Titanium Weld eye glass repair

[Bill97]

Need small weld to repair frame.  Most shops cannot do titanium.  Is there some that can?

[novacova]

Take it to a jeweler that has a laser welder and an argon chamber to weld it. 

[gargamon]

My titanium, full flex frames come from Zenni and cost about $25 USD. I generally order new identical frames yearly with my latest prescription. If a frame breaks, which hasn't happened, I always have a spare or two lying around and it's easy to swap the lenses.

 

How much did you pay for your titanium frames?

[OneMoreFarang]

16 minutes ago, gargamon said:

My titanium [...] cost about $25 USD.

555

And I guess you have a gold frame for the same price. Yeah, sure. 

[gargamon]

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

555

And I guess you have a gold frame for the same price. Yeah, sure. 

Oops, price is up to $40 USD. Or maybe that's CDN $ which would make it about right.

https://www.zennioptical.com/p/pure-titanium-full-rim-frame/3737?skuId=373712

 

 

[Bill97]

2 hours ago, novacova said:

Take it to a jeweler that has a laser welder and an argon chamber to weld it. 

Ok, where is such a jeweler?

[Bill97]

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

How much did you pay for your titanium frames

Long time ago.  Probably about $3,000.  Not relevant , it is sunk cost. Unique design, can’t find after 7 hours online search.

 

 

 

 

 

[novacova]

1 hour ago, Bill97 said:

Ok, where is such a jeweler?

Have no idea, not a bling bling kind of guy.

[GammaGlobulin]

5 hours ago, gargamon said:

My titanium, full flex frames come from Zenni and cost about $25 USD. I generally order new identical frames yearly with my latest prescription.

 

Where do you order these?

I googled Zenni titanium frames.

I could use a pair.

 

[gargamon]

7 hours ago, Bill97 said:

Long time ago.  Probably about $3,000.  Not relevant , it is sunk cost. Unique design, can’t find after 7 hours online search.

 

 

 

 

 

You could always order a “spare“ pair from zenni. They have over 50  titanium frames to choose from. One of these should be suitable as a spare. Then send your old frames needing repairs out of country for repair.

[Dante99]

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

You could always order a “spare“ pair from zenni. They have over 50  titanium frames to choose from. One of these should be suitable as a spare. Then send your old frames needing repairs out of country for repair.

Yeh, I got a spare pair at the local pharmacy for 139 baht.

 

 

Edited July 24 by Dante99

[kilt]

Sawang Optical on Nimman road has a titanium welder guy in Bangkok that they use. My eyeglasses were welded and repaired in a week, including EMS to bangkok and back. Excellent work at a very reasonable cost.

Edited July 24 by kilt

[Bill97]

36 minutes ago, kilt said:

Sawang Optical on Nimman road has a titanium welder guy in Bangkok that they use. My eyeglasses were welded and repaired in a week, including EMS to bangkok and back. Excellent work at a very reasonable cost.

Thank you very much.  Just what I was looking for.  I will go to them.

[CallumWK]

This guy in Pattaya is a professional, used him twice to repair a Cartier eyeglass frame, and I know professional watch sellers in Europe send their repairs to him.

 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054369287223

[CallumWK]

https://fb.watch/twehMxeKK9/

[Bill97]

1 hour ago, CallumWK said:

This guy in Pattaya is a professional, used him twice to repair a Cartier eyeglass frame, and I know professional watch sellers in Europe send their repairs to him.

 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054369287223

Does he do titanium welding?

 

[CallumWK]

9 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Does he do titanium welding?

 

Send him a message or give him a call, he speaks perfect English

[Bill97]

On 7/24/2024 at 10:10 AM, kilt said:

Sawang Optical on Nimman road has a titanium welder guy in Bangkok that they use. My eyeglasses were welded and repaired in a week, including EMS to bangkok and back. Excellent work at a very reasonable cost.

Talked with them.  Their experience with the Bkk welder was not all positive and they could not recommend it because a lot of welds failed after a few months.  They would do it but emphasized the possibilities of failure.

 

My break is at a hard to weld joint.

Edited July 26 by Bill97

[kilt]

On 7/26/2024 at 12:29 PM, Bill97 said:

Talked with them.  Their experience with the Bkk welder was not all positive and they could not recommend it because a lot of welds failed after a few months.  They would do it but emphasized the possibilities of failure.

 

My break is at a hard to weld joint.

They told me roughly the same thing, saying it will never be as strong as before the repair.. My repair is still going strong about a month in...