ajirbl
Oakley Expert
No matter what you show someone, somebody seem to screw up something somewhere. Having the tool, rivets, flex material, and a how to video still won't be you 100% perfect job. Unless you practice at it over and over again to get it right. You want to sell a tool, then maybe provide flex material and rivets, how many people are going to buy it? Sell one to a person that has milling experience and he takes it, changes up the design and cranks em out faster and cheaper. It just like anything else someone tries to duplicate. Take for example cutting lenses, how many people have tried and don't have the patience to do it? Or they watch the video, see how it's done, buy all the stuff and still screw it all up. Then they cry about how they messed up a lens or they show off a cut that's not just perfect. It maybe for their own stuff but they are not doing lens cuts for the masses. I hope that people understand that when they mess up their only pair that someone will be their to fix it. The tool is a fantastic idea but it takes skill to use it. And if the design is not flawless then it's back to the drawing board.
I agree. There are people who will scratch their glasses, there are people who will copy it, and there are people who will get it and not have the patience to do it. I'm not looking to get rich off this thing, I've got a job that provides just fine for myself and my family (and even if 25 x $75 = $1,875 was going to make a huge difference in my life then I probably shouldn't own all of the x-metals I own.) I asked for 25 people to be interested before I'd bother making them because I couldn't be bothered to spend the time otherwise, I've already got what I need to tuneup my own glasses. The tool, couplers, etc is for the probably very few people who want to give this a shot on their own since it really isn't difficult...especially if you protect the glasses while doing it.
If the design isn't flawless, it really won't be back to the drawing board...its not like there is going to be tech support and "updates" on this. The tool works fine as it is...at least for me.
Edit: My response after reading came off condescending. I do not mean for it to be taken like that. I simply mean that the community has been a help long before I "joined" and if im able to help even just a few members then i'll do what I can.
I sent a message to The X-Man a few weeks ago asking about acquiring a few extra rivets for my own future use as I had planned to send some in for refinishing. I made it extremely clear that I have no intention to provide anything like his services...I simply wouldn't have the time. But I've also just gone ahead and refinished my own because I have the tools to be able to do it, and I just had a machine shop make me some of the rivits I'd need (at quite the expense I might add considering I only asked for 20...should have used up all my 3 hour minimum, lol)
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