Custom eyeglass lenses: Essilor Kappa Edger demo

[@keyskwik]

As glasses wearer for 37 years, I first really appreciate the repair! Now I also appreciate the skills that goes into making my lens fit properly into my glasses frames! This was an awesome video series! Thanks so much for taking the time to repair & record this for the masses!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

My pleasure!

[@richardwheeler7954]

I really enjoyed this video. My father was an optician and owned his own shop back in the 60's and 70's. While I was in high school and college I would do his lens edging for him. Everything was glass then and we had a couple of different edgers. I remembering him buying a new edger and I was the one that figured out how to install it and how it worked. Things were not nearly as automated as these edgers. We had a big board of patterns for every one of the different frames. No automatic measuring. Originally we would use the pattern and a glass cutter to score the lens and chip it off manually. Remember the first time I tried it I broke the whole lens. You would cut it large and then put it in the edger to finish it to the correct size. A later edger allowed us to cut the lens down to the correct size without cutting it first. Also had to heat treat most of the lenses too. Things have really improved. Sure didn't expect to see a video like this on a auto repair channel.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Thanks for the comment Richard, and for sharing your memories! Yes I agree technology evolves at a lightning-fast pace indeed!

[@KCautodoctor]

Thank you for including this episode of the actual operation of the newly repaired lens edger. The frame tracer is really interesting too. And the owner's explanation of all the different steps involved in correctly fitting the lenses to the frames was top notch and made it understandable to people who have never dealt with eye glasses. You can tell he really knows his stuff and takes pride in putting out a quality finished product.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Yes, if only everyone took pride in their job, and made a quality product! Too often in the modern day this is sacrificed for speed and convenience and rock-bottom price.

[@robertevans6481]

Great video. I have been wearing glasses for 45 plus years and this is the first time I have seen a pair of lenses cut.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Oh my God! I have worn glasses my whole life and I've always wanted to see this. Yes, it's all over KZbin but I never thought to look for some reason. Mike is experienced and confident like a pilot with that machine. Thank you SOOO much for bringing us this. That collection of lenses reminded my of when I worked at a place that repaired mechanical wrist watches. The collection of watch crystals looked very much like that only smaller and more varied. Just WOW for this video!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

"confident like a pilot"...great analogy. I really enjoy watching masters at work on their craft!

[@wyattoneable]

The machine is humming along nicely. Pretty cool tour of the process too.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

What about your Duramax Wyatt? Is that thing humming along after the engine repairs?

[@R.E.HILL_]

This was very cool. That Mike the lense dude, thx very much for taking the time to explain, very much appreciated.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

I'll let him know! Maybe he can chime in on the comments as well. It was a pleasure getting a tutorial from such an experienced technician.

[@jay7264]

this was a very interesting series. love seeing professional type equipment

[@classicwefi]

Nice job Ivan , as a tech its always cool to see what you have fixed in action. I never gave much thought on how glasses are made Mike is a true craftsman.

[@willemstreutgers1154]

So a new name for your site PHAD How it's made. Plse more of this Ivan, we all learn and respect the work done by skilled people.

[@tecnaman9097]

From boom lifts to lens grinders. Ivan, you are the all round Mr Fixit. Mikes explanation of how a lens is ground was fascinating. I'll never bitch again about the price of corrective lenses after seeing the work that goes into it!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Thanks for the feedback! Yes the frame can cost a pretty penny too. I think I'll stick to contact lenses lol

[@baxrok2.]

So cool Ivan. Fix it then watch it work. Mike did a great job of working with you on this video. Thanks!

[@jix177]

Great repair and great series all round. Fascinating to see the optician at work too. Thanks.

[@mcfarlandautomotive2852]

I enjoyed this series very much. You were so lucky to have a "known good" stepper motor driver to test to compare to the suspected bad stepper motor driver. Sometimes the hardest thing to come by is a "known good" to use as a base line. I, too have struggled with removing solder from circuit boards. Once again, thanks alot. Jim McFarland McFarland Automotive Orem, Utah

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Thank you for the kind words, Jim!

