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Frame repairs and tools
The document discusses various tools used for optical repairs, including different types of optical screwdrivers, flaring pliers, and screw-lift tools. It also describes the different types of nose pad assemblies, including screw-on and push-on pads. The document provides guidance on replacing broken parts like temples, plastic earpiece covers, and nose pads on frames. It notes that soldering, either with a flame or electric unit, is usually required to repair broken metal portions of frames.
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Frame repairs and tools
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- 2. Most necessaryrepairs will be minor. As a result, replacement of broken parts is usually more cost effective.
- 3. Correctly Usingan Optical Screwdriver When using an optical screwdriver, the screwdriver should not be held like a pencil. There are many different types of optical screwdrivers available, from ones with brass shafts and no-roll handles, large, round hardwood handles that fill the palm of the hand.
- 5. one that bendsto find the size and shape of the hand.
- 6. The screw-holding toolplaces the screw in hard-to-reach places where fingers cannot always go.
- 7. Flaring pliers willflare a rivet or screw tip to prevent it from backing out.
- 8. The screw-lift toolallows a loosened screw to be removed with less chance of being dropped.
- 9. There aremany different types of nose pad assemblies. The screw-on and push-on type nose pad assemblies are the most dominant.
- 10. The push-onpad is one of the easiest pads to remove and replace. It has a small I-beamlike shape that snaps into an indented box on the pad arm. Although a push-on pad can be removed without the aid of tools, it is possible to use a small device called a pad popper.
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- 12. The screw-ontype of attachment has a small post on the back of the pad with a horizontal hole in the post.
- 13. Replacing Missingor Broken Temples If a pair of glasses has an irreparably broken temple, it must be replaced. The first choice is to replace it with a new, identical temple.
- 14. Replacing thePlastic Earpiece Covers on Metal Temples Covering the Temples to Reduce Allergic Reactions
- 15. Broken PlasticBridges Replacing Nose pads on Plastic Frames
- 16. Soldering isthe only possible way to repair a broken metal portion of a frame unless the entire front or temple is replaced. Flame Soldering Some flame soldering units use one gas, butane. Others use two independently regulated gases, either oxygen and acetylene or oxygen and butane. The oxygen will be used up at twice the rate of either the acetylene or the butane.
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