Fly Tying Magnification

On Jan 23, 7:47*am, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 1/23/2011 8:19 AM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
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I I'm not recommending the multi hundred dollar solution.
There are some on ebay similar to what I'm using for about 15 bucks.
Frank Reid

do you prefer the headpiece approach to a flex-arm lens? If so, why?
I've tried both, Frank, and just find the head-mounted magnification
unpleasant. Perhaps, I just didn't take the necessary time to adjust to
it, but I just didn't like the feel of it. Personally, I prefer to see
most of the world at normal scale, and get my 4x magnification only when
I am focused on vise and hook.
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Thats why I like the ones I have. They are "through the lens"
magnification. Its almost like a bifocal, a VERY strong bifocal. The
rest of the lens is plain glass. I can look through at the vise
without having anything in the way. I'm getting more and more used
the NorVise. This would require me to have a magnifier for a space
about 10 inches across, as I use the dubbing brush making capabilities
a lot.
So all in all, having something that will move with my head works
well.
Frank Reid