How many improvements have been made on frames over the years (lets say 75 years)? Which is the one you think was best?
What innovations do you see coming in the future of frames?
Might want to move this to general optics and eyecare discussion forum
Beta titanium, memory metal styles and Silhouette style drills are a few of my faves.
Stainless steel tapped inserts that can be surgically implanted just above the bridge of the nose to hold spectacles in a fixed place.
**cough** Optigrab **cough**
Also, these look neat: http://eyenavision.com/products/phyzics
There are rules. Knowing those are easy. There are exceptions to the rules. Knowing those are easy. Knowing when to use them is slightly less easy. There are exceptions to the exceptions. Knowing those is a little more tricky, and know when to use those is even more so. Our industry is FULL of all of the above.
No keep it simple and inexpensive. Make it a loop piercing for the glasses to sit on. People don't seem to mind those ghastly face piercings. And many many of them.
Early Plastic Frane Materials ................
Cellose Nitrate, = Celluloid (flammable)
Kasein, made from cheese making residues
Rhoptix, predecessor to acetate
Cellulose acetate
these were all made in sheets,then aged before using to manufacture frames.
Last edited by Chris Ryser; 11-02-2014 at 09:21 PM.
Fulvue, Numont, Shurset, Balcrest Rimway, Balgrip, Rimway, Oxford, Pince-nez, Polymil, yikes you can go on and on.Originally Posted by tx11
The 3 piece tension-mounting system. Here's another one for cellulose acetate.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark Twain
3D printed frames
A website that would allow you to design your own frames. Then, with a mouse click, a design file is sent to a lab where it's printed, traced...etc.
Reinvent some of the good old days. .................................
Some Frame Manufacturer will get rich by making again the same frame in 3 different bridge sizes and at least 3 different lens sizes.
Reinvent some of the good old days.
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