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Hello Nevin, Welcome to the club. As Red Green says "I'm pulling for you, we're all in this together" I unfortunately have a day job that necessitates beeing able to see well. I cut gemstones and have been known to facet stones below 1mm. I have a small arsenal of magnification both wearable and hand held. I would recommend a loupe that attaches to the side of the optivisor to see close and a jewellers loupe for checking progress. More useful than lenses are special tools for holding and manipulating small items. Gem setters use little sticks with a dab of beeswax to hold small stones, specialty tweezers and tiny watchmakers holders are also worth investigating. During my denial stage I removed my specs and declared "looks pretty good from here". Well that only works until some smart arsed friend shows up with a 3+ megapixel camera and sticks it 50-60 mm away from your fuzzy eyed fumble fingered creation.
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