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OT glasses repair

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OT glasses repair

john lucas

Got to use my camera repair skills this morning to fix my glassses. The little piece that actuates the spring broke. I temporarily glued it into place and then drilled an .018" hole and reground a staple from rectangular to round with a slight taper. Then drove it in the hole. Leveled the surfaces of the pin close and then peened it over making it a small rivet. Seems to have worked. I'll go the glasses place later in the week and raise a cain. These are only about 5 months old. Really glad I bought that rotary tool drill press at the flea mkt last year for $5. It's very precision and made it super simple to drill that hole. Worked so well I could have put in 2 pins.


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Ray

Looks like you found a new use for mill hold down clamps too.

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mikeee12345

Did you run out of Duct Tape? :-)

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John K Jordan

Great! Hey, if you ever see another one of those micro drill presses grab it for me. I'll even pay $6! :) (or $15)

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John Stegall

I made a wooden sign for a hardware store owner and he paid me with one of those. Janet Levi did a demo and class for our club and she had one of the very early dremels and the stand. It was better made than mine but it did prompt me to break it out of storage

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