Here's today's million dollar question. Does anyone still make and sell these wire eyecup loupes that you can just drop over your glasses? I'm down to my last one and it's going to have an AKY-DENT any day now.

magnifying loupe by Rod Henrickson, on Flickr

No flips, no clips, just drop on and squint. Or wear them as a cup monocle with no glasses. Or stand them on the object like a bench lens. Or just hold them in your puddys like a magnifying glass.

They won't bring you a beer, but they will fry ants !

magnifying loupe1 by Rod Henrickson, on Flickr

I just went to the eye doc yesterday , know I've got another ' hard to get ' for the list . They no longer make Channel temple glasses with double D lenses . Maybe these will work for me , if they can get them . I'll let you know . Do they come in different focal lengths or power ? Should I say did they ?

Speer, you Ol fool, 20 pages of different types of eye loupes on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/eye-lou...s%2Ck%3Aeye%20loupes

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Originally posted by Gary MacDonald:
I just went to the eye doc yesterday , know I've got another ' hard to get ' for the list . They no longer make Channel temple glasses with double D lenses . Maybe these will work for me , if they can get them . I'll let you know . Do they come in different focal lengths or power ? Should I say did they ?

I don't know what Channel Temple Glasses are. Please expound.

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Originally posted by speerchucker30x378:
Here's today's million dollar question. Does anyone still make and sell these wire eyecup loupes that you can just drop over your glasses? I'm down to my last one and it's going to have an AKY-DENT any day now.

This is about as close as I found. https://www.ebay.com/p/5x-Clip...140?iid=381694859265

I know my dentist has one that just clips to his glasses and he just flips them down when he needs them. No adjustment, just flips them down.

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I've had a few of those over the years Dave. But they are like other clip on loupes I've had. They are a production to get on and off.
The novelty of those little wire guys is that you can scoop them off the bench and drop them on your glasses without even taking your glasses off in less than a second. And, because they are open, they are easy to clean. Just spray them with Windex and wipe both sides of the lens.

Damned old Lambert, just had me flip through 20 pages of Amazonian magnifiers with hope in my heart and of course, they didn't have them! It's probably his revenge for all the arguments that I have won over the years. LOL

I have some shooting glasse with flip down round lenses. You can go to your optometrist and find out what diopter your lens is, and buy the lens (which comes in a round metal frame.

Then, I believe you can fabricate the wire frames by yourself, or someone else in the trade. You have all the dimensions right in front of you.

The jig can be fabricated out of hardwood. Heat the correct diameter of wire and bend it around a steel disc (with a groove) .

Just a thought.

I may have the name wrong . They have the temple part that wraps around the ear . So when bending over the lathe they don't slide off . Please let me know if I used the wrong term . It could be why I can't find any !
Thanks , Gary

After trying to read the docs script , it may be cable temple ? Can't read her scribble .

You are correct, cable temple. That’s the style I have on my sunglasses.

Well, thats pretty simple Dave. Because I wear glass, prismatic lenses and not plastic which I destroy in a month. Off work, I wear those small, 40mm round lenses that were once worn by Radar, Col. Potter and John Lennon to keep the weight down. It's a forgone conclusion that those frames haven't been in style since the 1940s. I can still get the frames, no problem. I just order them on line from one of the frame places, give them to my optometrist and he sends them out and has my prescription fitted.

https://www.framesdirect.com/s...t=cable&camefrom=/s/

Now if you guys would just find my damned loupes for me ! LOL

Speerchucker

The loupe you desire is a very old French style Echarco brand
I found one by searching for a vintage wire frame Loupe
Guy wants $60 for it plus shipping

eBay has a handful if you search by Echarco

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Originally posted by kcstott:
Speerchucker

The loupe you desire is a very old French style Echarco brand
I found one by searching for a vintage wire frame Loupe
Guy wants $60 for it plus shipping

eBay has a handful if you search by Echarco

Thanks. Knowing who made them makes it a lot easier. Now I can do some searches for old stock. I'm also going to talk to my buddy in Hong Kong. The ones that I have been buying are neither antique, or of quality. They come in one of those little cellophane bags with a silicon decedent packet, like most made-in-India trinkets do. I think I was paying about $12 CAD for them.