#factorytalk

No kidding.

Bumping frames since 2012.
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Designed well. Made well. Here.

During the tumbling polishing process, thousands of little beech pegs cascade over and over against your glasses front. This continual action of friction is what gradually smooths the acetate piece to make it comfortable to wear. All of the rough edges from frame-cutting are polished away over the course of three straight days of rotational tumbling. It’s a wonderful process that cannot be rushed. It takes as long as it takes to make your glasses smooth and ready for the next stages of hand polishing.

Explaining the process is integral to what we do here at Banton Frameworks. Each stage in the production process translates to the next, informing accuracy, consistency and eventually, a great pair of glasses. Like all makers, it’s ‘the process’ that makes us tick.

Inserting pin-rivets by hand to make the best glasses we can. Some things just take time y’know…

If you’re part of our Members Club, you’ll have seen our new tumbling machine. Compared to our previous one, this thing is a bit of a beast. Some context? It’s 10x the capacity of our old one. It has four separate chambers. It’s a joy to use. It polishes your glasses very very nicely.
 
After 3 days of continual polishing, Jamie has paused the cycle to check the frame fronts inside the first chamber. Wish him luck. There’s a lot of glasses inside there.
 
Building an eyewear factory beside a loch in Scotland.

Trying out some new workshop angles to share our making process. It’s an integral aspect to our identity as a brand but it’s hard to do when everyone’s feeds are so…polished. @Oliroyace wanted to see more of what we do. So today, we’ve shared a quick shot of Lucy in the workshop in-between heating some frame-fronts in our new rotational oven.
 
Building an eyewear factory beside a loch in Scotland.


Your nose? It needs somewhere nice to go. That’s why we make you these friendly little ‘bumps’ in your frame front. To make this happen, your frame is heated to make it bendy and soft. Then, it’s placed in the machine seen above where it’s gently bumped by the “brass nose.” The depth and width of the bump depends on the size of the frame we’re making. Today, we’re making a batch of one of our best-selling optical frames; the D – TRT. To learn more about how we manufacture, we’ve written a step by step process-guide in our about-us website section. Check it out via the link in our bio. 
Building an eyewear factory beside a loch in Scotland.