Repairing spectacles frame.

[Nobody]

Is it possible to just solder the parts together? My mum's have broken - the metal frame around one of the lenses split apart where it joins the brow (?) i.e. the bit that sits on the nose. Glueing has failed.

TIA

[Jeff]

soldering will also fail - take them to a jewellers or maybe opticians and get them silver soldered / brazed

Regards Jeff

[mike ring]

Nobody wrote in news: [e-mail]:

I have only soldered the screw bit, and there's a bit of meat there to get on to.

I think it may be possible if you use a piece of wire as a bridge; you'll need to clamp it during fixing or the lens will fall out, tin each side and the bridge first and cross your fingers

Good luck

mike

[Chris Bacon]

Take it to a decent optician, who will be able to braze or silver solder it - if you get the metal too hot, it'll collapse, but you need to get it hot as ordinary solder is unlikely to be any good.

[Chris Bacon]

SNAP!

[Nobody]

Thanks for the advice, the dear lady has now produced a spare pair from out of the Tardis...oops, habdbag :-))

The other pair will get repaired as suggested (opticians).

Thanks.

[Mark]

"solder" is really too soft to make a lasting repair, if your mum has her prescription you could more then likely buy a new pair online for less then an optician would charge to repair her old frames. See

[Dave Fawthrop]

| Is it possible to just solder the parts together? My mum's have | broken - the metal frame around one of the lenses split apart where it | joins the brow (?) i.e. the bit that sits on the nose. Glueing has | failed.

All my attempts at repairing glasses have failed :-( Opticians will reframe existing lenses, at quite low cost. If your mother is an OAP retesting her eyes is free.

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they work :-)

[Bob Eager]

Or a new pair:

at 17.50 including postage...

[Dave Fawthrop]

| On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:11:10 UTC, Nobody wrote: |=20 | > On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:28:19 +0000, Chris Bacon =

| > wrote: | >=20 | > >Nobody wrote: | > >> Is it possible to just solder the parts together? My mum's have | > >> broken - the metal frame around one of the lenses split apart = where it | > >> joins the brow (?) i.e. the bit that sits on the nose. Glueing = has | > >> failed. | > >

| > >Take it to a decent optician, who will be able to braze or | > >silver solder it - if you get the metal too hot, it'll | > >collapse, but you need to get it hot as ordinary solder is | > >unlikely to be any good. | >=20 | >=20 | > Thanks for the advice, the dear lady has now produced a spare pair | > from out of the Tardis...oops, habdbag :-)) | >=20 | > The other pair will get repaired as suggested (opticians). |=20 | Or a new pair: |=20 |

|=20| starting at 17.50 including postage... ^^^^^^^^

If only I could get my varifocals at that price :-(

Having first had her eyes tested at an optician. =46ree if over 60

>Eye tests: If you are aged 60 or over, you can have free eye tests with the NHS.

[Bob Eager]

Yes! Still, mere bifocals are only 20 quid more.

Of course. But I ignored that since it's a constant...