Last act of desperation........

[Just Duke]

Anyone been this desperate?

Enter
http://www.magnifiercity.com/bauscha...yingvisor.aspx

[SciFiJim]

I use one similar to that for detail work with small parts. Sometimes my bifocals just aren't enough.

[docone31]

These are my favorites,
http://www.stuller.com/products/29-7701/?groupId=17027
I wear them all day long. When I need them, they are there! I can then tip them up to see more than 10" away.
Light enough to wear all day, which I do.

[wallenba]

Yes...today in fact. I crammed a jewelers loupe in my eye socket to see why I could not find the hole in a micro-sized set screw. Because the last time I used it I must have snapped the end off the hex wrench. It's stuck in there, deep down in the hole.

[Longwood]

I bought two different models at Harbor Freight.
They seem ok but I have not tried them very much yet.
They both have multiple magnification options.
Cheap at twice the price, so I got one of each.

[casterofboolits]

I have a set I use for working on plastic models.

[runfiverun]

i wonder if they would magnify a scope?

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

I have the Optivisor brand, love em

[nicholst55]

I have the Optivisor brand, love em

+1; Been using one for several years.

[Just Duke]

I'm going to order one. I could do checkering and tie fly's again if I wanted to.

[Blacksmith]

I've been desperate for years. Good lighting also helps.

[MtGun44]

Why do you say desparate? Just good tools.

I have used Optivisor 10X for many years, and often use 3x or 7x jewler's loupe. You can't
work on it if you can't see it properly. I am nearsighted so can see at 1x close up
well, but for trigger jobs especially, if you aren't using magnification, you will not do
a good job.

Bill

[missionary5155]

Good morning
Been working on pocket watches for 20 years + and been using a 3x visor with 10x rotate out of the way loops. Use the visor for all my gun projects and numerous other items that come up. I am blessed with better than 20-20 in my right eye but under 12 inches I cannot read anything.
Mike in Peru

[Blammer]

yep, very helpful

[Charlie Two Tracks]

I have a magnifying lens that has a fluorescent light around it. It is used for tying flies. It has an arm that you can move around where you need it. Works great and folds back out of the way.

[Wolfer]

I have reading glasses but sometimes their not enough for tiny work like triggers,etc. so when needed I wear two pair. It doubles the power but you can't see more than a few inches. I also wear a headlamp to cut down on shadows and glare. It suks to get old but I don't like the alternative.

[Longwood]

Walmart has a small adjustable desk lamp with the arms and springs that has a big LED in it that puts a lot of light where-ever it is needed.
Looking at it, it would be pretty easy to make a bracket to use the lenses from a cheap Harbor Freight hood type magnifier to improve it drastically.
The base is way too big for a work bench so I took it off and drilled a half inch hole in a small piece of aluminum plate for mounting and now I can clamp it where ever I need to mount it. A half inch hole in the corner of the bench top or a shelf works good too.
The light is $20.

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

I have a magnifying lens that has a fluorescent light around it.

I have one of those too, you know your really desperate when you use 'em both at the same time, which I have done!

[Valley Forge]

Youbetcha, helps me a lot.

[stubshaft]

Got one too, as I get older the parts get fuzzier and smaller.