Re: [ATM] Plastic.....

[<fundo@bellsouth.net>]

> I totally destoyed a pair of plastic lenses for my glasses.
> 
> We were rock drilling in the summer.
> I used my fingers to remove the sweat from the lenses
> and the rock drill dust frosted the lenses.
> 
> I only use glass and I don't use bifocals.
> I have a set of reading glasses.
> 
> With glass I do notice large lots of chromatic
> aberration at the edge when looking at large LED signs
> that have become popular. To a lesser extent the
> some thing happens with mercury vapor steet lamps.

Lawrence,  I totally agree with you .  Plastic doesn't have enough scratch resistance for me either.  My other hobby is woodworking.  I would rinse my glasses off in a bucket of water to get the fine wood dust off, and they still scratched.

One problem I did have with glass was the thickness required.  I don't like these tiny, trendy,  small lens eyeglasses that are in vogue now.  I want a reasonable field of view.  With the bigger lenses (which I need for my big head anyway!) the edges were over 1/4 inch thick......and that was after they beveled them.  And they are heavy; I had great neck muscles!!!!!

I figured if my main source of glass (Coke bottles) could go to plastic, so could I.

*****-----
Dan F.
Memphis, TN

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