if they have to do any hand work on the elements for even 1% of them, the price of the lens would skyrocket.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Re: Lens manufacturing > It was a very long time ago, but I > am told that the process is very much the same today. Machines now hold the > "blank" and the "tool" for generating the initial figure, but for fine > glass, supposedly the final figure and polishing are achieved by hand.
