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When I hit 30, no big deal. Felt great, far sided vision no problem (love extend wear contacts).

Hit 40, a few aches and pains that last longer. Vision gets a little worse, but nothing contacts could not handle.

50, OH CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!! The aches and pains last much longer. The vision is now really bad. Mono vision contacts, than bi-focal glasses. Major bummer.

As I have become more confident working on the Pantera , I find the close up work very difficult. The progressive bi-focals just do not work. I try the no glasses approach works sometimes. This is where I shove my face and rather large nose within inches of the project. But with some work like steering and suspension I can not get close enough. It becomes working blind and by feel alone.

Do any of you other senior DeTomaso owners have a solution ? Maybe some type of magnifying lens that straps to your head .

Jeff
Hates “Old Age” especially with an immature teenage mentality.
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This guy seems to have a solution ...



This site (search around you may find one with better pricing) - http://secure.transtronics.com/Optivisor.html - sells something called an Optivisor which has a bunch of different magnifications depending on how close you plan to be to your work ... I'm not 50 yet (I'd like to be someday though), but I do find with fiddly close-up work a lot easier with lots of light!
oh, this is a topic that i really hate

i have the same problem, and sorry folks any kind of glasses for close up work is a real pia. the only solution i have found is to work without glasses, this is despite my overall poor vision that needs lots of correction.

i just seem to be able to focus within a short defined range, and have to move my head to be within that range close in.

yeah, getting old is a bitch !!

nazgul
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i have the same problem, and sorry folks any kind of glasses for close up work is a real pia. the only solution i have found is to work without glasses, this is despite my overall poor vision that needs lots of correction.


Nazgul,
You are correct. Any glasses are a PITA. They get dirty, your sweat falls on them, and they fall off. UGH!
I also try to work without them within my small field of clear vision. But some areas are impossible to get your noggin into that sweet spot.

"My solution was called: Lasik"

Kerry,
You must be under 40. Lasik will not help you when your up close vision goes bad later !

Jeff
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