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    If you're going the route of something like the...

    If you're going the route of something like the Shootout, we've had some success just taking a hammer and another screw (or similar narrow metal, like a small nail or durable bit of paperclip) and...
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    Thank you for the tip! I'll definitely give that...

    Thank you for the tip! I'll definitely give that a shot - research paper or no, I love places like these.

    I've also managed to find ANSI standards for dress eyewear (Z80.5) and get the joy of...
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    Research Help - Manufacturing Frames

    I'm having a bit of a conundrum. For my current Dispensing course I have to write a research paper and decided, both for the class's sake and for my own curiosity, to focus on how frames go from the...
  4. Sorry, should have clarified - I have since...

    Sorry, should have clarified - I have since replaced theirs with my own lenses, it's only the frame I still have. The point still stands that if the frames are suitable quality (which in this case...
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    I'm curious about how they respond to different...

    I'm curious about how they respond to different environments, mainly regarding heat and humidity. You make the lenses in the summer, come winter are they more likely to fall out? Or conversely, you...
  6. Before deciding on going to school for opticianry...

    Before deciding on going to school for opticianry and becoming an apprentice, I had a point where I was uninsured for eyewear - or at least knew so little about my coverage that I might as well...
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    Speaking as someone who had a horrific nail...

    Speaking as someone who had a horrific nail biting problem from childhood up through maybe eighth grade: that'll never work!
    Maybe we could start applying aluminum foil to the temple tips... Agh!
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    Thanks for the input, everyone! I'll show my...

    Thanks for the input, everyone! I'll show my cousin her options and see what she thinks.
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    A fair point... I have wild dreams of owning my...

    A fair point... I have wild dreams of owning my own little shop, so maybe they're better at targeting me than I thought. That sure won't be any time soon, though.

    Re: OPT Magazine, "rambling" is...
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    I like to flip through them while at work from...

    I like to flip through them while at work from time to time, in the rare event there's some time to kill, though honestly why they send them to us I have no idea - I work for a national chain and...
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    The weird thing about that one is that unlike...

    The weird thing about that one is that unlike most idioms it translates almost word-for-word in many different languages...
    I'm more interested in the fact that you can wage psychological warfare if...
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    Frames for Babies

    Hello, first time poster here! Web browser was kind enough to log me out and delete my first attempt at posting this, so let's try again.

    I received a text last week from my cousin that her...
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