Optician Training - The Boxing System

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  • čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
  • How to get good, accurate, consistent boxing system measurements. The boxing system is used to measure eyeglass frames and lenses for sizing and finishing layout work. The primary boxing system measurements are the frame A, B, & DBL. The common frame sizing numbers like, 56-18 are determined using the boxing system. Accurate frame measurements are important for finishing work. Learn More: opticianworks.com/
    Accurate frame measurements are important for finishing work. Opticians use the boxing system to size a frame for individual wearers. Opticians use the boxing system to measure frames to calculate lens decentration for optical finishing work or optical finishing layout. Other boxing system measurements include segment height or seg height, segment drop or seg drop and the geometric center of eyewire openings. Opticians use the boxing system as part of their daily work.
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    This video lesson is sponsored by Laramy-K Optical
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Komentáře • 71

  • @marcus522010
    @marcus522010 Před 2 měsíci +1

    They don't teach us these things anymore.
    Thanks so much for this.

  • @teresarichardson9431
    @teresarichardson9431 Před 6 lety +2

    John, I am so happy to find you! I watch you for hours at a time! I have been in the business for years in a few small offices, with out coworkers to bounce info around. I am now with a large company cross training in the lab. You have helped tie all that I have learned hands on , study in trade mags, and now with coworkers. Thankyou !

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 6 lety

      You are welcome! Don't miss out on the website www.OpticianWorks.com. The videos are just a small part of the big picture. John

  • @Samraa_2000
    @Samraa_2000 Před 7 lety +12

    Thank you so much, I wish I could watch this when I was a student, your way of explanation is very fun and easy.

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 7 lety +1

      Thanks for all your comments and support, yasa!

  • @tammymcmillen8005
    @tammymcmillen8005 Před 5 lety +2

    wow thank you so much!!! this, i just started my optician course last week online and was feeling very discouraged and lost until i decided to look up the boxing system on youtube. im so glad i found this channel your way of explaining is soooo helpful. your channel will be my go to for the next 2 years! thank you so much

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 5 lety

      What program did you start? And don''t miss the website! www.opticianworks.com

    • @tammymcmillen8005
      @tammymcmillen8005 Před 5 lety +1

      @@LaramyKOptical im in the optical science-eyeglasses program in NAIT and no i haven't checked out the site but will right now!

  • @gabriellad551
    @gabriellad551 Před 6 lety +1

    Love your videos. I am an Eye Care Specialist student and when I don't understand something we went over in class, I watch your videos and it all makes sense.

  • @nickim.tricksboyz2404
    @nickim.tricksboyz2404 Před 7 lety +6

    your chanel is amazing. im a qualified Dispensing Optician an i must say i watched almost all your vids. im from cape town!

  • @asimalam6232
    @asimalam6232 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for amazing videos I am an optical lab technician always refresh my optical knowledge with your fantastic videos keep it up 👍

  • @perpetualmuzac6933
    @perpetualmuzac6933 Před 4 lety +5

    I am attending Penn foster optician course and also using you videos as well to try to get a better under standing. so far so good with the video.. now I only problem is retaining information..

    • @howardcohn784
      @howardcohn784 Před 3 lety +1

      You do not need Penn Foster course. These video and some good text books is all that is sufficient.

    • @drishtikendra
      @drishtikendra Před 8 měsíci

      which book

  • @ahgasesatheartandalwaysbe4396

    it's hard to find a good teaching video for this. which I'm really grateful to found your channel. please keep inspring people. please keep give us students a good information so we can improve for future. thanks

  • @sidhartachandrawan8823

    thank you so much for the knowledge, this study lesson is so rare on youtube

  • @alaakhamas7817
    @alaakhamas7817 Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much this vedio is very useful and increase my experience to take a frame mesurement

  • @skieye1
    @skieye1 Před 7 lety +3

    Nice job John. Thanks for the good work that you do.

  • @lakhisfam3237
    @lakhisfam3237 Před 3 lety

    Thank u sir, this video is use full in every optometrist

  • @DancinYuri
    @DancinYuri Před 6 lety +1

    thank you so much!!!!! I'm studying for my ABO and you make it super easy to understand it!!! more over study books!! lol thank you so much!!

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 6 lety

      Thanks!

    • @katedawg3351
      @katedawg3351 Před 3 lety

      I’ve been crying this one that uses words to describe how to solve the problems but not any examples 😭

  • @kyellanaidukondigari7412

    Thank you so much

  • @monicaarnedo5342
    @monicaarnedo5342 Před 3 měsíci

    Muchas Gracias !

  • @optician2006
    @optician2006 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks alot I I number one fan.

  • @johnmarkcerdena8453
    @johnmarkcerdena8453 Před 2 lety

    thanks for this video.Can you teach me how to measure vertical and horizontal dimension of lens.

  • @rafaelamaya1978
    @rafaelamaya1978 Před 2 lety

    you`re the best!

  • @mdnesarahmed2248
    @mdnesarahmed2248 Před rokem

    Great ℹ️

  • @atoxsuyoko8254
    @atoxsuyoko8254 Před 2 lety

    Thanks sir🙏👍

  • @Fahad-ur2vw
    @Fahad-ur2vw Před 6 lety +1

    Thanks a lot

  • @Y34HN0
    @Y34HN0 Před 7 lety

    Hi John,
    I have a question. (Disclaimer: I'm not an optician, just someone trying to get a decent pair of glasses for my Dad.)
    I was doing some searching and reading about UV400, and an article on the Laramy-K website named "The Problem with UV400 Treatments" came up on Google. That article was written in 2010, which was a long time ago. Do you know if it's still the case that the UV400 treatments used on most lenses lose their effectiveness fairly quickly, or if things have changed for the better since​ then?
    I know you didn't write that particular article, but I wondered if you or anyone at your lab could shed some light on this topic. Many thanks if you can answer.

