- Oh, here we go.
Let's see, optic, optical, optician.
Noun, plural; opticians.
One who solves problems.
Oh, I like that.
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Hello, I would like to welcome you
to the Laramy-K OpticianWorks training center
where a few weeks ago, I posted a quick fix
with epoxy, and the response to it was simply overwhelming.
So, I thought heck I would do another one.
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This is what a typical broken spring hinge looks like.
Just like our plastic eye wire fix,
this is a temporary repair
to get your customer by for a few days.
You may be waiting for a new replacement frame,
or lenses to come back for the lab
if you're doing a complete new pair.
The only way to repair metal is welding
and obviously we are not about to do that.
The epoxy is used simply to hold things in place.
As I mentioned in the last video,
I like using demo lenses for mixing epoxy.
They're disposable and their bowl shape
makes them great for the job.
I'm in no hurry here.
I dispense two equal parts of epoxy and stir, stir, stir.
Only then do I start the timer
and even then I'm waiting for it to start
to tack up just a little.
Once I'm ready, I dip the end of the paperclip
in the mix and grab a bowl of epoxy.
Be super careful that you don't drag a string
of it with you since that will cause a mess.
I want to place epoxy inside
the open box section of the broken hinge.
Not too much, not too little.
I don't want it to ooze out all over the place
when I put the two pieces back together.
Now of course you could just slobber epoxy all over
the entire area and glue things
so that the temple was not only permanent,
but permanently open.
But that's not what we are after here.
In fact, our goal here is to have the temple
that still works just like it did.
That's why I'm working it periodically
to make sure I didn't get any epoxy in the wrong places.
Let me jump in here with a side note.
I just said that in this case we want this pair
to function much as it did before it was broken.
That's not always the case.
I used to do a lot of work with the disabled folks.
I had a gentleman with one arm
and that one arm was quite compromised.
So you can kind of imagine how hard it would be
to put a pair of glasses on
if both temples were folded up.
So he asked that I make it a rigid temple.
So this would never flex again.
So he could open up and always put his glasses on.
It would never risk hitting and closing
on him when he was putting his glasses on.
So I kind of did not the opposite exactly,
but I spread the epoxy around the entire thing,
let it harden up, sculpted it a little bit with a file
and he was able to wear his glasses.
My five minutes are up, but my epoxy isn't quite ready.
So, I'll give it another five minutes.
In reality, I would just set these in a tray
for a few hours before touching them again.
(timer ringing)
But, as you can see, I can now wiggle the temple
and tug on it and it will stay put.
Another quick fix with epoxy.
Thanks for watching.
I will see you again next week.
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