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You can probably barely tell, but yes I had to solder that spot in the center of the photo (right nose piece), on glasses made in 1988.

I had to do a little mild bending, which already scared me, to take the lenses about a millimeter away from my nose bridge, to stop from rubbing against my eyebrows.

The right nose piece started to weaken and almost broke off, so I cleaned that with a Dremel and soldered it to reinforce it.

Sorry the photo angle is a bit dim, but it came out solid and clean 👍

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[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

Solder as in silver brazing? Tin brazing? or a spot weld? Did you take out the lenses? If they're plastic, they won't like the heat if it's silver brazed.

Anyway, it came out really nicely!

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Of course I took out the lens first!

Electronics solder, yes lead based ☚ī¸

That's what I got 🤷‍♂ī¸

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

No worries: unless you used a really old roll of solder, or stuff exempt from the lead ban for special applications (usually military), it's lead-free.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

No, it's 60/40 leaded solder, genuine old-school Radio Shack stuff. That's what I got, not like I'm licking the stuff, and it's not in contact with my face.

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