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title: "Haldane Optical — frequently asked"
description: "Answers Haldane Optical publishes, in the same words the assistant uses."
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Haldane Optical — frequently asked

Source: https://apple-messages.demo.busymate.ai/faq

> Answers Haldane Optical publishes, in the same words the assistant uses.

## Frequently asked

### Will you put lenses in a frame I already own?

Usually, yes — it is a good deal of what the bench does. The frame is tested first with a scrap edge, because a dry acetate or a fatigued rimless mount can split during cutting, and you would rather hear that before the lenses are paid for than during.

### Can an old frame actually be repaired?

More often than people expect. Metal hinges solder, rimless mounts re-thread, and a missing arm can be machined to match. What cannot be saved is a frame that has gone brittle all the way through — the bench will say so rather than take the money and try.

### How long does a pair of varifocals take?

Seven to ten working days for anything hand-edged, five for a standard job. The measurement happens on the frame you have chosen, seated and standing, which is the step most of the trade skips and the reason most varifocal complaints exist.

### Do I have to come in to ask something?

No. Most questions — a price, whether a repair is possible, where a pair has got to — are answered in the thread, and a photograph of a break saves a trip. Anything that needs the frame on your face, like a refit, is ten minutes at the bench with no appointment.


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