[@josephsfields]

Nice job Ivan. Would enjoy more of these from time to time. What helped make this video work was how the equipment was obviously malfunctioning and that you had the manual with the schematic. You were able to present your train of thought very well and we could follow along. Would not have been nearly as interesting if you just guessed at the chip and popped a new one in there. So I'm wondering if the guy will let it be known that he has a guy that can repair these if the equipment is out of warranty. Oh, and the way KZbin works, maybe you have requests already ringing the bell.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Thanks, Joseph! I don't mind diving into something unfamiliar and learning something new, and sharing it with all of you :)

[@frankaprea521]

Good morning friend Ivan, greetings from Venezuela, we have that same machine since 1998, we just changed the mother card but due to lack of specialized technicians it has been difficult to repair it, you know everything about it, greetings and thanks in advance

[@febbral]

Ivan, great follow up to repair of Edger Lens Grinder, this video shows the process involved in grinding lens edge. Thanks. Also for future repair, that stepper motor will cause the erratic jumping of position, that was a common problem in Dec digital line printers .

[@robinsonsmotorcycleandauto3929]

Might not be a car but good to see your repaired machine back in use and doing what it's suppose to

[@DaveSender66]

Interesting case study Ivan. Seems you have a new job description. Now you will be called in on any case that involves "Electrical and Electronic diagnostician". Nice work!!!!

[@rcchar]

Know that was great to see. Great gob fixing the Eye glass Cutting machine.

[@Motham51]

Thanks Ivan and Mike! Very informative. Great job figuring out what was wrong with the 'cheen!

[@tam1381]

Great series and very very interesting ,well done Ivan. And you did not make a spectacle of yourself. Sorry i could not help it.

[@OneAuto]

Eye can see what you did there 😉

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Lets keep focused on the job.

[@bobmoy3406]

Love the frame by frame comments.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

With all that suspense I was on the edge of my seat haha

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Skilled craftsmen at work pleasure to watch and learn from -- lots of Brownie points to both of you.

[@bernardstef]

I never thought this was this much complicated! Excellent video :-)

[@JVerschueren]

21:30 ok, so now I know how to re-seat the lens that popped out of of my rimless reading glasses properly. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Yup, like elastic fishing line!

[@dklaroche]

That was very interesting. Thanks for sharing and kudos to you for fixing his machine.

[@MegaGrahamo]

brilliant ivan i really enjoyed this trilogy very interesting thank you

[@wysetech2000]

That was very educational. Great job, Ivan.

[@TheCowgirlNiamh]

Really interesting to see Ivan! Thank you :)

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Glad you enjoyed the videos, Niamh! Wasn't sure how viewers would react to a non-car repair video lol

[@OneAuto]

Well done Ivan, another great series. Thanks 👍

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Glad you enjoyed it, Rob!

[@bigmac965]

Great educational field trip, Ivan, and a great test of your repair skills! (I've got a DME computer out of a Porsche 944 I may send you!) Good vid! Thanks!

[@knunne1]

Great series really enjoyed it, very interesting on the behind the scenes lens grinding techniques! Thanks.

[@esmith836]

holy cow if that guy quits that job that eye place is screwed. That guy is the rain man of glasses! Great info.

[@lorrinbarth1969]

Not being afraid to try something different leads to an interesting life.

[@NotHarry-er3wg]

Thanks very cool information Evan. Yea PC work is very hard to do. I have done a ton being in the appliance repair industry for years. They make this stuff called Chip Quick which is a lower melting repair solder. Try using this for the remelt and re solder. Saves some heat on the board and components. Sells on ebay cheap use water base flux in a tub

[@richardcranium5839]

i see said the blind man as he spit into the wind. it all comes back to me now!!!

[@AussiePhillip]

great stuff

[@moldingpro7208]

Awesome video, enjoyed every minute!

