"Zetsu" <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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Come to think of it, why would you need to glue a screw at all? Can't
you just get a fine screwdriver and screw it in?

The screw won't stay in, it just pops right back out again, I`m either gonna
have to put glue on the thread itself or glue the end of the screw thread
when its sticking out the other side of the hole whilst held into position
untill the glue goes off.

Come to think of it, why would you need to glue a screw at all? Can't
you just get a fine screwdriver and screw it in?

Hi

I wear glasses all the time for short sightnedness, my last pair(s) came
from specsavers about 7 years ago. I can't remember which 2 of the 3
pairs I still have that I got back then, but now I only use one of the
cheap pairs and they are getting worn.

One of the more expensive set of frames I bought at the time are made by
Fila after about a year the little screw at the side of the lens which
holds the frame together came apart, I did nothing about it for awhile
but when the same thing happened to the pair I use all the time I took
them both in for repair.

Specsavers managed to fix the cheaper pair but they said they couldn't
do anything for the Fila's so I just put them in a drawer and forgot
about them, today I looked at them again and thought, maybe I could take
them into the place where I work and get them to superglue the little
screw into its thread thus fixing the glasses and saving me having to
buy a new pair anytime soon.

Has anyone ever done this to fix said problems, or would I be better off
taking them to another opticians to see if they can replace the screw (I
don't know why specsavers couldn't)

Nick Le Lievre wrote:
Hi

I wear glasses all the time for short sightnedness, my last pair(s)
came from specsavers about 7 years ago. I can't remember which 2 of
the 3 pairs I still have that I got back then, but now I only use one
of the cheap pairs and they are getting worn.

One of the more expensive set of frames I bought at the time are made
by Fila after about a year the little screw at the side of the lens
which holds the frame together came apart, I did nothing about it for
awhile but when the same thing happened to the pair I use all the time
I took them both in for repair.

Specsavers managed to fix the cheaper pair but they said they couldn't
do anything for the Fila's so I just put them in a drawer and forgot
about them, today I looked at them again and thought, maybe I could
take them into the place where I work and get them to superglue the
little screw into its thread thus fixing the glasses and saving me
having to buy a new pair anytime soon.

Has anyone ever done this to fix said problems, or would I be better
off taking them to another opticians to see if they can replace the
screw (I don't know why specsavers couldn't)

I just bought some glasses from http://zennioptical.com/ for $8 USD and
$4.95 shipping. For this price you get corrective lenses with a 1.57
index, scratch protection, UV protection (not a fan of that one),
frames, and a frame case. I got four pair with different prescriptions
each for various purposes so my total was 36.95 USD. No prescription
required so I was able to get glasses that had less minus correction
than my current prescription.

Neil Brooks wrote:
On May 3, 7:30 am, "Nick Le Lievre"
nicklelie...@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
"Zetsu" <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote>:

Come to think of it, why would you need to glue a screw at all? Can't
you just get a fine screwdriver and screw it in?

The screw won't stay in, it just pops right back out again, I`m either gonna
have to put glue on the thread itself or glue the end of the screw thread
when its sticking out the other side of the hole whilst held into position
untill the glue goes off.

Many people put a drop of clear nail polish on the /head/ of the screw
after tightening it in.

Loctite thread locker?

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One of the more expensive set of frames I bought at the time are made by
Fila after about a year the little screw at the side of the lens which
holds the frame together came apart, I did nothing about it for awhile
but when the same thing happened to the pair I use all the time I took
them both in for repair.

Specsavers managed to fix the cheaper pair but they said they couldn't
do anything for the Fila's so I just put them in a drawer and forgot
about them, today I looked at them again and thought, maybe I could take
them into the place where I work and get them to superglue the little
screw into its thread thus fixing the glasses and saving me having to
buy a new pair anytime soon.

Has anyone ever done this to fix said problems, or would I be better off
taking them to another opticians to see if they can replace the screw (I
don't know why specsavers couldn't)

On May 3, 7:30 am, "Nick Le Lievre"
nicklelie...@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
"Zetsu" <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote>:

Come to think of it, why would you need to glue a screw at all? Can't
you just get a fine screwdriver and screw it in?

The screw won't stay in, it just pops right back out again, I`m either gonna
have to put glue on the thread itself or glue the end of the screw thread
when its sticking out the other side of the hole whilst held into position
untill the glue goes off.

Many people put a drop of clear nail polish on the /head/ of the screw
after tightening it in.

Just ask a real optician to tap new thread in the screwhole.
After that a new, some what bigger, screw is placed and again your frame
is ready to wear.

The above is only possible if there is enough "flesh" leaved at the walls
of the screwhole.

"Jan" <nospam at (no spam) nospam.nl> wrote in message
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Just ask a real optician to tap new thread in the screwhole.
After that a new, some what bigger, screw is placed and again your
frame is ready to wear.

The above is only possible if there is enough "flesh" leaved at the
walls of the screwhole.

Yeah thats what Specsavers did to my other pair they put a bigger screw
in, they said they couldn't do that with the Fila pair so I`m going to
try the glue/threadlocker option.