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Please tell the people that don't know the difference and today that seems to be a problem.If you ask for a thinnest edge then you leave it up to me to make it.I have accounts that call and say work...

If a flat curve doesn't work and with that low of cylinder a sphere curve.This should not effect the fields roundness. If flat doesn't work use a plus curve.start with plus 3 make the size you want...

JACQUI-I thing nobody seems to mention edging the final product.I always confer with my specials edger person before doing the job-That's why I like making a minus base curve say -8diopters at 40 mm...

The mythe is myo-disc.A good optical tech can make anything yes anything if he is up on his lenses-Index of lenses lets me be free to do what I want and my myo-disc is made by me and at the point of...

Chip anytime you want advice on how to do these call me I share info. Or I would be glad to do it for you.Some of the ones I'm working on are major prism or as you say a needed bifocal or even the...

Thank you for the tip I'm always open to new ways to do these.What machine did you run the freeform on? I have an ultra and a compact from loh and I don't like the way slabs come out of the i-flex...

Thats a good way and I have used a premade lenticular with a +40 semi-finished reg plastic lens.But the plus 40 looks like a mexican hat. The trick is there vision at this point isn't a concern.Oh I...

We are now 80% essilor and they frown on camers in their lab.You have to sign your life away just to visit the lab.Not like the old days eh?

not a problem-I can do these and make them to make you happy.Is there anyone out there interested in learning this trade because I can't find anyone to teach-48years I'll have to quit sometime but...

The premade myo-disc are very thick even when finished-I suggest put the cyl on the front side using whatever base will make the front a sphere grind-index if you can use will be very helpfull if not...

winchester optical-48years of service to the same company-I love the feedback I get from happy doctors you call to say can I pick your brain on this rx and I say if I can't do it I really try until...

I did -30.00 right eye and -29.00 on the left in regular plastic because of money problem's maybe it's vsp or the prison system.I love the challenge of a strong rx.+30 to-30 even with a good cyl I...

if you do it correct you won't have a bowl

To start with you make your own front curve even if its high index. You can hard coat that surface.Use plastic for the abby value and from the front curve say -2.00 or three or four to get the front...

I believe someone else had the problem and I wanted to recommend suggestions by talking to them on the phone. After all these years I've seen it all. Must be it wasn't important because I never heard...

I'm hear to talk the optical business if you want to get together but I'd rather talk on the phone then over the internet. It's hard to communicate different situations on line but I love to talk the...

Yes we do a lot of glass because we have a filtering lense used in detached retinas. All are photo lenses and fired with gas for hours to get the wanted color. We also were a serengeti lab. We still...

What type of surfacing equiptment are we talking about and is it in just a certain material. There are so many possible answers-emery pads- polish pads-chilled polish temp.-emery water temp. Running...

I just finished a pair of -37.00 spheres and using the tools of index should have made it easy with 1.74 blanks. But I also realise that abbey values with high index can be a problem. I used the...

My daughter michelle is a lincenses nys optican and would like to get back in the field. I've worked at winchester optical for 43 years now and current lab manager. My other daughter lynne has been...

Gerber Coburn equiptment now has a company called Tech Site services thats like OWC-They can talk you thru anything and they also sell parts for the equiptment. No affiliation with gerber coburn just...

Also try BayTech and Norm Tomes for your wheels-or Tech Services on Gerber Coburn Products. No waiting for recall their just there and very helpful.They also sell parts for the SL2-IQ or lense maker...

I'm really glad to see a fast return on special rxs-great job-I work alone and only part time on specials because I'm also the production manager-maintainence man-delivery car maintenence man-but I...

The trick is to make your own first side of the lense to suit the rx-there again just my opinion but you can get a 1.60 or 1.66 and make your own front curve to fit the situation. 1.67 doesn't have...

I have success with 1.8 Index glass lenses and I also do X-Ray lenses for Drs in the x-ray room. No comparision optics wise. Glass is very clear with no high index film to look thru. I truly think...