[@SmittySmithsonite]

Had no idea so much went into making lenses! Interesting! Great vid! Bet they're super happy they don't have to take out a loan for a new machine. I know they said $40k ... but that might be '98 pricing - I wouldn't be surprised if it's double that now! Pickup trucks are selling for $70-LARGE these days, after all ... :o

[@ojjenkins7110]

GREAT SHOW IVAN :-) I STILL LIKE GLASS LENSES MUCH BETTER BUT PLASTIC IS MUCH EASIER TO CARVE UP. I RECENTLY GOT A PAIR OF "PLASTICS" THAT OCUTECH MADE WITH A 3X KEPLARIAN TELESCOPE INSERTED INTO THE LEFT LENS. I SEE HOW THEY DID SOME OF IT NOW. DRILLING GLASS AIN'T NO FUN!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT MRS IVAN ON FOR A BIT :-) THANKS TO THE GUY FOR SHOWING US HOW ALL THAT IS DONE AND GLAD HE LET YOU SHOOT HIM. I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE DIFFERENT RUSSIA CHANNEL RECENTLY, JUST FOUND IT.

[@jaimesustaita285]

Ok, well great job buddy, u remind. Me of myself , i try and some i do fix everything they bring me from home appliances to garden equipment and of cousre automobiles, very impressive.

[@graymodeler]

I had to go back and look up stepper motor. I had never heard of them but they are key to robotics and cvt trans.

[@manwiththestar2305]

It's like watching the Abom79 of glasses! =D Awesome vid! Really liked it! =) Must be a great feeling having used your skill to have helped someone that helps others.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Abom79 is a fantastic instructor and craftsman as well! It is always fascinating to watch a master craftsman in action and learn from their years of experience.

[@lightningsmokerXx]

Ivan - today i went to Krown again. I wish you would too. Free Pen even lol :)

[@paulaerickson508]

My lens shape is not symmetrical in my new glasses. Measured vertically, one lens is 1/8 inch longer. Is this acceptable, or should I request a remake? I have plastic frames and feel that the frames will not go back to proper shape. Should the frame be replaced, as well?

[@fieldsofomagh]

Very interesting video by a dedicated man who knows his trade inside out.The military service did him no harm.

[@dcyres]

My 2014 Nissan Versa sedan transmission is started slipping at30k only after Nissan run a software upgrade. No warranty, car is rebuild. Will fluid change help? Or any other advise. Thanks!

[@richardcranium5839]

i see said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw !!!! this is fascinating. having worn glasses since second grade i understand almost everything he is saying. ugh my life is reduced to a 40 minute video lol

[@Brooklynraised68]

Can he make a prescription windshield with Transitions ?

[@PoetryCarson]

Hi, do you know how I could go about making my Kappa cut faster. Like beginning to finish? We currently only cut plane polarized lenses, not prescription, so I was hoping to find a way to cut these faster as they're taking about 5 minutes per lens right now.

[@frankaprea521]

Buenos días amigo Iván, saludos desde Venezuela, tenemos esa misma máquina desde 1998, acabamos de cambiar la tarjeta madre pero debido a la falta de técnicos especializados ha sido difícil repararla, lo sabes todo, saludos y gracias de antemano

[@garysmith9772]

One of your best videos not that they're all bad but

[@fredjohs]

Great series Ivan! You must be a hero to them. So how much did you save them by doing the repair versus buying a replacement machine?

[@charlesmiller5078]

They should just paint that sliding panel white. Like the feeler gauge comment. Had a friend that was a PHD teaching Optometry at the Univ Of Indiana, In the early 90s, he developed a software program that could measure a batters ability to hit a base ball, basically the subject sat in front of a screen and a spot would come at you at a high rate of speed, and using lasers pointed at your eyes he was able to tract how well you did at tracking the ball. He without knowing the players batting record lined up all of the Univ Of Houston's baseball teams as far as how they could hit a ball, only missed one. He tried to sell the software to MLB, but they told him to take a hike. He also helped develop the hands free operating helmet for the Black Hawk Helicopter, I was a subject, in that , but was let go after 2 weekends due to I could not set still for more then 2 minutes at a time :) Is your wife a optometrist, if so where did she graduate from ?

