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well...I was freaking out for nothing. Let it sit overnight, turned it on and it worked perfectly. Don't know why, but it's still working fine. Thanks for the input though.
~Josh

Well, I was using the coater all day, and did about 25 surface jobs. Got them all coated, not a single problem. Then another surface job comes back into my lab, so I get it done, and get it done and...

Well, sounds like it could be a driver problem to me, open up the run prompt in the start menu, type in devmgmt.msc and scroll to the bottom where the usb controllers are located. If there is any...

How about I make a deal with you? Convert my lab to wax and I'll stop using alloy. I don't have the money to do this.

Have you ever heard of cad-con? You take the waste water and put it in a bucket, and put the specified amount of the cad-con (powder) in the water. You let it set for a day or two to let the harmful...

Thank you, this is very useful information. I thought that the FB optical company was nowhere to be heard from. That helps alot because my blocker is kinda on its last leg.

Thanks,
Josh

IMO, as long as you wear gloves when handling the alloy, and as long as you don't eat it and dispose of the reclaim tank water correctly, there is no harm in using it.
It isn't too hard to take...

Hello,

I've been using a very old Alloy blocker (FB Optical Brand)
for awhile and the rubber nipple sort of thing that goes over the spout to the block is getting so worn out that when filling up...

Well, the theta motor was part of the problem. It worked for one day only doing the problem once at the very beginning of grinding a lens and not at all after that. After that day, it went back to...

Well, I think I found the problem. Put the new ground sensor in and it didn't make a bit of difference. I was able to cut most of the daily jobs by just lifting up the shaft that holds the lens right...

I'm just seeing if anyone has had any experience with an Essilor Triumph edger. I have been running a lab using one for about 2 years and I haven't really had any problems with it untill yesterday....