Eyesight problems

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

The comments about light are good. bright light=small pupil the smaller the pupil the greater your depth of field (think pinhole camera with huge depth of field and no lens – but needs lots of light!)

So start by making sure you have plenty of light – I have three 4' fluorescent tubes plus an anglepoise and a halogen desk lamp I point at what I'm working on.

Neil

[Ken JohnstonParticipant @kenjohnston10955]

I see no one has mentioned laser correction. I wore glasses from 14, now 67. Short sight.

A couple of years ago I had 1 eye done. I can only say what a fantastic investment. So 1 eye is short sight still and the other is now normal vision. I can now see a bus number at 2.5 ish city blocks away. And sight only gets a bit blurred when, say, looking at mm divisions on a rule. 10 seconds work, a couple of days slight discomfort. No glasses under the welding shield. No smearing in rain. Pop crash helmet on.

Well worth investigation. In fact, I would go so far as to say if it had been available when I was young, it would possibly have changed my lifes direction. Sound like an evangelist, don't I.

[WindyParticipant @windy30762]

My friend and I both have eye problems and spent many hours at the eye clinic.

Barbara had Macular Degeneration myself a field of vision fault caused by an injury in my motorcycle days.

Of the sight aids shown a white light lamp was the most useful and at that time Argos was selling them at reduced price.

For reading it was money well spent.

I now have many similar lamps in my workshop and they are good for Tig welding and detail work.

Windy

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Hi Ken,

I'm surprised you seem to have plenty of accomodation after the laser surgery … do you need reading glasses?

Neil

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