magnifying glasses

[mick70Participant @mick70]

dad needed help with fiddly job today.

really tiny little screws, used some manifying glasses he got from pound shop helped a lot.

off tomorrow to get couple of pairs.

worth keeping in shop for fiddly jobs.

[mick70Participant @mick70]

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Because I always wear Varifocal specs I use clip-on magnifiers of x1 and x1.5 dioptre for close up work.

These have the advantage that they convert the "long distance" part of my lenses to "close up"

[IanTParticipant @iant]

As I've mentioned elsewhere on this Forum recently – I've been using an Optivisor for a few months now and I'm very pleased with it. It really makes a difference to what I can see and is convenient in use.

A bit more expensive than your Poundshop purchase I'm afraid – but worth it in my opinion.

Regards,

IanT

[Gordon Brown 1Participant @gordonbrown1]

I have fairly severe astigmatism and age induced long sightedness so magnifying glasses don't work well for me and I found the Optivisor uncomfortable over my three zone varifocals. At a car boot sale and a local auction I've managed to pick up two Vision Engineering Stereoramic viewers which are essentially ruddy big rectangular magnifying lenses on a big stand. They magnify x2 but one has a supplementary lens that doubles this. They have a wide field of view, high eye relief, and are comfortable to use. One I keep next to my soldering station, the other in my study where I tend to work on fiddly bits. Worth looking for if you have eyesight problems, I paid less than £15 each.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Missing from this year's MEX the place that sells loads of magnifying anglepoise lamps and Proops for the little jewellers' eyeglasses.

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