Frame Adjustments with the Bionic Thumb: First Use and Impressions

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Frame Adjustments with the Bionic Thumb: First Use and Impressions

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Laramy-K Optical

Күн бұрын

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@ShareenazaMo 5 жыл бұрын

We just got one in our office and I am starting to appreciate it more and more. Thanks for some good ideas to do with it besides temple bends!

@sarawasil8238 5 жыл бұрын

You never cease to surprise me John!

@LaramyKOptical 5 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm... Guess I'll take that as a good thing? ;-) John

@ferencjuhasz5583 2 жыл бұрын

A really good video as well! When you dropped that plastic frame, that was funny. :D

@michaellupu2080 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It empowers me to adjust my own glasses. I never knew how malleable the ear piece is and I always feared it would break if bent.

@nicholaslettiere6437 2 жыл бұрын

When I first saw this at Hilco's VEE booth a few years ago, I thought it was *THE* dumbest tool ever. Three years later, I have 2 of them and I use them daily. I scribed lines on the bottom so that I can have reference markers when I need to move temple bends and make them symmetrical. I've also developed a technique using 2 at a time to bend back temples that are bent outward near the hinge area from one too many sportsballs to the head.

@LaramyKOptical 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like somebody needs to do a video! You could start Nick's Bionic Thumb Tips. We'll share it if you do. John

@jackzeppelin4 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Your video applies to selling almost any product or service. Do you mind if I share the link on FB?

@LaramyKOptical 2 жыл бұрын

Please do! Lots more videos on the KZfaq channel. Thanks John

@pttp321 2 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of the Bionic Thumb for temple adjustments. I bend the temple over my left pointer finger between the first and second knuckle - which is calloused for repeated use. This method achieve a proper bend. The Bionic Thumb rounds the back of the temple - a rounded mastoid area of the temple produced by the Bionic Thumb.

@himanshumoolchandani5 5 жыл бұрын

tell me how to do balancing on half frames

@LaramyKOptical 5 жыл бұрын

There are frames that simply can't be adjusted. Others you have to get quite creative. Sometimes you have no choice but to bend the hinge and/or the temple shaft itself to get any balance. I've actually induced x-ing at the bridge once or twice. Filing at the chassis end/temple can help sometimes. I suppose on a half-eye you might even play with the bridge a little? Tough one!

@LaramyKOptical 3 жыл бұрын

@@jensjensen4038 Yes & No. There is actually a tool (seriously) called a bridge stretcher. Not many around anymore... I suppose a brave sole might heat the heck out of a basic plastic (zyl) frame and take a shot at it. I think the trouble would be in how far too go and there is no turning back once you have started pulling. John

@jensjensen4038 3 жыл бұрын

@@LaramyKOptical thanks for the quick reply. I was thinking how to get my glasses a little lower on my face. It is the bridge so a few millimeters is prob enough just too get it sit where i want. Was just thinking if the plastic would look weird after being stretched. It is a thick bridge.

@nexx1 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know the curves are soft I was taught you want that sharp angle over the ear

@LaramyKOptical 5 жыл бұрын

Does that seem like a good idea to you? Does your body have any sharp curves? Does anything else that you wear have sharp edges or bends?

@visionsourceorlandpark7994 3 жыл бұрын

I have been trying to buy one of these for a year with no luck :( every time i call hilco no one ever answers, anywhere else (3rd party) to buy one of these? my thumbs say send help

@LaramyKOptical 3 жыл бұрын

bionicthumbtools.com

@LaramyKOptical 3 жыл бұрын

I suspect that would be his own site maybe?

@myla6135 2 жыл бұрын

I've yet to come across a dispensing optician that has made any adjustments that work for me. All these years I've only come across the sort that um and ah and come across as clueless. Is there a science to fitting specs? Or even an art? Does anyone teach fitting specs to these people who as far as I can tell just take a lot money for your specs and leave you with earache? I've had to buy my own set of screwdrivers and now make all my own adjustments to get anything that doesn't produce earache and headache. But not sure I need this gadget. I'm usually straightening the arms not curving them even more.

@LaramyKOptical 2 жыл бұрын

No you certainly don't need the tool. It sounds like you have things well in hand already. Yes, they (used) to teach this stuff and there are a few books out there but you don't need one. If the frame is plastic run it under very hot water before making the adjustments (you could experiment with a hair dryer but be careful). For metal just bend away and you should be fine if they are new and the plastic slip on temple end is still soft. I know opticians that have a set of shaping tools that include wooden spoons! I'll be doing a few "Adjustments For the Individual Wearer" videos in a few months. Don't be scared to play around. Frames are pretty tough and you don't need a special certificate to bend metal/plastic.

@myla6135 2 жыл бұрын

@@LaramyKOptical Thank you for replying. I'll definitely watch out for those videos.