[Jewelry making - Article 01372] - [Orchid] New Optivisor Complaints

[Rick Copeland]

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Greetings all.

    My old optivisor was 35 years old and just barely holding together.
    Yes, it's a one owner optivisor and I'm really that old. It was a
    gift from my father on my 16th birthday when I was taking my first
    silversmith course. So I splurged and bought a new one at an after
    Christmas sale at my local rock shop. And have not been happy since.
    My list of complaints are as follows: 

    1. Too small. When I use a sweat sponge I cannot get it to fit
    comfortably around my 7 BE melon (head) without giving myself a
    headache. 

    2. Too difficult to move up and down smoothly. I can't seem to get
    the cheaper plastic adjustment knobs to a happy medium for moving the
    visor up and down like my old one. 

    3. Lost the adjustment knobs (See the above problem) from having
    them too loose to get the visor to move up and down without giving me
    a neck sprain. 

    Has any optivisor users found any solutions for the above problem?
    I'm not looking for any referrals to having my head shrunk, thank
    you. 

    If not what is a viable replacement? 

    I was sorry to see optivisor had cheapened the construction on a
    product that has served me so well for 35 years. 

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Rocky Mountain Wonders
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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