tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post2227268326848819094..comments2024-03-28T22:44:04.754-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Among the things I've learned over timeFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-63437326545116389582011-09-08T19:53:58.105-07:002011-09-08T19:53:58.105-07:00When I first got married the missus and I had a &#...When I first got married the missus and I had a '58 VW. It had a nasty habit of the electrics cutting out at inopportune times. The connections were all screw tightened in bakelite connectors. One of the electricians at work gave me a partial tube of dialectric grease and told me to find every connector I could, release it, clean the wire end and inside of the connector, and put a toothpick end's worth of grease on it. Took me several days to find 'em all. That was more'n forty years ago and that car still has all it's electrics working. Yes, I know the guy who now owns and drives it. It still has a funny little click when reversed. I loved that car and wish I could have it back.<br /><br />I had a pair of glasses made with the bifocal on top for planking boat bottoms. They were great for running a CNC mill as well, saved my neck a world of hurt from having to bend back so far to see A: where I was putting screws, and B: the controller.Gerry N.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-73586016423875204942011-09-08T18:03:54.556-07:002011-09-08T18:03:54.556-07:00You might check into "mechanic's bifocals...You might check into "mechanic's bifocals", they have the close focus part on top. Also useful for, yknow, working on stuff.Ritchienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-90021926891749437762011-09-08T04:54:31.008-07:002011-09-08T04:54:31.008-07:00Those of us with substantial or severe astigmatism...Those of us with substantial or severe astigmatism have faced the "fuzzy sight" problem for quite a while. A great many moons ago (long before I needed bifocals) I had a terrific optician who understood shooting. He would invite shooters to come in at closing time with their guns and a target,and mark the spot on the lenses through which we viewed the sights while in a shooting position (particularly valuable for prone and/or sitting rifle). Bausch and Lomb used to make a chemically hardened precision yellow glass called Kalichrome for prescription lenses for aviators and shooters, and he would order a set of lenses in it, with the prescription 1 to 1.5 diopters stronger for the shooting eye - basically the entire lens at a low bifocal strength - and the astigmatism axis aligned co-axially with the sight picture rather than in the center of the lens. Couldn't walk in the glasses worth a damn, but they really improved my shooting.<br /><br />And, back in the '80s an outfit whose name escapes me used to make a spring-loaded clip-on loupe attachment for attaching to one side of eyeglasses which came with replaceable lenses 1, 1.5 or 2 diopters stronger. Originally made for jewelers, it worked well for shooters, and "walkable" because they could be swiveled out of the way.Wallynoreply@blogger.com