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October 2005 Polish Maintenance Learn how to maintain the integrity of your polish. |
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November / December 2005 Preventative Maintenance A regular schedule of preventative maintenance can save you thousands of dollars on equipment repair. |
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January / February 2006 Keeping It Clean Cleaning surface blocks keeps the alloy cleaner and creates better adhesion. |
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March 2006 Tinting Problems? One solution to tinting problems. |
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April / May 2006 Seeing Spots? How to Tint High Index and Poly Successfully |
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June 2006 Back Away from the Axis Aligning Pliers! Learn how to turn a lens without scratching the surface. |
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July / August 2006 Blocking Basics |
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September 2006 Combat Scratches Learn how to reduce the number of re-dos by eliminating scratches. |
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October 2006 How to Repair Plastic Frames Learn an effective way of repairing scratches and gouges in plastic frames. |
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November / December 2006 Using Simple Computer Programs to Schedule & Track Maintenance Learn how to schedule and keep track of your maintenance routines with Outlook and Access. |
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January/February 2007 Fighting Heat in the Lab Learn how to get rid of heat and dust by placing chiller units outside. |
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March 2007 Maintaining Coolant Levels Find out the importance of maintaining a constant ratio of coolant to water. |
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April/May 2007 Mounting Groove Frames Removing unwanted hairs from the ribbon for mounting groove frames. |
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June 2007 Customer Service Conveys Messages Learn how your customer service people can be the voice of your lab, delivering messages to your customers. |
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July/August 2007 Creating More Time Without adding more people or more equipment, how do you get more work out of each day? |
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September 2007 No More Scratches on Metal Frames Learn how to avoid scratching the finish on metal frames when inserting the lenses. |
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October 2007 Bushing Mounts for Drilled Rimless Having difficulty with drilled rimless lenses that are really thin? Check out this month's tip of the month to find out a quick fix. |
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November/December 2007 Weapon of Glass (or plastic) Destruction Don't let your worn out screwdriver blades become Weapons of Glass (or plastic) Destruction. |
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January/February 2008 Saving an Expensive Lens Learn how to avoid lens spoilage in labs caused by scratches. |
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March/April 2008 Bizarre Frames How do you determine if a particular Rx is compatible with a particular frame? |
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May/June 2008 Answering the Phone Learn the recommended way to answer the phone for best results. |
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July/August 2008 Lost Screws A Problem? Find out how not to loose any more screws. |