.

Rated for 250 F. contact.

Yeah, they work pretty well, but the old Fireball gloves probably scared all of the people in the fire service off of any glove with rubber, and for good reason. A lot of guys got really badly burned with the rubber gloves. Thankfully, I came in after that era, but my dad and his truck crew on Detroit went with insulated leather gloves early on after a guy on the engine crew they responded with had his glove melted to his hand.

I switched to wearing Pro-Tech 8 Fusion gloves for work on the line. They're $60/pair, but I can very happily grab things I shouldn't and not get burned. They allow for a pretty good level of dexterity, which is about in line with a regular work glove-a pretty impressive feat for a fire glove. They are also really good for extrication if I don't have those with me.

 

[Metals406]

Yeah, they work pretty well, but the old Fireball gloves probably scared all of the people in the fire service off of any glove with rubber, and for good reason. A lot of guys got really badly burned with the rubber gloves. Thankfully, I came in after that era, but my dad and his truck crew on Detroit went with insulated leather gloves early on after a guy on the engine crew they responded with had his glove melted to his hand.

I switched to wearing Pro-Tech 8 Fusion gloves for work on the line. They're $60/pair, but I can very happily grab things I shouldn't and not get burned. They allow for a pretty good level of dexterity, which is about in line with a regular work glove-a pretty impressive feat for a fire glove. They are also really good for extrication if I don't have those with me.

I'm gonna look yers up, here's mine.

 

[Metals406]

I get ya on the burning rubber, but I can't stand to cut in leather (slimy when sweaty and bulky), & if my hands are fully-evolved -- I got other problems to address.

I had some hot embers land on the back of my hands with regular Atlas, and burn a small hole. I'm a welder too, so I'm super used to those.

These fire rated ones should be a treat.

 

[Skeans]

Atlas gloves and welding or cutting with a torch last all of 5 seconds, I do have one thing to add if there's a west coast fire near Portland or Seattle let it burn right up to them so they understand why clear cutting is good.

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[treeslayer2003]

I would also try these I reckon.
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15234

it says they work like sun glasses as well...........i hadn't thought of that. its pretty dark in the woods here unless i'm doing a clearcut. some are liks a jungle, shades would make ya blind.

 

[northmanlogging]

I guess they shade a little bit, its weird though, like looking through a waffle.

 

[Metals406]

it says they work like sun glasses as well...........i hadn't thought of that. its pretty dark in the woods here unless i'm doing a clearcut. some are liks a jungle, shades would make ya blind.

They do shade your eyes from light, but not bad enough in low light to cause issues.

I was used to them after about 10 minutes.

Waaaaaay better than glasses that fog every 3 seconds.

 

[SliverPicker]

I use mess glasses in the late fall and winter. No fog no matter how sweaty I get or how hard it snows. It only took me about 10 minutes to get used to them as well.

 

[Eccentric]

These are what I've been using for years. They keep chips and such out of my eyes and don't fog up. Regular safety glasses often fog up for me. Think I'm on my second or third pair in ten years of use.

They do act a bit like sunglasses, but don't make things too dark, even in lower light. I'm not a faller, so my input may not be what you're looking for though....

http://www.baileysonline.com/Safety-First-Aid/Safety-Glasses/Safety/Wire-Mesh-Safety-Glasses.axd

May try this version next.

http://www.baileysonline.com/Safety...re-Mesh-Safety-Glasses-with-Elastic-Strap.axd

 

[catbuster]

That's what I like about the Flak Jackets. A lot of sunglasses lose clarity in low light. I never have had a problem with those. I'm obviously not going to use them when I'm working in the middle of the night-but they're still okay to use around dusk or in the morning-or, like you guys have said-deep in the woods