! Gloves as safety glasses holders

For many years, I have kept my safety glasses in my tool box for protection and storage. All to often though, I was finding that I wouldn't spend the extra time to go get them to do just a small job on whatever particle throwing device I was working with at the time. Not a good practice to develop as this is when laziness can turn ugly real fast.

The other day, as I was cleaning and re-organizing the shop, I came up with this very simple solution to always have safety glasses much more convenient using a soft pair of old gloves. Just pinned to the wall next to the grinder and ready to go. Always available and easy to access. One for safety glasses the other for reading glasses - which are becoming just as useful these days!

Keeping two things you should use together. Smart idea, lets just hope you remember to keep you head on straight and grab them when you need 'em.

Great idea keeping them convenient to the tool -- one less excuse to not use them!

Could also nail a clothes pin to the wall so you don't have to stick holes in your gloves.

The clothespin is a great idea K. Might have taken me another 30 seconds though and put it off! Perhaps for the next incarnation.
Wasn't worried about the small hole as those gloves have been around the block and are polar fleece so probably won't see it anyway.

Wonderful idea, it also prevents dust and debris from scratching them. I always seem to end with scratched safety glasses, because I don't put them away properly after use, I let them sit anywhere without a case or protection... Or, that's what I think is the reason for ending up with so many scratched glasses. Which are then becoming less useable for jobs needing a very clear view, which is for me, almost necessary for every job...

Great stacking of functions.

Similar but tangential... I have been glad I wear regular glasses - they protected me from surprise ocular assaults. There are times when you wouldn't think to wear safety glasses, like walking in the woods. But then the person in front of you lets a branch snap back in your face and! HEY! Thanks glasses. You kept my eyes intact and unscathed.

Probably 5 times in my short life that I've avoided trauma to the eyes just by having my glasses on.

I suppose sunglasses can fill that role too.

Anyway, any thing you can do to keep your eyes safe is good in my mind.

I am bumping this thread from 2020 as this is such a great idea I thought I would let folks know about it again.