joseph engraver
Elite Cafe Member
I have always disliked the Magnivisor as a means of looking at my work. There was an optometrist in town that knew a bit about engraving. I went to see him and explained that I wanted made a pair of eyeglasses that would allow me to see the whorls that made up my finger prints at a distance of 12 inches from my nose. (My normal working distance).We made a trade, eyeglasses for engraving his spurs. These glasses served me well for many years. You can see one lens is set differently than the other to correct a stigmatism, the frame is rugged to withstand wear and tear, the lenses are tinted 10% grey to eliminate glare and are small in size. Allowing me to look over and under them at tools, drawings or whoever came to my studio without flipping that uncomfortable Magnivisor up and down every other minute. They were my solution to an expensive stereo microscope. What there exact magnification is only the optometrist knows, but I would guess 7x.