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  1. Re: Aura Visual Concepts will be closing its doors permanently on 12/31/2023

    i'm open to a discussion about selling the company and intellectual property.

    I can be reached via e-mail: mike@auralens.net
  2. Aura Visual Concepts will be closing its doors permanently on 12/31/2023

    AVC will be closing its doors permanently on 12/31/2023. It's been a good run, 48 years! But it's time to say goodbye, and thanks for the memories.

    We have closed customer registration and are...
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    Re: Shipping Internationally

    Fake money orders are rampant in southern Asia and Africa. Trust nothing but hard cold cash.
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    Re: Shipping Internationally

    NEVER ship COD internationally. Anything that crosses the border becomes essentially unretrievable without undo excessive expense and there is no guarantee that the payment received will be any good....
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    Re: Annealing question

    If you are putting localized heat on an annealed piece, you are adding stress in that area, and the entire piece should be annealed again at full cycle.

    Do you have a polarizer card to check your...
  6. Thread: Not dead

    by Mike_Aurelius
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    Not dead

    This virus is a sneaky bastard. It starts by slowly attacking your blood and lungs. Slowly. You feel tired, don't want to do much except sit around. Exhaustion from even the easiest things starts to...
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    Partial opening for Aura

    Aura is partially open and processing orders with limited staff. Most non-prescription orders are shipping within about 5-7 days.




    Sadly, we cannot (yet) begin processing prescriptions due...
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    Re: COVID-19 Closure :-(

    I certainly will. Minnesota is under stay-at-home orders, and our company is not considered essential (at least to the health care needs of the state lol). I'm monitoring the state of incoming...
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    COVID-19 Closure :-(

    At the direction of Minnesota Governor Walz, we are closing our factory for two weeks, until April 13th.

    We are still accepting orders, however, we will not be able to ship until mid-April. Thank...
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    We are still open!

    We are still open for business!

    Because of social distancing protocols, we are not admitting anyone into the factory or office areas except employees. All sales are easily accommodated through our...
  11. Thread: Glass

    by Mike_Aurelius
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    Re: Glass

    Just remember that techniques (like fuming) won't work the same way on quality glass. You also may have compatibility issues with cheap glass that you won't with quality.
  12. Re: I have 5 years now chang my funky theromoter guage

    Maybe PM one of the moderators instead of having a temper tantrum on a sub-forum set aside for helping people who need assistance logging in?
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    New telephone number

    Effective 9/1/2019: our new business phone number will be: 320-774-1177
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    Special: 4th of July weeklong sale - 25% off!!

    4th of July sale now on at Aura Visual Concepts! 25% off everything on the website.


    Register an account, use checkout code July4th2019 and get the best glassworking eyewear available.

    ...
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    Special: 4/20 Sale

    4/20, have a toke on us. Get 20% off your order with the coupon code AURA420.

    www.auralens.net
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    Mike's Birthday Sale is on!

    20% off everything, now through 4/8/2019




    Register your account, use checkout code: MIKESB-DAY
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    Re: what happenned to january?

    The entire thread of plumbing for propane in the safety forum disappeared.
  18. Special: Re: Black Friday Sale now through 11/26/2018

    --last day--
  19. Special: Black Friday Sale now through 11/26/2018

    Starts 11/16/2018 through 11/26/2018.

    All orders will receive 20% off with the checkout discount code TURKEY2018

    You must register an account before you check out, and the discount can be used...
  20. Re: Hey guys...can i get some input on this situation?

    Coming into this late, but hell yeah. File a claim. Back it up with all the documentation and pictures. Provide proof that the lathe was sold with chucks detached but as part of the package.
  21. Special: Re: Sales Returns/Exchanges - New or Slightly or Lightly used

    New Items listed
  22. Special: Sales Returns/Exchanges - New or Slightly or Lightly used

    All items have full warranty. Please be PayPal Ready.

    Email sales@auralens.net for any further details needed or wanting to purchase.

    We will pay all domestic (USA) postage and any applicable...
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    Re: How is the glass world going?

    It depends on what tariff code its imported under. And even if a 35% tariff is slapped on every piece, that raises the price by what? $0.35?

    The price of cerium oxide is up nearly 250% over the...
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    Re: How is the glass world going?

    From my side of things, it seems like I'm doing a lot more repair work (scratched or dropped eyewear) than I am selling to new blowers. Even my wholesale accounts are down for about the past six...
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    Re: Northstar and TAG

    One comment I read on FB indicated that this was the beginning of the end for wholesalers. I'm not sure I put any stock in that, but take it for what it's worth.
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