Has anyone use remote edging service in any lab?

[William Wong]

Resently, I was testing remote edging service with an China Lab, but I find some feathering issues along lens edge.
Has anyone use remote edging service in any lab? Any experience could share?

[King of the Lab]

Remote edgeing is very convenient, however shapes and sizes vary, even for the same make and model. You might have a lens remotely edged for a frame and it could be smaller or bigger depending on the pattern the lab originally used. In my experience it is very useful to keep a good Optical Lens Grinder near by for plus or minus tweaks.

[DanLiv]

I assmue you are talking about having a remote tracer in your office and electronically transmitting to the lab? Works great 95% of the time, but it is true that even with the best tracing sometimes the lenses come out a bit large (I think they are intentionally calibrated to err large, as that is tweakable. Small is not), so you will need hand wheel.

[CCGREEN]

I have been using remote trace for the last 8 years and it works well for me. I'm in a OMD office and sometimes the Rx can be a challenge. Every morning in do the daily calibration and every Monday I will do the extensive calibration of the unit. I do find that if the lens is going to have a edge thickness that a hide-a-bevel is needed (around 5mm) then you really need to send the frame to the lab to put the lenses into. And of course by all means have a hand stone to touch up with. More often then not I need to take the lens down about 1/2 to 1mm. Frankly put, I like my remote trace. Would much rather have a good edger though.