Freak accident

[luckydawg13]

wish you all the best and a fast recovery

[ehsa]

i hope that you will be alright.i would see the doctor.safety is key in anything you do.

[lever addict]

I hope you are ok Doc. The eyes are very important body part. They are one thing I would want to fall off of me last!

Tman ive seen that pic of you before. It reminded me of my welding days. I dont think it's overkill. Hot molten metal rolling across your skin is no fun!

[msharley]

Hey Doc,

Prayer sent, and hope you heal up quick. Most good eye docs, will work out a payment plan.

Hazard a guess, a drop of your own sweat, may have triggered "explosion". The least bit of water, when casting/smelting, is disaster.

Later, Mark

[JimmyBigLoop]

I hope you heal up nicely Doc.
I had a shard of steel jump up under my safety glasses while cleaning slag off a weld. I had to get the steel removed and the rust drilled out. Missed the cornea by 2mm.
I guess I'm lucky Canada has Healthcare because I was working in a small shop and there's no way they would have had an insurance plan.

[Uzi]

Hope you heal up quickly doc. Watch those eyes, ya need 'em.

[Gallo Pazzesco]

Doc ... hate to hear it and here's hope for a speedy recovery for you. You probably should get on over to the eye doctor Doc.

[Doc Holliday]

Day 2 and my eye sight is returning to normal, I woke up the last 2 days with the crusty eye but that was how they heal. The swelling is down and I am able to see with the reading glasses again so its easier to type now. I still cant figure out what happened.... It was cool so no sweating, I had just put in the paraffin wax and it started to smoke before catching on fire. I got a face full of smoke and i backed up a little bit and while taking off the glasses I put the mold down on the table at my left, cleared the smoke from my eyes and when I opened them thats when I got hit in the left eye. I went out today and stood where I was standing and there was no way that the piece came from the pot. It must have come from the mold that I set down... I guess I am just lucky it didn't hit my cornea, it was off to the right a little towards my nose and up a bit (I was looking down and to the left when it hit) The wife said today that I will have to wear my safety glasses under a face shield from now on to make sure this never happens again. I kind of think she is right and will do that. My sight is nothing I want to loose.


Doc

[Gallo Pazzesco]

Day 2 and my eye sight is returning to normal, I woke up the last 2 days with the crusty eye but that was how they heal. The swelling is down and I am able to see with the reading glasses again so its easier to type now. I still cant figure out what happened.... It was cool so no sweating, I had just put in the paraffin wax and it started to smoke before catching on fire. I got a face full of smoke and i backed up a little bit and while taking off the glasses I put the mold down on the table at my left, cleared the smoke from my eyes and when I opened them thats when I got hit in the left eye. I went out today and stood where I was standing and there was no way that the piece came from the pot. It must have come from the mold that I set down... I guess I am just lucky it didn't hit my cornea, it was off to the right a little towards my nose and up a bit (I was looking down and to the left when it hit) The wife said today that I will have to wear my safety glasses under a face shield from now on to make sure this never happens again. I kind of think she is right and will do that. My sight is nothing I want to loose.


Doc

What ... you think they only crap on people in parks and freshly washed cars?

[186 tmanbuckhunter]

Hey Doc,

Prayer sent, and hope you heal up quick. Most good eye docs, will work out a payment plan.

Hazard a guess, a drop of your own sweat, may have triggered "explosion". The least bit of water, when casting/smelting, is disaster.

Later, Mark

Not true. The water has to get under the oxidized surface of the alloy, and a small drop of sweat has a 99% chance of NOT doing that.