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

She graduated from Ohio State Optometry school :)

[@johneaston4963]

New Chanel ,how its made😀

[@andrewthompsonuk1]

Now major parts are out of production they are going to have a strategy of how they will keep that equipment going. I would buy up some second hand ones for spare parts. When consumable parts and semi consumable parts are no longer made they will have to junk the whole system. Some cars are in this position as well. There are 80s and 90s cars that just do not exist anymore.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

It is sad when a seemingly mundane part breaks, and is no longer available to be replaced. A 1990s Toyota igniter comes to mind...

[@jimmyfiggs6293]

O.K. Eric O., Top That.

[@jcurran2414]

Ivan's Bill, Parts + Labor+ Free Eye Glasses for life.Ok,, Ok I may be looking at this through Rose Colored Glasses.

[@orfeous]

That guy knows hes shit! :)

[@markusdd5]

You should rename your business into "Pine Hollow Auto and crazy Gadgets from the Past Diagnostics" :D

[@ozzstars_cars]

I know how to make beer goggles, just sayin haha

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Are the optical centers of your beer goggles aligned with your pupils Glan? xD

[@matttrotta57]

Hey my cousin is a Podiatrist and wants to know if you do foot machines too?

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

As long as they don't have nasty foot fungus growing on them, I'll give it a shot haha

[@matttrotta57]

LOL

[@Consistent30]

Hi guys, can anyone suggest a machine that I could buy? Budget is around $5000

[@aussiebloke609]

Shame you didn't think to clean that window so you could see the grinding process...but considering how old the machine is, probably better not to mess with it in case something went wrong. Saving them $40k with the chip replacement won't help if you then go an break the machine anyway. :-P

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Sometimes you have to know when to stop "fixing", or else you might start going backwards haha

[@aussiebloke609]

He's right about glass lenses being potentially dangerous - back in the early '80s, I fell and broke my glasses (with glass lenses - they were a lot cheaper than plastic back then) at the local ice rink. Took 3 hours picking the glass out of my face, and close to 60 stitches. Damn lucky I didn't lose my eye, but got a good scar cutting through my eyebrow. Been using plastic ever since (high index these days) and they're so much safer. And it's a huge weight savings also - you wouldn't believe how heavy those glass lenses feel when they're being supported by your nose for a few hours. :-)

[@aussiebloke609]

Yeah, I've been known to fix something right into the trash pile on occasion. :-P

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Haha. My Dad used to say "I'll either fix it or I'll fix it so nobody else can." You could count on him to fix it though.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

I think all you would have seen is a jet of water anyways lol

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

Shit- R&R of the chip was easier than doing this guys' job.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Yeah, Mike made it look so easy! That's 30+ years of experience right there :)

[@jamesrossmotors]

Can we expect a change of trade for you now.

[@msjayhantraders4646]

Demo machine for optacal glass fitting

[@ravindubiyanvila8628]

how to start agagin

[@satamanschmidt3428]

When asked why he robs banks Jesse James replied "Because that's where the money is." Well Ivan, have you finally figured out where the money is? Stuff like this is everywhere and in all industries. I have computer controlled MIG and TIG welders. Machines such as these eyeglass grinders are critical to the operations of CORPORATIONS (remember, they have all the money in the USA - that's why they can buy and sell our politicians like chess pieces). You can fix these things in air conditioned buildings and not get sweaty, dirty or greasy, and, the owners both need and can afford to pay you to fix them. OK, so maybe you're the Russian Tarzan and love being out in the wild. All modern farm equipment, and heavy equipment like that Genie high lift you and Vlad fixed, run on computer controlled electro-mechanical systems. And, all of them are MISSION CRITICAL, so their well heeled owners are willing to pay though the teeth to get them back on line because they make them money. Additionally, there is the status society affords these people of being called "a field service engineer" rather than a "grease monkey" when fundamentally today they are both doing the same thing. If you want to get ahead you're not doing it in State College, PA fixing cars. You, with your talents and education, certainly can doing something else.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

