I havn't braised in a while
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/braise
but I did some silver brazing, a couple days ago. My guess is that
jewelry repair is the way to go. By the time you buy the torch and the
brazing stick and get some practice, it's too much effort for too
little benefit.

I've also used some epoxy mix, to stick the lens to the frame. Put
epoxy all around the frame, and the edges of the lens. Works, but
makes the glasses look a bit strange to others.

You can have Zennis product in your hands in about two weeks. Another
friend of mine uses bifocals. He can get them local for $200, or
online for $30. He's been out of work, so Zenni was affordable, where
the local place was not.

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I broke a joint on a metal eyeglass frame. The local eyeglass place
that last put new lenses into the frames (they did not originally sell
me the frames) apparently does not have a repair service to direct me
to and suggested that I go to a jewelery repair. I braise and silver
solder - if I bought a "jewelers torch", would that give me a small
enough of a flame to be able to silver solder the frame? Years ago I
tried to repair a broken joint in a scrap pair of glasses and tried to
either use a TIG or oxi-acetylene (I don't remember which) but all
that I accomplished was to burn away about 1/8 inch of the frame near
the joint. That failure was no loss on the trial frames but my
current frames are in daily use and I expect to keep them in use for
another 1/2 year and then have them as back up eyeglasses after that.