I was wondering if any had a phone number for Lindberg Eyewear. I went to their website and it was far far far(international)....I'm looking for US distributor.
Christina
I was wondering if any had a phone number for Lindberg Eyewear. I went to their website and it was far far far(international)....I'm looking for US distributor.
Christina
At the risk of thread hi-jacking do the slots on Lindbergs need to be made with a tapered drill bit?
Current patient her frame (I don't deal with them and after this fiasco I'm working on never will) will not stay tight. Patient says she found a place on the web that says the slot needs to be tapered. True?
(Sorry Christina)
Last edited by Uncle Fester; 04-08-2009 at 01:39 PM.
Fester,
Lindbergs are made with a drill that drops and then moves from left to right. They have to be very very precise, and requires a special milling bit, and a special slot tool to hold the lens.
You must use Trivex, 1.60 or 1.67, no other material will work inc poly (no one has tested the new Seiko 1.74 but it holds promise).
They don't need to be tapered. Where she found ANYTHING on the web suprises me since I have had to squeeze Lingberg even for B measurements on its shapes, let alone slot dimensions.
If you are talking about the 2000 series the slot dimension are: width: 1.10mm x length: 2.43 mm. The slot needs to be beveled around the edge to avoid chipping when mounting, a cone shape stone tool is best.
They require a special UV glue, and UV glue remover (although others have mounted with other glues, YMMV).
Even experienced labs have had fits. You won't believe the number of labs that have told me "no problem, we can do those" and its a month before I see the frame back with SV lenses, often accompanied by a pile of broken lens blanks.
Please note that I myself have never processed or mounted one, I currently don't have a finish lab on site (small office), but I sell their frames (and love them).
Good luck,
Sharpstick
Christina,
I PM'd you with a US phone number. They have a US office but it only handles customer service and accounting. They don't have a distributor per se (they handle their own distribution with US based reps). If you call the number you will most likely be speaking to someone in Denmark, but their English is usually good. Its usually staffed during US East Coast Business hours.
Great frames, but as Fester noted, you need a very very good lab to process the lenses. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Sharpstick
Could someone post a picture for those of us not familar with this mounting system?
{Where is the : This thread is worthless without pictures emoticon?}
I just looked it up through my website at: http://optochemicals.com/web_listing1.htm
and found the list of USA distributors, look under contacts and find your distributo, just pick the one in your state.
http://www.lindberg.com/mainsite/lin...58FDKRi1D9B4DD
That mounting doesn't look too hard to do, even the old way
Thanks Sharpstick. They are poly so that explains a lot. I need to check her other pair (also Lindberg). They are rock solid and I think are poly but made by another lab. You can take them out and they go back tight so if there was glue used it's not affecting the other pair now.
I'll be interested to hear what tools my lab used to make them.
Mmmm--The taste of redo.
Last edited by Uncle Fester; 04-09-2009 at 01:22 PM. Reason: delete redundancy...delete redundancy...add thought...
Jacqui,
That picture is of the older AIR series... the newer 2000 series is similar but much smaller and much more precise. That is exactly what every lab person has said.. "it doesn't look too hard" but then they take a month for SV to arrive back in.
Great frames, great concept, but a pain for a high volume lab to get right. They take time and a lot of lab skill.
Sharpstick
My shop do not have the drill mount, if I need to change the pattern shape, I usually make the pattern myself, any kind of paper can work out the shape also we can tell the lab to drill holes up and down whereever we like to fit on patient nose bridge, we can check up the size and shape very detail and also calculate the lens thickness before we actually do it. Just to minimise the problems !
The frame are terrific, best wear for me is the spirit (2000 series) it is function and comfort together, in the front the facal appearance is good almost look like wearing nothing but on the temple side we can choose many different color and style on titanium and accetate temple.
For the customers they feel that it is so special that they can choose their own favourite color style and even name engraved on the temple !
Most customers would enjoy the shopping after the experiences !
:cheers:
We charge other opticians $35 to edge Lindbergs and we get them out the same day; we use as much trivex as possible and they are perfect every time. The slotting has to be precise and we do a few per day as it is out #1 seller for the past 8 years. We can also order any lenses you desire, but prefer to use trivex and then 1.67. We also drill the 1.74 in Lindberg with no problems; you must be careful not to flake it when putting together, but they are very strong and it is always high powers anyway.
I wear a pair in solid 18k white gold and love them.
Craig
Let me know if we can help.
Craig
Hi Christina. email me at dons@nclasik.com
.we carry them and do very well with them. there is not a usa distributor.so you will have to deal with them. i can put you in touch with my rep she is great. the trouble is finding a lab that does a good job with them. we have our own lab and after alot of very expensive mistakes i have finally figured out how to drill them and keep them together. outside labs do a HORRIBLE job with them. i have found the key is to only use trivex, NO POLY.
but the line is fantastic and we sell them like crazy
Donald W Summers,B.S,A.B.O.C,N.C.L.E
The bit is 1.0mm but the slot is 1.1 wide and ? long, if it is 1.15 it will be sloppy. I created LenSync.com to solve this very issue; create an account and let me know yur thoughts. We can connect to any drilling edger.
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