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How a Modern Lab Makes Eyeglass Lenses

How a Modern Lab Makes Eyeglass Lenses

Posted by Steve Mower on 22nd Mar 2019

Eyeglass lenses can be very expensive. Progressive lenses and specialty lenses go through a very long manufacturing process. Here is a video from Laramy-K Optical explaining in detail how lenses ar … read more

How to Make Your Own Lenses

Posted by Steve Mower on 6th Mar 2019

Andy George made lenses from scratch with borax, sand, and soda ash. This was just one very difficult step in making his own camera.  From PetaPixel via boingboing "Making clear glass t … read more

Site Updates April 2018 - Lens Types

Posted by Steve Mower on 20th Apr 2018

As promised we have updated our frame pages to allow for selecting different lens types! Since our inception back in 2010 we have tried to accommodate the demand for alternative lens types in various … read more
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