Hi Leo,
I absolutely love my "new" (better than new, actually) Santinelli 7070SX! I can now make lenses quickly, precisely, and effortlessly. Before I purchased this machine, I was using an old pattern-driven machine that required me to guide it every step of the way, and that could not cope with the shallow-B frames that we're now using. I often ended up doing a lot of work by hand, and I just don't have that kind of time. And the 7070 does a beautiful job of polishing as well. I had considered a dry edger, but was glad that I got the 7070 - it's very quiet and smooth, and it can take down a high-minus polycarb lens in no time. I really didn't realize just how smooth and accurate a machine could be, having come from a family business that goes back before the advent of plastic lenses and diamond wheels.
Today I ran six jobs in the time it would have taken to run one or two (with all the extra hand work I had been doing), and the results are so much better - it's far above what I had imagined!
Thank you again for a great product and great service!
Sincerely,
Robert Buonfiglio, OD
Prattville Eye Associates, LLC
/ Eye on Performance Sports Vision Training
Saugus, Massachusetts