Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?
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Mike Halmarack wrote:

Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

wire spark erosion :-P

On 04/10/2018 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?


I don't rate your chances on this, but I think I would try to turn the
screw so it drops our of the bottom of the hinge. I mean don't try to
get it out by undoing it in the usual way you would with a screw in a
blind hole. Instead, just keep turning it clockwise from on top and it
may just screw itself out. If you get the bench drill on it, that may
happen anyway.

Are these glasses with plastic sides?
I seem to recall that using a bit of heat the plastic can be softened and
the bit with the thread replaced and it resecured, but of course there are
probably so many designs all different if its not a popular one, they wont
have it and offer to remount the lenses in another expensive frame with the
same lens template.
Brian

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Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?
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On Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:00:57 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?
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When I due to my own carelessness broke my frame, Specsavers gave me a new one for £12. Given that the originals cost about £100, I thought it showed their massive mark up. I also wondered whether they would have done this if they didn't have the same frame in stock.

Jonathan

On 04/10/18 14:14, Andy Burns wrote:
Mike Halmarack wrote:

Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

wire spark erosion :-P



I got the following to work. I needs a 'steady hand'- it was when my
dexterity was still good. It also requires the screw to be the 'through'
type, with a small part on the (not head end) exposed. In my case, there
wasn't enough to cut a slot with a dremel etc bit I could use a tiny
(and I mean tiny) drop of super glue on a paper clip to glue the clip to
the screw. I could then rotate it out enough to grasp with pliers before
the bond gave way. If the screw is really tight, probably a non-started.

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On 04/10/18 15:57, Jonathan wrote:
On Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:00:57 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?
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When I due to my own carelessness broke my frame, Specsavers gave me a new one for £12. Given that the originals cost about £100, I thought it showed their massive mark up. I also wondered whether they would have done this if they didn't have the same frame in stock.

Jonathan


I've found SS very good. Despite they 'sell 'em cheap' image, they sell
some quality frames and lenses and I can't fault their staff.

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Remarkable Coincidences:
The Stock Market Crashes of 1929 and 2008 happened on the same
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Company led to the Great Depression.

On Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:00:57 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?
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Any drilling is likely to ruin the thread.
But you could put in a nut and bolt instead. Or even glue in a bit of wire.
(Oil one part of the hinge first to stop the glue sticking to both bits.)

On 04/10/2018 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.

You can get those lenses fitted to a new frame.

Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

The traditional solution is a bit of Elastoplast.


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On 04/10/18 14:28, GB wrote:
On 04/10/2018 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?


I don't rate your chances on this, but I think I would try to turn the
screw so it drops our of the bottom of the hinge. I mean don't try to
get it out by undoing it in the usual way you would with a screw in a
blind hole. Instead, just keep turning it clockwise from on top and it
may just screw itself out. If you get the bench drill on it, that may
happen anyway.


Yes. A good HSS bit may well bite into the softer steel of the screw and
turn it enough to do that.

A similar thought: I have a set of jeweler's screwdrivers including some
with really tiny shafts. A flat blade made from good HSS might gain
purchase on the broken off part and screw it down and out.

Good luck

Nick

On 04/10/2018 17:29, Nick Odell wrote:
On 04/10/18 14:28, GB wrote:
On 04/10/2018 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?


I don't rate your chances on this, but I think I would try to turn the
screw so it drops our of the bottom of the hinge. I mean don't try to
get it out by undoing it in the usual way you would with a screw in a
blind hole. Instead, just keep turning it clockwise from on top and it
may just screw itself out. If you get the bench drill on it, that may
happen anyway.


Yes. A good HSS bit may well bite into the softer steel of the screw and
turn it enough to do that.

A similar thought: I have a set of jeweler's screwdrivers including some
with really tiny shafts. A flat blade made from good HSS might gain
purchase on the broken off part and screw it down and out.

Good luck

Nick
+1 to both of these. The ultimate if inconvenient option is to glue it
open with a blob of araldite.

On 04/10/2018 16:41, harry wrote:
On Thursday, 4 October 2018 14:00:57 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?
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Any drilling is likely to ruin the thread.
But you could put in a nut and bolt instead. Or even glue in a bit of wire.
(Oil one part of the hinge first to stop the glue sticking to both bits.)

Yes I fixed one once with a sort of "staple" made from one of the cores
of one size of T&E. A piece just over three times the length of the
hole, the top bit folded down parallel and the bottom folded up.
Remained working as a hinge for years and almost invisible.

On 04/10/2018 17:08, Nightjar wrote:
On 04/10/2018 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.

You can get those lenses fitted to a new frame.

Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

The traditional solution is a bit of Elastoplast.


*Only* if you are a pensioner.

Mike Halmarack presented the following explanation :
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

Sometimes I have seen Locktite or superglue used on such screws, to
prevent them self unscrewing in use, soaking in water should release
superglue. If the frame is metal, heat should release Loctktite.

Nightjar wrote:

On 04/10/2018 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.

You can get those lenses fitted to a new frame.

Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

The traditional solution is a bit of Elastoplast.

I find duct tape less stretchy, Or for metal frames with a narrow
standoff for the hinge heatshrink tubing of the right size provides a
fairly long-lasting elastic hinge substitute.

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Roger Hayter

On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:01:02 +0100, Mike Halmarack
wrote:

Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?

Apologies for the delay in my appreciation of all the suggestions.
Now is my first chance to try some of them and that's what I'm going
to do. I'll report back on what worked.
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On 04/10/18 14:01, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Not wishing to appear too frugal but I want to repair my wife's specs.
Mainly because the old specs are better than the new ones.
Specsavers had a go at removing the broken screw but gave up.
I can see how drilling might be the only answer but I don't really
trust myself with such a small drill, particularly fitted in my Aldi
sourced bench drill which doesn't drill all that true.
So, before I attempt such a project I'd like to ask if there are any
tricky moves I might use as an alternative?


We press them out with something like this, whether you could knock
something together to emulate it I don't know.

https://www.avivamann.com.au/products/clavulus-4072/