Splattering solder into eye?

[Peter Hucker]

On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:40:32 -0000, Aly <sf333ddf@sfsss'=-3498hfn2nmdf0xdh3222a]].c> wrote:

"Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
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Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder splattering
into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face, but never in my
eye. How bad is it?


Wear glasses. I do.

All of this talk of laser-eye-surgery. Yeah right!! Like I need that..
Doesn't protect your eyes from fast moving projectiles and springs. Mine
have saved me time and time again.

On the subject of glasses, do you ever notice a reflection in them? Do your eyes ever get distracted by dirt on the glass? Do you ever get annoyed that you can see the rim when you look to the right or left? I'd go for contact lenses or perhaps laser surgery, then wear safety specs if I felt the need.

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I got to thinking about my divorce the other day. (Well, not like
it's ever far from my thoughts.) And I had the thought that
eventually goes through every couple's head at least once in
a relationship: "What did I ever see in you?"

We argued about everything. There just couldn't have been
two people more incompatible.

Just as an example. When we decided we wanted a child,
we discussed videotaping the event. She wanted to videotape
the birth.

*I*, on the other hand, wanted to videotape the conception.

 

[Peter Hucker]

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"Claude Hopper" <boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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No but I used to get the smoke from frying rosin in my eye when I used
to build short wave radios many years ago. Burns like nothing else.

Safety glasses don't help for that.

--
Claude Hopper

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Safety glasses don't help with rosin smoke but smoke/fume absorbers do.
Rosin fumes do more than irritate your eyes too. If you are around rosin
smoke on a regular basis, you really should consider getting one. You can
get a Weller WSA350 desktop filter for under $50. Your eyes and lungs will
thank you. I don't do much soldering on a regular basis, but if I had to
wear eye protection daily I'd probably opt for a face shield. The glasses
impede vision too much for me. Besides, it's tough wearing prescription
glasses under safety glasses.

I've burned myself plenty of times with electronics solder and improperly
placed irons, but the worst incident I can remember has to be related to a
tight crawl space and copper water pipe. I got lucky that day and only
managed to burn my lower eyelid a little. I guess in the grand scheme of
things the possibility of burning the house down because I can't see through
the safety glasses outweighs the possibility of losing sight in an eye.

There must be some glasses that don't impede vision. Wrap around type? Something skiiers might wear?

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[Aly]

"Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
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On the subject of glasses, do you ever notice a reflection in them? Do
your eyes ever get distracted by dirt on >the glass? Do you ever get
annoyed that you can see the rim when you look to the right or left? I'd
go for >contact lenses or perhaps laser surgery, then wear safety specs if
I felt the need.

Erm, actually no. I've had glasses all of my life.

Yes, from the sounds of things, I think it's probably best that you don't
wear them.

 

[geoff]

Peter Hucker wrote:

Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder
splattering into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face,
but never in my eye. How bad is it?

Try it and see !

It hurts slightly more if you wear glasses and have to pay for new lenses.

geoff

 

[geoff]

William Sommerwerck wrote:

Not bad, you may just loose your eye. WEAR SAFTY GLASSES!

It's hard to believe, but I'm actually seeing the English language's
pronunciation and spelling change. For example, Americans are
starting to adopt the British pronunciations of certain words,
principally by changing the stressed syllable.

Well that can only be an improvement. Now for the misuse of words to be
addressed...

geoff

 

[geoff]

Anthony Fremont wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder
splattering into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face,
but never in my eye. How bad is it?

I think you'll find a much larger set of people that have picked up a
soldering iron from the wrong end. Interestingly, you'll find that
they probably never did it again though.

Holding it against your cheek to see if hot was a particularly dumb thing I
did one Monday morning. It was.

geoff

 

[Peter Hucker]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:22:50 -0000, geoff <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder
splattering into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face,
but never in my eye. How bad is it?

Try it and see !

It hurts slightly more if you wear glasses and have to pay for new lenses.

Odd, I know someone who wears glasses and didn't have to get new lenses. What on earth are your glasses made of?

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[Peter Hucker]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:25:38 -0000, geoff <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:

Anthony Fremont wrote:
Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder
splattering into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face,
but never in my eye. How bad is it?

