Plastic frames, bridge too wide.

[mook8515]

Hello, my problem is that the plastic nose pads on my plastic frames are too wide and when I push up higher on my nose my eyelashes touch the eyeglass lens. Are there any adhesive pads that I could just stick onto the plastic nose pads that would make the nose pads less far apart and also push the glasses farther away from my face so that my eyelashes wouln't touch the lens?

Or does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks.

[chip anderson]

There are even Opticians who can fix this permanently.

[Jacqui]

There are even Opticians who can fix this permanently.

Yup, there are a few of us left that can. :)

[Chris Ryser]

A plastic bridge can be bent and the size reduced if one knows how to do that. You have to find an optician,............ like the ones that posted above,............................. which grew up during the optical stone age.

:D

[rsandr]

A plastic bridge can be bent and the size reduced if one knows how to do that. You have to find an optician,............ like the ones that posted above,............................. which grew up during the optical stone age.

:D

Look up there ^, its the 3 O's

[HarryChiling]

If you went to a good optician it could even be done without the proper tool to reduce the bridge size; by using a wooden dowel, a salt pan, and two metal pd sticks. Hows that for a young buck. :p

[Diane]

If you went to a good optician it could even be done without the proper tool to reduce the bridge size; by using a wooden dowel, a salt pan, and two metal pd sticks. Hows that for a young buck. :p

Tools come from everywhere. I do remember when...I love technology....

Diane

[Andrew Weiss]

Hey, I even have some zyl build-up hanging around. Haven't used it in years . . .;)

[optigrrl]

A plastic bridge can be bent ............. A plastic bridge can be bent and the size reduced if one knows how to do that. You have to find an optician,............ like the ones that posted above,............................. which grew up during the optical stone age.

:D__________________
Chris Ryser


Hey - as a newbie myself I gotta say that I have done that for patients in the past! Not all secrets will die with you old farts...

[harry a saake]

any of you guys know that you can adjust metal frames with a common metal table fork?

[Johns]

The radiator of an idling F-100 pick=up truck can do a nice job on that bridge. The mirror mount makes a great expander once the frame is heated up.

[optigrrl]

ok ALL YOU BRAGGARTS :)

I am starting a new thread "unconventional optical tools"

Let's see who can come up with the most unique home-made tool!

[CME4SPECS]

any of you guys know that you can adjust metal frames with a common metal table fork?

Harry please expand on that for us. I don't know that one. I do use a spoon to flare zyl bridges tho.

[rsandr]

Hello, my problem is that the plastic nose pads on my plastic frames are too wide and when I push up higher on my nose my eyelashes touch the eyeglass lens. Are there any adhesive pads that I could just stick onto the plastic nose pads that would make the nose pads less far apart and also push the glasses farther away from my face so that my eyelashes wouln't touch the lens?

Or does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks.

http://www.hilco.com/catalog/catalog..._misc_main.asp

Have a look at these. It will save any of those nasty opticians overheating your frame and leaving marks on it where they have been pressing on it trying to make it bend.
And potentially upsettting the centration of your lenses.

[harry a saake]

cme4specs....the common table fork can be used to adjust a lot of the end pieces simply by putting the end piece between the tines of the fork, great for when that pesky neighbor comes over at 10 pm

[CME4SPECS]

cme4specs....the common table fork can be used to adjust a lot of the end pieces simply by putting the end piece between the tines of the fork, great for when that pesky neighbor comes over at 10 pm

Got ya!