Hemingray's Workshop: How To Fix Glasses That Have Broken In Half

[@TheAcarch2]

Thanks for the video, very helpful. When I saw the vice I was like " THAT'S what I need to do". Nice to see the younger generation appreciating the vintage tools.

[@duci71k]

Good repair son...tell your brother we are all dorks really but we won't admit it. Excellent video very well made and the cameraman kept his cool...

[@tunnelportterror]

pret-ty damned good, dude !! all you have to do now, is file the solder/copper repair with a small triangular file- and shape it perfectly, and guess what you don't even need new frames. then paint it with some black paint or magic marker, nobody would even notice it was repaired. awesome job, I'm impressed ! those micro repairs require a lot of skill.

[@garethhopkins5301]

"Well if you look here"!!!! God damn if I could see I wouldn't be here . lol

[@soburnedout]

“Not too bad” You day...Definitely a “half glass full” type guy:) damn those are some nice pliers, though! Damn nice

[@Straker1923]

I don't know why you got all these negative 'dislikes' I thought it was a decent little vid. Being taught a century ago...(1960s) how to solder in Metalwork at school, I do have some authority on the subject and you did just fine. I am going to purchase a soldering iron soon as my glasses look EXACTLY like your bros...before you fixed them. I have tried both araldite glue and superglue, but equally useless!

[@robertoramos3228]

thanks for the video. consider being careful with the lense. try removing the lenses by removing a screw near the temple of the glasses

[@willisforillis181]

Great job guys I broke my glasses almost the same exact way (don't fall asleep wearing eyewear) and tried to my dismay to epoxy them together. I'm going to go try this method great idea I know it will come out much better than before

[@johnnorman7708]

Pretty funny. The name made me think "insulator" , and the there it was . Stay on those classic American tools. Let that collection grow. You will not regret it. Kudos on the anti Dork repair. Working on a frame right now was why I got to your video.

[@thomasrengstorff]

What solder are you using?

[@blindsspecialist327]

I’m glad he now has tint on part of his lens for that hard sun

[@johnnyappleseed6405]

lol! Nice attempt, but the solder should've been applied on each in a VERY small amount first. Then held together with precision while someone held the tip of the iron to solder the tips together. You then dip in a bit of cold water to cool the metal frame faster. Next you sand down the bit of a lump you have with a small piece of sand paper. After that, you can either polish the job you did or rock out. Either way, you'd be good to go. Practice on some glasses that are useless or cheap frames from walgreens or what not.

[@Hemingray1893]

I did say this was temporary, just to tide you over until you order new frames. This can best be described as a "Band Aid". Also, this is the only the second time I have ever soldered

[@karvast5726]

I have a few tips for you in the future that might help you if you (or anyone reading this) do it -put cloth between the glasses and the metal jaws of the vise,that way you don't risk scratching the lenses or the frame -buy a lighter blowtorch,they are very cheap and they work well for this kind of job,also use flux when soldering things other than electrical wires because it makes the solder flow better and where you want it to and the whole thing is a lot less messy and the solder holds better. -you can file and sand the end result and it might look good enough that you don't even need to order a new frame

[@alejandracolin3183]

Thanks for the video, my glasses also has broken almost in the same way and this is that I was looking for.

[@leonardo1480]

little tip for you if the lenses are made of plastic it would be best to remove the lenses to prevent heat damage and keep them safe and scratch/damage free! also if using a vice put cotton over the vice grips head to protect the frame!

[@Hemingray1893]

Yeah, that's probably a good idea. The only reason I left the lenses in was so I didn't crush the frames. Any Optometrist probably cringes at this method.

[@leonardo1480]

lol, good attempt though, as they say practice makes perfect.

[@Hemingray1893]

Absolutely.

[@lilfr4nkie]

I like this character arc.

