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Old 02-07-2017, 8:58pm   #15
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Originally Posted by Nox View Post
You need to wear eye protection. I had a co-worker forced into early retirement because of debris that flew back from a ricochet and lodged in their eye. I've never had a gun blow up, but I've had fragments ricochet back several times. One drew blood on my cheek. They're your only set of eyes. Protect them.
Marty, the tool salesman who comes to where I work. said this to me after seeing a guy working at a manual milling machine with no eye protection

You can walk with a wooden leg but can't see with a glass eye.
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