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 7 lety

      Yeah No,
      All are welcome here.
      UV400 dip coatings are primarily used on CR-39 or the original plastic used for lenses.
      Most glasses today use other materials that have good UV protection built into the lens.
      A good AR or non-glare coating can also add additional UV protection.
      It comes down to material and how much UV exposure he might be getting in daily life.
      When outdoors one should be wearing a good pair of sunglasses!
      Otherwise IMO any good lens and AR coating should provide all he needs for ordinary daily living.
      John

  • @ronwisegamgee
    @ronwisegamgee Před 3 lety

    Hello Mr. Seegers.
    I'm having some trouble when getting A, B, and C measurements. My issue has to do with the placement of the PD ruler on the lens' front surface, due to its curvature. When I rest the PD ruler on the lens' surface, is it supposed to rest flat on the middle of the lens or do I press the 0mm mark against the edge of the lens and follow it until the other edge, all the while flattening the ruler as I go?

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 3 lety

      Assuming a plastic PD stick with some give I would lay the wider flat side against the lens for stability and use my thumbs nasally and temporally. Don't make yourself crazy about it... The only time 0.5mm will matter is if you are trying to get the absolutely thinnest possible plus lens in surfaced.

  • @danielch6662
    @danielch6662 Před rokem

    What I learned: a PD stick is a metric ruler showing mms.

  • @adamtafesse8971
    @adamtafesse8971 Před 6 lety +1

    Thanks! You're awsome!

  • @danoptical2382
    @danoptical2382 Před 6 lety

    Grande thank you

  • @Tracks777
    @Tracks777 Před 7 lety

    Awesome video

  • @mireyagonzalez9302
    @mireyagonzalez9302 Před 2 lety

    Thank you very much for your help to understand the boxing system; but how I can get the ED without ruler?

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 2 lety +2

      You can't. But I'm guessing you mean how do people just "know" the ED from the frame measurements shown or stamped on the frame. A rule of thumb can be A + 2 but that only works (some of the time) for simple shapes and smaller to mid-sized frames. So for a 52/19 you might guess of an ED of 54. Won't matter much until you are trying get the thinnest possible lens in plus powers.

  • @AkashKumar-gn6sh
    @AkashKumar-gn6sh Před 5 lety

    Sir your explanation is very easy.
    I want know sir , how we give segment drop in bifocal

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 5 lety

      In the US segment "drop" is the distance from half the frame "B" and the top of the segment. It is another way set height can be written. X # mm below half the B or X # mm above the lowest point in frame eyewire opening. John

  • @sweathas3608
    @sweathas3608 Před 6 lety

    Can u tell me what is abo and give further details

  • @Loyaltytrades
    @Loyaltytrades Před 6 lety +1

    I'm thinking about taking the ABO soon how can you guys help me to prepare for it

  • @bpark10001
    @bpark10001 Před 7 lety +1

    Comments about boxing system: you cannot always read the A and B directly from the frame! For example, for a slanted oval, the A and B must be read from the boundaries of the box. Because the oval is slanted, there is no place to measure. You must construct the box, and then measure the box. That is the whole principle of the "boxing system"
    You also comment where the "edge" of the lens is. For a lens fitted in a grooved frame (usually most plastic and full-rim metal frames), the box is tangent to the flat part of the lens edge, not counting the protruding part. For grooved lenses (in half-frames using nylon cord), the boundary of the lens is the flat edge, not the groove.
    Please comment on the details of this! Do frame tracers trace the groove or the flat surface outside the groove? Another measurement is lens circumference. Is that measured over the protruding groove, or over the flat part of the lens edge?

    • @johnseegers9448
      @johnseegers9448 Před 7 lety

      Brian,
      If you have a different way of doing anything I show then by all means use it. As long as you get good consistent results - that is all we are ever after.
      John

  • @AkashKumar-gn6sh
    @AkashKumar-gn6sh Před 5 lety

    Sir please suggest me your video for blending of progressive lens and design of progressive lens

  • @babyshazdy7420
    @babyshazdy7420 Před 9 měsíci

    Please formulas of boxing system

  • @sweathas3608
    @sweathas3608 Před 6 lety

    Hi sir , am in pondicherry , can i also try this exam

  • @giovannirx7
    @giovannirx7 Před 3 lety

    whats the effective diameter ed of 54 mm round lenses

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 3 lety

      Unless it's a trick question and I missed it - it would be 54.

  • @sweathas3608
    @sweathas3608 Před 6 lety

    What should I have to do for this abo exam

    • @LaramyKOptical
      @LaramyKOptical  Před 6 lety

      www.OpticianWorks.com --- You will find everything you need to answer all your questions there! John

  • @sweathas3608
    @sweathas3608 Před 6 lety

    Am an optometrist , can i try abo

    • @howardcohn784
      @howardcohn784 Před 3 lety

      Yes, anyone can take the examination. You pay the fee and give it a try.

  • @sweathas3608
    @sweathas3608 Před 6 lety

    Wat a funny at starting, 😊

  • @emrysciaran
    @emrysciaran Před 3 lety

    Measuring for people who have never measured anything before.