Cutting Lenses - What Works

[lithiumus]

So I made my way to the local Oakley store today with a pair of X Metal XX lenses to see what in the current line up could be used as doner lenses. They were really cool and let me mess around with any and all of thier display glasses and here is what I found.

These 3 lenses will definitely fit the XX which means they will definitely fit the Juliet. All 3 have large enough lenses that you can completely avoid the Polarized etching if you choose a polar lens.

Crosshair 1
Plaintiff
Big Taco

I'll go back with Romeo lenses when I get my Romeos... These 3 lenses have so much room, I'm almost certain that the Romeos will be just fine and able to avoid the polor etching on all 3. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of exotic color choices for those three... qtrain23 feel free to update your chart and maybe add a color or something signifiying the ability to avoid the polar etching. Going through the store and all the other lenses that fit but have polar etching on them, I can pretty confidently say that most won't look right if they are preserved, so better to just get rid of it.

 

[erap]

Any tools available on ebay for custom cut use? Appreciate your suggestions! Thanks!

 

[qtrain23]

So I made my way to the local Oakley store today with a pair of X Metal XX lenses to see what in the current line up could be used as doner lenses. They were really cool and let me mess around with any and all of thier display glasses and here is what I found.

These 3 lenses will definitely fit the XX which means they will definitely fit the Juliet. All 3 have large enough lenses that you can completely avoid the Polarized etching if you choose a polar lens.

Crosshair 1
Plaintiff
Big Taco

I'll go back with Romeo lenses when I get my Romeos... These 3 lenses have so much room, I'm almost certain that the Romeos will be just fine and able to avoid the polor etching on all 3. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of exotic color choices for those three... qtrain23 feel free to update your chart and maybe add a color or something signifiying the ability to avoid the polar etching. Going through the store and all the other lenses that fit but have polar etching on them, I can pretty confidently say that most won't look right if they are preserved, so better to just get rid of it.

They will also fit the penny then.

Let me know when you have some more info on the Romeo lenses. Thats the biggie

 

[dr.chop]

Any tools available on ebay for custom cut use? Appreciate your suggestions! Thanks!

yeah, it's called a Dremel Tool...You can find them at your local Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Menard's, and many fine hobby stores.

 

[dr.chop]

The Big Taco, Eyepatch 2 and Plaintiff Squared are all very big lenses and all have 8.75 base curve. I'm pretty certain XX lenses can be cut from all 3 and may be possible to eliminate the polarized etching for the XX. Definitley for the Juliet. Will try to check for Romeo shortly...

Eyepatch2, while having the same base curve, is NOT the same type of lens. EP2 is a toric (dual lenses cut from a single shield shield lens) that has no rake, just wrap. Taco and many of the others, including your lens you wish to cut, Romeo 1, are not toric lenses. This means that while yes you can cut them to fit, NO, they aren't correct. So for everyone who keeps beating this freakin dead horse about what fits, this again proves that what I keep saying is correct: What works is what fits.

 

[lithiumus]

Hey Doc, that's right. After I visited the store and Saw the Eyepatch2, I removed it from my above list as due to the fact that they are Toric lenses.

 

[qtrain23]

this again proves that what I keep saying is correct: What works is what fits.

yes and no. Sure if you're going to just set them on a shelf, who cares if the curve is right if you get the look you're going for. But if you're gonna wear them, wouldn't you want the right base curve lens (matching original) so the optics were the same as if they were a factory produced lens for the frame? You go back and forth between wanting the best optics and just throwing in a lens because its big enough.

 

[erap]

I'm learning a lot here... I thought what matters is just the curvature but then again there is toric to consider . My main problem is to use only OEM oakley lens for R1.

 

[xmetalx]

I used Plaintiff lenses for my Romeo1. Works great. Chrome and Emerald.

 

[mopiko]

I used Plaintiff lenses for my Romeo1. Works great. Chrome and Emerald.

Is that of the correct curve? plaintiff lenses?