Re: low power lenses wanted - UK

From: Bruce Woodburn (brucew_at_dccnet.com)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:31:06 -0700

A optician will grind them to order for you, and "edge" them to any diameter
up to the size of the sense blank (about 3"). If you give him the mount they
are going in, they can be fitted to it.

I've done this to customize a microscope to my eyeglass prescription.

Bruce

"Tim Riglar" <tim.riglar@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:eIHDc.266$qT5.98@newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> Apologies if this has been asked here before. I'm trying to find a (cheap)
> source of low power lenses in the UK, of the type that opticians may use
to
> "fine tune" a prescription, specifically +0.5, +0.25, -0.25 and -0.5
> dioptre. 1"-2" diameter would be perfect. I can't identify any supplier on
> the internet (or yellow pages).
>
> Any assistance welcome
>
> Tim
>
>