I think you'll find a much larger set of people that have picked up a
soldering iron from the wrong end. Interestingly, you'll find that
they probably never did it again though.

Holding it against your cheek to see if hot was a particularly dumb thing I
did one Monday morning. It was.

Ever had a glue gun fight?

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[geoff]

Peter Hucker wrote:

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:22:50 -0000, geoff <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz
wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder
splattering into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face,
but never in my eye. How bad is it?

Try it and see !

It hurts slightly more if you wear glasses and have to pay for new
lenses.

Odd, I know someone who wears glasses and didn't have to get new
lenses. What on earth are your glasses made of?

Some sort of very expensive coated plasrtic ;-( . At least they are
replaceable !

geoff

 

[Peter Hucker]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:06 -0000, geoff <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:22:50 -0000, geoff <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz
wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder
splattering into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face,
but never in my eye. How bad is it?

Try it and see !

It hurts slightly more if you wear glasses and have to pay for new
lenses.

Odd, I know someone who wears glasses and didn't have to get new
lenses. What on earth are your glasses made of?

Some sort of very expensive coated plasrtic ;-( . At least they are
replaceable !

Expensive perhaps, but not good value. My colleague's glasses are coated plastic, but not the expensive kind.

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Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder splattering
into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face, but never in my
eye. How bad is it?

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http://www.petersphotos.com

Confuscious say: "War doesn't determine who's right. War determines
who's left."

Not bad, you may just loose your eye. WEAR SAFTY GLASSES!

You need a pretty big blob to do permanent damage, but even a small one can
be painful.

Its something that happens sometimes - mine are usually on difficult solder
joints when salvaging parts, sometimes a solder joint spits as you heat it.

When harvesting components with a pencil blowtorch; the spitting can be
hotter - but I hold the board looking at it edgewise, the spitting goes
sideways and nowhere near my face.

 

[Jon Elson]

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"Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
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Has anyone ever actually been unlucky enough to get solder splattering
into their eye? I've had it hit my leg, hand, and face, but never in my
eye. How bad is it?

I've had microscopic specs of solder splash in my eyes a few times. At
least, I THINK they were solder, they felt different than having flux get in
my eyes. If the spec is small enough, the film of water on your eye cools
id down pretty quickly. I may worry less about this than some others as I
wear eyeglasses all the time and they have wide enough leses as to shield my
eyes fairly well.

You need a pretty big blob to do permanent damage, but even a small one
can be painful.

Its something that happens sometimes - mine are usually on difficult
solder joints when salvaging parts, sometimes a solder joint spits as you
heat it.

When harvesting components with a pencil blowtorch; the spitting can be
hotter - but I hold the board looking at it edgewise, the spitting goes
sideways and nowhere near my face.
I would ALWAYS wear some kind of protection when doing this kind of work.

Jon

 

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Mpfffff.... very late on this.

Back in the day, I did a lot of 50' target shooting and was captain of my school's rifle team - state champs several years running. BUT, that meant a goodly number of hours on the range, and at least several hundred rounds of .22 match per week. Yes, we used very good traps, and excellent range-safety procedures. BUT, every so often there would be splatter. I have always worn corrective lenses, and never worn contacts, so the splatter would bounce off my glasses with no harm done. Were the vain type, I am sure I would have experienced some pain, if not actual damage. NOTE: the others on the team, as it happens, also wore corrective lenses, our best shot wore what then were considered to be "Coke Bottle" lenses. We also used iron sights, not scopes.

Then, my first job out of college was as a machinist. Same issue. Seldom did things go "POP" on the lathe, but the lessons when they did were clear and emphatic. Wear Protective Eye Gear.

Dabbling in vintage radios, power tools, activities of daily life, I cannot tell how many times my vision has been at least protected if not saved by my glasses. And I have learned to wear gloves and ear protection over the years as well - so I still have excellent hearing and all my digits even at my advanced age. Oh, and putting the spare tire or bad tire under the car when changing the a tire - so if the jack fails the car comes down on the tire and rim, not a hand, foot or worse.

Guys and gals, this is not a debate. This is a matter of life-safety. I would rather be overly cautious and look silly than be 'brave' and be damaged.

By the way, my lenses are progressive high-index, UV coated, scratch-resistant plastic. They last me, on average, about 2 years.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA