tying tools, magnifier

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:08:22 GMT, "asadi...."
wrote:

Well, I'm already into bi-focals....

What do you think of the flip up flip down kind of glasses that fit over
regular glasses,

The thingy you wear around your head?

Already wearing glasses kinda throws a wrench in the works..

I use +2 reading glasses when I'm wearing my contacts, and just take my
glasses off for up close work when I'm not.
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"asadi...." wrote in
ink.net:

So please, do not assume that I am in the market for the 'hot' set-up.
What I am in the market for is something to help me see a little
better. I need a magnifier.



Feather craft sells one that I use (tho I didn't get it there). It goes
around your head, flips up when you don't need it, and I think its called
"Mag Eyes" or something like that. I have one that bolts to my desk like
you showed, and I just use it as a lamp, not a magnifier.


Scott

"asadi...." wrote in
ink.net:

So please, do not assume that I am in the market for the 'hot' set-up.
What I am in the market for is something to help me see a little
better. I need a magnifier.



Feather craft sells one that I use (tho I didn't get it there). It goes
around your head, flips up when you don't need it, and I think its called
"Mag Eyes" or something like that. I have one that bolts to my desk like
you showed, and I just use it as a lamp, not a magnifier.


Scott

"George Adams" wrote in message
...
John,
YMMV, but I have found the "big round magnifyers" to be a total pain in
the
ass. Always in the way of something, no matter what position its in. My
eyes
are terrible in close, so I wear a pair of 4X magnifying glasses and use a
strong light. Works well for me for tying down to 26's.



I wear 3.5 (diopter?) reading glasses....the kind that sit down on your
nose like granny glasses. Its easy to look over them when I'm hunting for
stuff, and simple to look through them when I'm tying. I guess thats why
librarians wear them.

But I'm very careful to not be seen by SWMBO when I'm tying anything smaller
than a #12.

--riverman

"George Adams" wrote in message
...
John,
YMMV, but I have found the "big round magnifyers" to be a total pain in
the
ass. Always in the way of something, no matter what position its in. My
eyes
are terrible in close, so I wear a pair of 4X magnifying glasses and use a
strong light. Works well for me for tying down to 26's.



I wear 3.5 (diopter?) reading glasses....the kind that sit down on your
nose like granny glasses. Its easy to look over them when I'm hunting for
stuff, and simple to look through them when I'm tying. I guess thats why
librarians wear them.

But I'm very careful to not be seen by SWMBO when I'm tying anything smaller
than a #12.

--riverman

From: "asadi...."

What do you think of the flip up flip down kind of glasses that fit over
regular glasses,

I would suggest a pait of reading glasses. You can get them at most
drug/department stores up to 3.5 diopter or so. If you need something stronger,
Orvis, (expensive), has them up to about 5 diopter, and dollar and discount
stores generally have some real cheap ones up to about 4. The idea is just to
substitute them for your regular glasses when tying.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

The first thing you should try is a much improved lighting system.
After you have tried thiis you may not need anything else.

I purchased a gooseneck lamp with a true color lamp and a large
magnifier, also on a gooseneck. Both of these were anchored to a
steel plate. An excellent setup but at about $200 US it is a bit
expensive. 90% of the time I don't need the magnifier.

So get yourself a cheap quartz lamp to try and then go from there.

Dave M

The first thing you should try is a much improved lighting system.
After you have tried thiis you may not need anything else.

I purchased a gooseneck lamp with a true color lamp and a large
magnifier, also on a gooseneck. Both of these were anchored to a
steel plate. An excellent setup but at about $200 US it is a bit
expensive. 90% of the time I don't need the magnifier.

So get yourself a cheap quartz lamp to try and then go from there.

Dave M

wrote in message
...
The first thing you should try is a much improved lighting system.
After you have tried thiis you may not need anything else.

I purchased a gooseneck lamp with a true color lamp and a large
magnifier, also on a gooseneck. Both of these were anchored to a
steel plate. An excellent setup but at about $200 US it is a bit
expensive. 90% of the time I don't need the magnifier.

So get yourself a cheap quartz lamp to try and then go from there.


Something I've noticed is that it is practically impossible to properly
light a clamp-on vice! The vice is attached at the closest edge of the
table, and any light you try to set up will be leaning forward over the edge
of the table. I've tried gooseneck lamps, but they end up balanced on the
edge. I've tried those clamp-on architect's lamps with the long sections,
but they end up being right where my arms want to be when I'm reaching for
supplies. The only thing that really works well is to have a couple of floor
lamps behind me, one over each shoulder, but I end up looking like I'm
piloting some spaceship with all that stuff around me. My next vice will be
a pedestal vice, maybe for the sole reason that I can light it with a simple
table lamp!

--riverman

wrote in message
...
The first thing you should try is a much improved lighting system.
After you have tried thiis you may not need anything else.

I purchased a gooseneck lamp with a true color lamp and a large
magnifier, also on a gooseneck. Both of these were anchored to a
steel plate. An excellent setup but at about $200 US it is a bit
expensive. 90% of the time I don't need the magnifier.

So get yourself a cheap quartz lamp to try and then go from there.


Something I've noticed is that it is practically impossible to properly
light a clamp-on vice! The vice is attached at the closest edge of the
table, and any light you try to set up will be leaning forward over the edge
of the table. I've tried gooseneck lamps, but they end up balanced on the
edge. I've tried those clamp-on architect's lamps with the long sections,
but they end up being right where my arms want to be when I'm reaching for
supplies. The only thing that really works well is to have a couple of floor
lamps behind me, one over each shoulder, but I end up looking like I'm
piloting some spaceship with all that stuff around me. My next vice will be
a pedestal vice, maybe for the sole reason that I can light it with a simple
table lamp!

--riverman