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i never did, sorry. THe one thing i thought of afterwards was to try a larger air tank, the one i was using was tiny, and maybe the reserve of air would help?

Aloha,
Do you guys have any recommendations for some good glass labs? Looking for something with some recent innovations but in a glass material, sort of an oxymoron but figured if it exists, you...

Aloha,

lately I’ve been obsessed with the classicframes. Pilots, aviators, wayfarers, yeah they’re cool, yeah they’re timeless,but everybody and their brothers got ‘em. You guys have any other...

Aloha Optigods!

Looking for some help/advice sourcing an archetypal frame. I’mlooking for one of those old school round zyl frames, as chunky as possible,and as round as possible.
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What's the difference? can anyone link me to a document on what this term means? I don't know if it effects the horizontal or the vertical? but also, like, what brands use which design? I'd like more...

thanks for the responses guys. a HUUUUGE help. -Z

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Just wanted some advice on good sources for finish lenses. Specifically Poly Prem A/R. I'm looking for good value (if possible), something between $XXXX a pair with the coatings licked on...

alright optigods....

i picked up an old horizon II unit to start my finish lab business with. just got here last week and I've been trying to get her up and running, supposedly the unit i bought...

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So long story short, i recently bought a used briot accura cl. big mistake. the edgers working fine, the blocker/tracer just isnt cooperating. so rather than spending like 2k on parts (and...

Can anyone provide me with a starting point in Microsoft access? i see the value and the appeal in creating my own database for storing patient information, but i just cant get it started from...

anyone have a non-working/ dead or just run into the ground 7E?


I have a good supply of parts, i just need a body with a motor and a few other scraps to build my frankenstein. All i can seem to...

yeah, i cant even wrap my mind around how this crap is legal. luxottica is doing the same thing with its 'hidden' monopoly. vsp is seeming to make inroads as well. I have now contacted them 3 times...

So, please don't kill me on here because I know this has been discussed before. But all the postings I can seem to find are a few years out, and I need some more up to date information: VSP. What's...

Thank you, so much

Aloha, I'm having some issues with an old Briot axcell tracing unit. I'm trying to get in into the diagnostic mode, but it seems like many of the functions are gaurded, or blacked out, to be accessed...

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Sorry for the strange post title, trying to get your attention so I made it sounds like a movie title. Anyway, as usual, I need your (the optigods) wisdom.

I'm looking for an edger. I'm...

hello everyone. I'm checking to see if any of you have any suggestions on sources for replacement parts for the otley wobble assembly on an old 5056 cyl machine. My current source is charging me some...

hey guys, wanted to know if anyone knew where I could buy some acetate, as small volume as possible. Heard zyl comes in sheets, and or blocks? Want to start screwin' around cutting some temples and...

wow! this thread picked up a new lease on life of late. thanks as always for all the input optigods, and expect a PM cmhargrove, as soon as i figure out how.

allright, so after a couple of months working on this (and keep in mind my schedule has only really allowed a handful of afternoons idly spent on soldering) I seem to have hit a wall.

correct me...

I called them a few months ago and was told they no longer offer the insert masks, just Plano front glued. Checked out their website just now, doesn't show them with an insert, but I'll call them...

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I live in hawaii, and theres plenty of people here interested in RX masks. I think there could be some money in this, but cant seem to find a vendor. As far as i can see, theres two ways to...

whats the standard procedure in gaining a (marketable) proficiency in repairing edging and or surfacing/fining equipment?

I'm sure many of you just pick it up as you go, but do the larger names in...

hello,

recently switched from a dispensing optician, to a surfacing one. I am of late, obsessed with myodisks. unfortunately, my SGX machine can only cut a max 20 curve, AND i keep miscalculating...

So heres a quickie for you gurus:


Was at work checking power in a PAL lens, and saw about a diopter, diopter and a half of horizontal prism in the lens. Power, right on. I ask the other guy im...