OUCH!! Lathe safety lesson

[bigsteel15]

OK, so you see my signature at the bottom here. I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't follow it...you know what's coming.
I now have a nasty little gash on the bridge of my already substantial nose from not wearing proper PPE.
When I got to work Monday morning I was told I need to give a little speech at the next safety meeting about home workshop safety and the importance of carrying the safe work practice that we follow at work to our homes.

I was turning a piece of spruce 1-1/2" sq just for practice and it kicked off.
I wasn't even wearing my glasses (safety lenses & frames) so am feeling extremely lucky.
First thing I did Monday was call our safety supply guy and tell him to send me a comfortable face shield.

I'm going to keep my signature the way it is and start practicing what I preach.

[GeekMom]

Glad you weren't hurt any worse! I've had a couple of things explode on the lathe (poor technique!) and hit the face shield HARD. If my kids want to watch me work, they are required to wear a face shield as well.

[Tom Miller]

If it's any consolation, I think the two of you have talked me into wearing my faceshield again.

I guess I've become complacent, since, although I have had some pieces "pop" off, they haven't yet done it in any spectacular way. Then, there's the admittedly false sense of security since I'm working relatively small pieces on a midi lathe.

But, I can see how lots of rotational momentum could change to linear velocity, if the piece catches just right.

Regards,
Tom

[Doug Jones]

When I got to work Monday morning I was told I need to give a little speech at the next safety meeting about home workshop safety and the importance of carrying the safe work practice that we follow at work to our homes.

Now you will have a show-n-tell presentation for the speech.

[WoodButcher26]

I tend to wear both a face shield and safety glasses. A couple of years ago I had a large chip come off a piece of a bowl I was working, and it hit my arm just right and ended up hitting me hard enough in the upper cheek to leave a welt. I know that's a one-in-a million chance, but I kind of like my eyes...

[gerti]

I never turn the lathe on without wearing a face shield. It has gotten banged on a few occasions!

[LinuxRandal]

Safety glasses haven't been very safe for me. As someone with pescription glasses, it's dangerous, when your safety glasses, cause, or also fog up. So I had to replace a cab mount on my truck the other day. I bought a face shield, as I had to do this on my belly (glad it only took 1.3 hours). The bad thing is, I probably should have wore a hard hat too (don't think I had room). As I ground the first rivet, the sparks were flying up between the cab and the bed, bouncing into my hair. When I felt a burning/smoldering sensation. Just a singe, but I didn't realize this was the way to male pattern baldness.