2 Feb
2006
2 Feb
'06
2:14 p.m.
In 2/2/2006 at 4:52 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I sure as heck know that *my* eyes aren't what they
used to be...
Back around the time I closed up my shop (spring of 1992) I found that I
was increasingly using a lighted magnifier for more routine tasks. These
days
if I want to read the numbers on a transistor or a chip
I reach for a
magnifying glass. It sucks.
Invest in a binocular loupe (or several of them). My arsenal includes a
few jewelers' loupes as well as the binocular sort. What I reall like to
get my hands on is the gizmo that dentists and neurosurgeons use that clips
to their glasses. Sort of a miniature telescope. The last time I priced
one of these, it was several hundred dollars, however.
For working on larger things, I have several sets of inexpensive reading
glasses in variouis powers.
Now, if someone could offer suggestions for stedying hands around these
tiny widgets, I'd really be happy.
CHeers,
Chuck