I would still like to stay in State College, PA...I know there is money floating around here considering all the flashy Mercedes and BMWs driving around and huge McMansions popping up in developments! Always open to any opportunity, thanks for the wise advice, Dennis :)

[@satamanschmidt3428]

Finally, After all this time I've beaten the Soviet out of you. Now your talking you budding capitalist. Remember the story about Bogie, the girl that owns the best BMW shop in Phoenix? She lives in Paradise Valley. Rob Halford, Alice Cooper, Charles Barkley and Stevie Nicks are her neighbors. As you might imagine Paradise Valley isn't a slum since few sports legends and rock stars typically live in ghettos. She specializes in expensive cars, doesn't screw people over like the dealerships do and charges about 20% less than the dealerships do. She's coining money hand over fist. Best of all BMW's completely suck. They're made of plastic they often fail and the parts to repair them cost a fortune so if you sell parts for a BMW your going to make 3X of what the equivalent Chevy parts would cost. RING THE REGISTER IVAN! They're hard to fix so that eliminates the Firestone contingent and they require specialized equipment (that's all good for you). Hell a damn oil change or battery replacement requires reprogramming (got to love it). So now you've got a $200 oil change. Now does this suck for the customer? Of course it does but then again they're the assholes that bought these POS cars. Does it make money for those shops that can handle these turds. YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT. Learn from Bogie. Glad to see you're making progress on learning "The American Way."

[@gregstrakovsky5008]

Ivan doing the right things. He can survive in such trade for decades in such PA neighbor. I work as Field eng. and manufacturing analyst for big corporation... old times, what You mentioned is gone. This days big companies do not fix anything. That get multi million dollars production lines for lease, for few years, and than drop it to second hand market or ship to China. Nobody fixed stuff anymore, except equipment originators or small business owners who trapped by overpriced equipment. Field Engineers job is poor paid and abusive. Too much Headache and to much travel and You can lost Your job at any moment. All big manufacturing corporation currently belong to Chinese Hedge Funds this days and they focused for selling New Chinese made crop instead of supporting good existing equipment. We are gradually move from field engineering to commissioning processing and became parts swapper and equipment advertisers. SORRY.

[@danekeeper1]

Ivan........Jobs that no one knows how its done....Like Mike Rowe did dirty jobs......you could do the jobs that are head scratchers....How is that done???? OOOOHHHHH man you found a way cool niche ....run with it Ivan.....

[@38911bytefree]

Heck of a machine, no wonder why they cost so much.

[@dpeagles]

This guy doesn't seem like a "bourgeois capitalist" as someone stated in the previous video.

[@opl500]

Machine shop in a box, basically

[@ravindubiyanvila8628]

I didn't see machine screen clearly

[@josetatimmeireles3797]

IM HAVE 2 ESSILOR GAMMA IN BRAZIL .IM WORK EI N OPTCAL 40 YEARS .. YOU HAVE A JOBS. SURFACE.FINISHE GLASSES . POWER LESOMETER .

[@jaimesustaita285]

So how in the world did u get these people to give u a call to fiz their eye machine, your a automotive diagnostic tech

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

My wife works there ;)

[@raymilligan9556]

what, no more cars?

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Cars are boring LOL

[@raymilligan9556]

ya, but try riding a Giraffe to work haha

[@californiacruisin2048]

Is this not Pine Hollow AUTO Diagnostics? Am I missing something? I came here for Auto Diagnostics, not fucking eyeglass machines.

[@Randomgearhead]

maybe read the description and not watch that or go to sleep and stop bitchin

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Or just chill the FUCK OUT like the rest of us. Bloody Hell.

[@Graham_Wideman]

It's totally on topic -- it's an AUTO lens edger.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

HAHAHAHA Perfect CB.

[@TheCowgirlNiamh]

Gobshite!