How do I take off the lenses from the frame in my bifocal glasses?

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yubastard@gmail.com - 14 Dec 2006 01:20 GMT

Hi, I'm 25 year old student, and just today I received my first set of
reading glasses. I remade them bifocal because I wanted to be able to
see the black board and also be able to see my writing.

However, the focal spot on the lens near the bottom of the frame, and I
want to be able to read the computer screen, too, which is obviously
right in front of me, not below like a notebook.

So, I'm a poor student and don't have money for another frame, and the
nice girls @ the optic gave me my first non-bifocal lenses in a bag. I
wish to take appart my frame and bifocals to put the non-bifocals in...
how do I do it without destroying the lens? I'm afraid, lol.

I also wonder if swapping them like that would make them loose in the
long run.

This is my first ever Google Groups topic, this is cool. Thanks in
advance! :)

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yubastard@gmail.com - 14 Dec 2006 01:24 GMT

by the way, they are not bolted, just kinda pressed in...

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William Stacy - 14 Dec 2006 01:52 GMT

if they are drilled rimless, you can't do it yourself. if they are
plastic all the way around, you might be able to pop them out and in
yourself if you have strong fingers; you might not, and you might break
the frame if it's a real tight fit. if they are semi-rimless with a
nylon string fitting into a groove on the lens, you can use a ribbon to
do it.

>by the way, they are not bolted, just kinda pressed in...
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yubastard@gmail.com - 14 Dec 2006 02:12 GMT

thanx for the quick reply! mine are not drilled, but are metal all
around. it's tight all right, but I've seen the girls @ the optic do it
really easy, it just pops.

the frame is sturdy metal, but will the glasses break? will they stand
my force? I can push them, but if they break... I will feel like a
genuine fool.

sorry, but, in what direction should I push? forward, through the
concave side? or towards the back, through the convex side? anyways I
think the only come off pushing them from the front, I just want to
know which side is strongest. thanx! :D

> if they are drilled rimless, you can't do it yourself. if they are
> plastic all the way around, you might be able to pop them out and in
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Mike Ruskai - 14 Dec 2006 03:48 GMT

>thanx for the quick reply! mine are not drilled, but are metal all
>around. it's tight all right, but I've seen the girls @ the optic do it
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>my force? I can push them, but if they break... I will feel like a
>genuine fool.

If it's metal all the way around, there should be screws near the
stems that keep the frames tight. Just loosen those screws, and the
lens will pretty much fall out. Put the replacement in, and
re-tighten the screws.

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yubastard@gmail.com - 14 Dec 2006 06:30 GMT

hey thanx, that was it. but it's too much of a hassle to do that
everytime... I thought it would be as easy as the girls do it... I
guess they have that special technique.

I'll have to settle with some walgreen's cheap a.s crap spectacles for
when I am @ home.

even tho' when I'm @ school in front of the PC I might look like I'm
balancing a quarter in my forehead, lol.

> >thanx for the quick reply! mine are not drilled, but are metal all
> >around. it's tight all right, but I've seen the girls @ the optic do it
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> lens will pretty much fall out. Put the replacement in, and
> re-tighten the screws.

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