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File and Finishing Tools

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Optician’s Files – Pillar File #2070
Optician’s Files – Pillar File #2070
$27.95
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Optician’s Files – Round Rat Tail File #2072
Optician’s Files – Round Rat Tail File #2072
$16.95
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Optician’s Files – Screw Head Slotting File #2074
Optician’s Files – Screw Head Slotting File #2074
$49.95
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Optician’s Files – Screw Finishing File #2076
Optician’s Files – Screw Finishing File #2076
$38.95
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Optician’s Files – Zylonite File #2078
Optician’s Files – Zylonite File #2078
$39.95
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Screw Finishing Tool #2087
Screw Finishing Tool #2087
$18.95
Optician’s Files – Pillar File #2070

Optician’s Files – Pillar File #2070

#2070

Regular price $27.95

General file for working on flat plastic frame surfaces.

Fine cut, 8" long.

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Insider Info from Joshua

"Here is why you need a good set of files. All frames are made of plastic and/or metal. There are some adjustments you can only achieve by filing down the eyewear. Use files to open up the angle of temples. Remove material from a barrel or a drilled lens. Smooth the end of a cut screw. Reopen the driver slot in a screw head. Precision made in Germany and Switzerland." 

Optician’s Files – Round Rat Tail File #2072

Optician’s Files – Round Rat Tail File #2072

#2072

Regular price $16.95

Use for reaming holes in rimless lenses, etc.

Fine cut, 5-1/2" long.

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Insider Info from Joshua

"Here is why you need a good set of files. All frames are made of plastic and/or metal. There are some adjustments you can only achieve by filing down the eyewear. Use files to open up the angle of temples. Remove material from a barrel or a drilled lens. Smooth the end of a cut screw. Reopen the driver slot in a screw head. Precision made in Germany and Switzerland." 

Optician’s Files – Screw Head Slotting File #2074

Optician’s Files – Screw Head Slotting File #2074

#2074

Regular price $49.95

Create a driver blade slot in the head of a screw.

Fine cut, 4-3/8" long.

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Insider Info from Joshua

"Here is why you need a good set of files. All frames are made of plastic and/or metal. There are some adjustments you can only achieve by filing down the eyewear. Use files to open up the angle of temples. Remove material from a barrel or a drilled lens. Smooth the end of a cut screw. Reopen the driver slot in a screw head. Precision made in Germany and Switzerland." 

Optician’s Files – Screw Finishing File #2076

Optician’s Files – Screw Finishing File #2076

#2076

Regular price $38.95

Smoothing the end of cut screws.

Tip comes to a fine point for easy access to hard to reach places. Medium cut, 6-7/8" long.

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Insider Info from Joshua

"Here is why you need a good set of files. All frames are made of plastic and/or metal. There are some adjustments you can only achieve by filing down the eyewear. Use files to open up the angle of temples. Remove material from a barrel or a drilled lens. Smooth the end of a cut screw. Reopen the driver slot in a screw head. Precision made in Germany and Switzerland." 

Optician’s Files – Zylonite File #2078

Optician’s Files – Zylonite File #2078

#2078

Regular price $39.95

Alter the angle of the temple to the end piece on plastic frames.

Coarse cut on wide side while beveled edges are smooth to prevent accidental damage to eyewear. 7-1/2" long.

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Insider Info from Joshua

"Here is why you need a good set of files. All frames are made of plastic and/or metal. There are some adjustments you can only achieve by filing down the eyewear. Use files to open up the angle of temples. Remove material from a barrel or a drilled lens. Smooth the end of a cut screw. Reopen the driver slot in a screw head. Precision made in Germany and Switzerland." 

Screw Finishing Tool #2087
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Screw Finishing Tool #2087
Screw Finishing Tool #2087
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Screw Finishing Tool #2087

Screw Finishing Tool #2087

#2087

Regular price $18.95

Let’s twist again.

You clipped the excess off a screw and are left with a ragged end.  In oldie days you’d reach for a riffler or spoon file. Too often the file would slip off the screw and drive itself into the frame or lens.

Now you don’t have to take that chance. A few twists of this tool’s cupped serrated cap will safely round off the ends of cut screws. The working end is made of hardened carbide steel permanently mounted in a carbon steel nickel plated handle.

Works on screws with a maximum diameter of 1.6mm. Also use to smooth the ends of cut temples.

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Insider Info from Joshua

"Here’s a long story made short. There are fewer fine file manufacturers now than there were two decades ago. Big file companies bought out the smaller specialists.  Consequently the cost of files has skyrocketed. We can’t change suppliers as there aren’t any. So what to do?  Eliminate the need for a specific file altogether by designing something just as functional but less costly. Two benefits for you. One, it costs less than a riffler file and, two, you are much less likely to slip off the end of a cut screw and file away accidentally on the frame or lens.  It’s a win-win."

 

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