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2019-09-21 9:04 pm
I'm planning on doing an episode about using Lasers soon and was looking for some safety glasses. These very cheap ones on eBay were among those I examined, however, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the description.
While I just LOVE all of the great deals we can get from China I find that sometimes the translation to English leaves a bit to be desired. In this case, I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
I'm glad to see though that "the surface is not afraid to wear", I wouldn't want the glasses to get nervous while I was using them!
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Bill
"Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window." — Steve Wozniak
2019-09-21 9:49 pm
LOL i had to read it 3 times to try to make sense of it and sadly im no closer
DroneBot Workshop reacted
2019-09-21 11:13 pm
Really guys? They mean wear on the surface of the glasses, even scratches, will not reduce its effectiveness at protecting the eyes.
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2019-09-22 12:06 am
Really guys? They mean wear on the surface of the glasses, even scratches, will not reduce its effectiveness at protecting the eyes.
That's how I read it. They are basically saying that the absorption of the laser light is a property of the entire lens material and not a property of some thin surface coating.
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2019-09-22 5:41 am
I would be more worried about the "high decay rate"! ?
Mozart was a clever man.
He spent his time composing.
Now he's been dead a long long time.
He spends it decomposing!
On a serious note, I can't honestly believe that you have even considered buying safety equipment from China. As someone who has worn a hard hat and safety boots virtually all my life, I would definitely advise against it, even if they do have a CE mark and quote some made up ISO number.
Back to a more lighthearted vein:
Now you have changed the forum to include Artificial Intelligence, perhaps you need a section for Natural Stupidity ?
Or a section called "You've got to be f****** joking!"
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Topic starter
2019-09-22 1:01 pm
On a serious note, I can't honestly believe that you have even considered buying safety equipment from China. As someone who has worn a hard hat and safety boots virtually all my life, I would definitely advise against it, even if they do have a CE mark and quote some made up ISO number.
I actually wasn't intending to buy them, or anything cheap like them - my eyes are too important to me. Your comments regarding certification are definitely worth noting, thanks!
I agree fully with buying something that is accurately certified. I'm still in the research stage and if anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it. I suspect that I might need a different set (or lens?) for different wavelengths of Laser beams, but perhaps there is a "one size fits all" that is reliable.
I'll be experimenting with tiny red lasers and more powerful (cutting) blue ones if that helps.
Thanks!
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Bill
"Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window." — Steve Wozniak
Topic starter
2019-09-22 1:02 pm
Now you have changed the forum to include Artificial Intelligence, perhaps you need a section for Natural Stupidity
I suspect I'd quickly run out of hard drive space for that one!
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"Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window." — Steve Wozniak
2019-09-22 1:10 pm
You might want to take a look at IEC 60825 and ANSI Z136, for starters!
Plenty of information there!
I suspect that the higher quality safety goggles are tuned to a particular wavelength, I would be very cautious of "one size fits all", considering the damage lasers can do!