: Been there. Not on the kayak project but with other things you wouldn't
: ordinarily think of wearing eye protection for. I find myself wearing the
: safety glasses more and more these days, since I had to go to the hospital
: emergency room to get a chunk of plastic the size of a volkwagon out of my
: eye one time, while removing old wallpaper. No permanent damage,
: fortunately.
: Hope your eye heals quick. Good Luck.

In my work place we were required to wear safety glasses, and still now and then we would get wood splinters in our eyes. I think safety glass saved my eyes more then once though. Usually from something unexpected. Once while drilling on a drill press that had an unusually heavy spring uplift, the drill handle slipped out of my hand and the handle flipped up really hard and hit my safety glasses with a jar. Without the glasses I think I could have had real damage in my good eye. So wear safety glasses and be safe.

John