Magnifying glasses/goggles.

TSK

Member since
April 2008

Magnifying glasses/goggles.

Posted by TSK on Monday, June 23, 2008 9:46 AM

I have recently returned to modelling after many years and now need glasses for reading and close up work.

I have found that for very small items i can not see them very well.In a couple of vids i have seen guys wearing magni glasses/googles/visors.Do you wear your own glasses plus the magni or do you not need to.

Also are these good for your eyes.do they weaken your eyes further?

I only ask because i needed to add indiviual rivets to a kit and once cut from the kit sprue i could not see what was cut end what was top of rivet.Darn this old age!!!!!

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Triarius

Member since
January 2003
From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois

Posted by Triarius on Monday, June 23, 2008 10:57 AM

I use my Optivisor both with and without my regular glasses.

Use of properly set up magnification will not weaken your eyes. Working with insufficient light will (your eyes also become less photosensitive with age.)

"You only have two choices: getting older or getting dead."

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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HawkeyeHobbies

Member since
August 2006
From: Neenah, WI

Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, June 23, 2008 12:07 PM

I'd cast my recommendation for an OptiVisor. Though I don't have one, one is in my near future...I'm getting tired of this:

Seriously, good light and a good pair of magifiers is crucial when getting ~~older~~ more experienced as a modeler. You need to find what works for you. For years I was uncomfortable using anything except the MkI Eyeball. Now I rely more and more on my collection of glasses, magnifiers and lamps to assist me. Especially when some of that PE is stuff isn't any bigger than a fleas .

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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EasyMike

Member since
March 2008
From: The Bluegrass State

Posted by EasyMike on Monday, June 23, 2008 1:52 PM

This one works for me. I've got the visor but quit using it. Too fussy to fool with.

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HawkeyeHobbies

Member since
August 2006
From: Neenah, WI

Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, June 23, 2008 1:55 PM

That's what I have too!

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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namrednef

Member since
September 2012

Posted by namrednef on Monday, June 23, 2008 3:11 PM

Gerald! That photo of you with all your magnifiers is priceless! A 'third hand' won't help you there!

I agree.....with age: Light, light and more light! I use one of the grey optivisors with a swing out eye loup attached. Fresh into a modeling session, I am fine without eyeglasses.......if it's a marathon session........I need the glasses beneath the visor.

I've worn glasses since I was 36. Visiting my Mom one day she saw me reading the baseball box scores in the paper. I was holding the page at ARM'S LENGTH in order to read the print! I didn't even realize it! That was 18 years ago!

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Monday, June 23, 2008 4:32 PM

I use reading glasses to magnify when I work up close.

I have a pair of 1.5x for "regular" magnification and a pair of 2.5x for really close up.

I bought these from Harbor Freight and they are very nice.

I don't know if they carry them any longer though.

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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namrednef

Member since
September 2012

Posted by namrednef on Monday, June 23, 2008 4:38 PM

I can buy magnifying glasses at a dollar store......for a dollar. Just FYI

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Daywalker

Member since
September 2003
From: South Central Wisconsin

Posted by Daywalker on Monday, June 23, 2008 6:26 PM

namrednef wrote:

I agree.....with age: Light, light and more light! I use one of the grey optivisors with a swing out eye loup attached.

Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Frank

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JMart

Member since
March 2007
From: NJ

Posted by JMart on Monday, June 23, 2008 9:43 PM

are you near sighted? I actually take my glasses OFF and bring the part close to my face..presto! 5X magnification. Just dont poke your eyebally with the Xcto knife

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spiralcity

Member since
April 2008
From: Fox Lake, Il., USA

Posted by spiralcity on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:06 AM

I picked up a pair of 3x magnifying glasses. I have great lighting at my bench and these cheap 2.99 glasses really do the trick.

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doc-hm3

Member since
August 2007
From: The Plains of Kansas

Posted by doc-hm3 on Friday, July 18, 2008 7:24 PM

Guys you can buy an optivisor with 2 magnifation powers and a loop for $7.00 at Harbor Freight, oh and it also has built in lights on both sides of the headband. I have had one for about 25 yrs. and just bought a second one for a backup. I can't build without this invaluable tool.

All gave some and some gave all.

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HawkeyeHobbies

Member since
August 2006
From: Neenah, WI

Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Friday, July 18, 2008 8:01 PM

doc-hm3 wrote:
Guys you can buy an optivisor with 2 magnifation powers and a loop for $7.00 at Harbor Freight, oh and it also has built in lights on both sides of the headband. I have had one for about 25 yrs. and just bought a second one for a backup. I can't build without this invaluable tool.

It may look like an Optivisor...but it isn't even close in quality of optics or durability. Ya git watt U pay for. These inferior knockoffs are partly to blame for our trade imbalance and landfills filled with the cheap crap we discard.