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27 February 2022 at 17:39 #587508
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27 February 2022 at 17:39 #36769
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27 February 2022 at 17:46 #587512
Grindstone Cowboy
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Presumably so they don't have to produce RH and LH versions of the hinge? Is the other side with head uppermost?

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27 February 2022 at 18:06 #587515
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27 February 2022 at 18:10 #587516
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Stick a dab of superglue / 638 on them
27 February 2022 at 20:14 #587534
Speedy Builder5
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When I take my glasses off, I can't even see the screws !
27 February 2022 at 20:33 #587536
BASS 666
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Posted by DiogenesII on 27/02/2022 18:10:31:

Stick a dab of superglue / 638 on them

that's what i do with mine ..
28 February 2022 at 12:33 #587588
Henry Brown
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I use clear nail varnish over the screw head, I can scrape it off and have new lenses fitted in the old frame…
28 February 2022 at 14:04 #587595
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Posted by Henry Brown on 28/02/2022 12:33:06:

I use clear nail varnish over the screw head, I can scrape it off and have new lenses fitted in the old frame…

Your lucky our optician says sorry can't use the old frame. It used to be OK up until the last 3 pairs. As one of the frames was sold as indestructible it really p??ed me off.
28 February 2022 at 14:15 #587597
duncan webster 1
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Find another optician, the prescription is yours, you can ask for a copy

Edited By duncan webster on 28/02/2022 14:16:33
28 February 2022 at 15:10 #587603
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Exactly what Duncan said, go elsewhere if they won't do as you ask. We use a place in Worcester called The Vision Factory where they grind the lenses and fit them to the frames, a fraction of the High Street cost too…
28 February 2022 at 15:11 #587604
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I would imagine the screws are underneath so that if they do come out they fall away from the eye not into it?
28 February 2022 at 15:28 #587607
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28 February 2022 at 15:28 #587608
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28 February 2022 at 16:22 #587612
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As Henry Brown says find a vision supply shop (not an optician). Have done this for the last 40+ years. No charge for reglasing just the lens cost.

Only downside, if your prescription is "wrong" (it happens) that is your added cost, has only happened once in all that time so still cheaper overall. More likely to be more realistic in frame costs when you want to change.
28 February 2022 at 19:03 #587632
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I believe that the High Street opticians offering NHS eye tests have to give you your prescription by law. Specsavers put pressure on me to buy their overpriced frames which I now buy online at a sensible price. Good quality and screw heads always on top. Boots at least, will replace screws or bend side arms if too loose. At least they used to, don't know if they still do. I also got fed up with the conveyor belt feeling at Specsavers so now use Vision Express – get treated more like a human being.

Above is my opinion and experience, so if Specsavers don't like it, they need to up their game.
1 March 2022 at 07:28 #587661
Anthony Knights
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Specsavers wanted to charge me MORE to re-use my old frames. Told them what to do and took my prescription else where. Now I have had cateracts in both eyes operated on, I don't need opticians any more and get away with a set of cheap, off the shelf, reading glasses for close up work.
1 March 2022 at 10:10 #587671
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Specsavers are a franchise operation, depends on which franchisee runs it as to how you are treated. Can't fault our local one for no hassling pleasant customer service and aftersales service. Had screws and nose pads replaced with no problem or charge.
1 March 2022 at 10:48 #587677
Alan Jackson
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Cillary Blue are a good company who make new lenses to your prescription and fit them to your old frame.

Alan

Edited By Alan Jackson on 01/03/2022 10:49:21
1 March 2022 at 11:07 #587679
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Posted by Alan Jackson on 01/03/2022 10:48:49:

Cillary Blue are a good company who make new lenses to your prescription and fit them to your old frame.

Alan

Edited By Alan Jackson on 01/03/2022 10:49:21

Thanks for this tip. The big players who won't reglaze should think on. The rot started with the fad for so-called designer frames.

Given that frames now come in a seemingly infinite variety of shapes you do wonder how CB go about getting the lenses to fit.
1 March 2022 at 11:09 #587680
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Posted by David Caunt on 28/02/2022 14:04:00:

Posted by Henry Brown on 28/02/2022 12:33:06:

I use clear nail varnish over the screw head, I can scrape it off and have new lenses fitted in the old frame…

Your lucky our optician says sorry can't use the old frame. It used to be OK up until the last 3 pairs. As one of the frames was sold as indestructible it really p??ed me off.

Find yourself a new optician. I have several pairs of glasses for different purposes, and I've had new lenses (in one case, just the one eye) fitted on all of them.
1 March 2022 at 18:42 #587728
Neil Wyatt
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Asda, two pairs for £120, very nice frames (one of mine is Racing Green) and the price includes ultra light lenses, anti-scratch, UV and anti-reflection coatings. Other pair I got are sunglasses with a heavy tint as well.

Other places manage to start at a similar place then by costing in the extras get up around £300.

Neil
1 March 2022 at 19:24 #587731
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Posted by ega on 01/03/2022 11:07:44:

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Given that frames now come in a seemingly infinite variety of shapes you do wonder how CB go about getting the lenses to fit.

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A routine grinding job for people like this: https://www.manchesteroptical.com/reglaze-glasses/

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/03/2022 19:26:49
2 March 2022 at 00:49 #587767
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AFAIK the local optician orders prescription lenses that come in standard, oversize (probably circular) profiles.

The frame manufacturer publishes a shape code which is plugged into the optician's local shape-grinder machine to make the lens fit the frame. Or a drawing, in which case the optician uses his manual skill to cut the lenses to suit. (Perhaps that's why some opticians can't make lenses to fit some frames).

At least that's how my guy does it this side of the pond – I can't believe it's any different over there.
2 March 2022 at 09:33 #587788
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I'd guess the lens grinder sets the lenses to the central focal point and CNC grinds the outer profile to a set of parameters provided by the frame supplier.

I'll ask them for a demonstration when I go next time!
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