[@davidwike4522]

Beautiful Craftmans pliers . I would use a oxi acetylene torch but take lenses out first

[@mikesavad]

clamping lenses in a vice like that is a certain way to destroy it by itself. also pretty sure they weld or braze these things and it depend on the metal.

[@TimmySensei]

This just happen when i was cleaning 😭

[@yeshis]

Not the final solution but did give me some ideas. Thanks

[@scottyvnc]

Nice shout out to the old Klein tools.

[@leroijr407]

Well. Just grind and shape the solder and than paint to match. You can do that and people wont even know. Good job tho for temp.

[@favoritemustard3542]

~reads video title~ "I wonder if he's related to the glass insulator family..?" ~clicks on video~ "¡Hola! YT, this is Hemingray1893..." ~still wondering~

[@Hemingray1893]

I did steal my name from the Hemingray Insulators and use a broken one as my channel "Logo". But no, no relation to the Hemingray Glass Manufacturing Company.

[@STE4LYOURFACE]

I just cut some speaker wire that fit the glasses snug, not sturdy but good enough. Took like a minute.

[@luanahaigood278]

Better than tape

[@mparveleuropesos606]

Something like this happened with my glasses and I already soldered mine back together

[@thomasrengstorff]

If you were to wrap a real thin wire over the thick wire and the glasses it would last longer.

[@jbrogen]

Solder and frame wasn’t hot enough and you need flux to make it flow smoothly.👍 good try though.

[@Hemingray1893]

Funny enough, I just bought MAPP gas for a brazing project for my car. What years of learning lead to. But maybe I'll hold off using that on glasses...

[@noahrodgmusic1622]

who else is here because they put their guitar case on top of their glasses?

[@47ravenlord]

"I have absolutely no idea what i am doing....i should definitely make a tutorial!!" I will never understand this phenomenon of people trying to teach other people how to do something that they don't know how to do themselves. You seem nice and all though.

[@Hemingray1893]

That's the spirit! Naw, Just kidding. I thought this was a unique solution and could help someone. I think I was 16 when I made this. I'm 20 now. Would I still try something like this? Yes, I would, thereby proving I don't learn.

[@mclovin8739]

Thing is, most people watching this need a temporary fix and have thought about soldering but have little experience, watching this video helps by showing if the effort is worth it

[@terulien]

He never claimed to be an expert you pretentious ahole. What he did was come up with a good temporary fix.

[@Marcoosianism]

@@Hemingray1893 haha :-)

[@Bodragon]

You should have better prepared your surfaces to be soldered. A bit of abrasive pre-action always pays handsome dividends. And *_wot, no flux ?_* You definitely need to keep your freshly abrazed surface away from the oxygen in the air! No, don't use rosin. You need a mildly acidic liquid type flux here. Good effort though. Give you a six out of ten for effort. Why not more? *_Dude !_* How hard is it to do a quick KZbin search on this very specific topic ? Dead easy. That's how easy. >

[@TheMjphoto45]

put cloth on both sides of glass when clamping

[@Hemingray1893]

That's probably a good idea.

[@thesandman6478]

Nice try kid, A+ for effort

[@huckfin1100]

Hey you won because you tried, in my opinion !

[@Mamba1]

Just buy one

[@daves112506]

I cant see tgis at all

[@x7slim8x]

Good try though... 6 year old video I see, but if there's ever a next time use some flux. 😉

[@soyokazedickens]

cutieeeee

[@sleeplesskmz]

you can not weld that material whit solder , take them out of the vise :))))))

[@eyecrestoptical9391]

Pricr

[@Bodragon]

It would be much easier, and stronger to simply spot-weld them. Do you know how cheaply you can build a spot-welder ? I do. And it's cheap as chips dudes. In fact, even cheaper. >

[@robertkat]

Another amature video. Too many on youtube.

[@Hemingray1893]

You got that right!

[@Marcoosianism]

KZbin was built on amateur videos and they should remain. That's what the "You" in KZbin references.

[@luist8868]

Solder will not bond to metal frames. Nice try.