Anybody use these? What would you say the most practical magnifying distance for gun work and stock work is?
I'm getting older and my vision is waning like the rest of you old farts. :p
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Anybody use these? What would you say the most practical magnifying distance for gun work and stock work is?
I'm getting older and my vision is waning like the rest of you old farts. :p
WarPig1976
Have been using one for 20+ years for checkering and some inletting. For me, the #3 lens has worked the best - also use the round magnifier lens when a close view is needed.
Bill
1.5 to 2.0, but everyones eyes are different.
Sure easier that trying to keep your glasses from sliding down a greasy nose when you're working looking downward...
When you're viewing through them does it fill your vision or is it kind of like looking at a magnifying glass in front of your face?
I have been periodically using something quite like an Optivisor (may even be an Optivisor brand unit) for about 15 years.
In my case it has been most valuable when soldering tiny SMDs on circuit boards.
While doing work on firearms, when I find that I need higher magnification I just put another pair of reading glasses ("cheaters") on over the ones that I am already wearing. That and bright light usually serve me well. :D
Kind of like looking through toilet paper tubes...Quote:
Originally Posted by WarPig1976
I was doing that for years, I learned it from a friend who used my glasses over his. I thought it looked retarded when I first saw it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Youngblood
Oh yeah! If there is anyone who suspects that you may be a bit of a nerd/geek/oddball, just let them see you wearing the doubled-up spectacles once and you will never convince them otherwise. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
ZZZactly!
So wound up with 2x power. Good eye relief @ 10" which is perfect for me.
I'm checkering some grips and used them tonight. WOW!!!, should've been using these for years. No more eye strain for me.
One thing though, I get all dizzy and my eyes cross when I go back and forth from magnified to normal. That sucks..
Than they are too strong, try 1.5.
I find them very handy for Lathe work........lots less stuffups when you can see.
That's a fact. Also less eyestrain.Quote:
Originally Posted by muffett.2008
I used to wear them when working on my slot cars a few years back. Between heats we had two minutes to change motors, bearings, tires, braid. Things that were small the tunnel vision effect worked good.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...71a913a5-1.jpg
It's not the magnification but the back and forth. I've been on them all day and I'm getting used to them. Kind of getting into the rhythm, not so much back and forth and looking for tools that are out of focus, if that makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by muffett.2008
Cool, fun hobby. I'm into RC trail trucks and rock crawlers myself. We never grow up. :thup:Quote:
Originally Posted by JimF4M1s
One thing though, those slot cars move so fast it's a blur. How the heck do you guys know who's winning and who won?
I started racing slot cars in 1966 at Hayward California. Pretty slow cars back then. My wife sent my cars over to the PI where we did our boat repairs. Subic base had a track. I just kept doing it. Motors, chassis, tires, all improved over the years. I prefer wing cars as they are the fastest. The tracks we race on are mostly King. 155' long. The worst turn is the hairpin donut lower left. My best qualifying run has been 1.67 seconds. The younger hot shots do in the low 1.5's. Motors have split magnets, rewound arms, ball bear cans. A long way from 1966 when a car cost $25. Now a cobalt 12 car can run $600-$700 each. Open cars $800-$1000. You are right, the cars are a blur, set up is key to staying on the tracks. There are lap counters for each lane to show the winner.Quote:
Originally Posted by WarPig1976
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo..._zpsjny1-1.jpg
This will give people a good idea of the speeds involved.
2013 Wing World Main - YouTube
OMO means one motor open class. You have to build a car that will run all eight lane heats of three minutes and survive. Not allowed to change motors. Makes a difference in motor setup. Same with a qualifying motor but the other direction. Built to last maybe six laps at the fastest it can go. Then needs a rebuild. It is an expensive hobby. Slot cars speeds are approaching 1,000 scale MPH. That is a blur.
Back in the late '60s when the Slot Car Thing started to take off, I remember that someone rented/bought the former Robert Hall (clothing store) building on Sinclair Circle in Hampton, VA, USA (intersection of Armistead Ave and Mercury Blvd, IIRC) and converted it for slot cars.
Many times I thought about stopping by to see what it was all about, but I never did.
Now, thanks to WarPig1976, I have finally, almost 50 years later, witnessed some of the action. :)
If it ain't on YouTube,,Man hasn't done it yet. :)