Welding & Eyeglass Repair Rick’s

South Elgin, United States

3.8

5 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 847-742-4745
Website:
www.eyeglassrepair.net
Address:
1408 Raymond St, South Elgin, IL, 60177
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.3 miNational Street
2 miElgin
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Local time (South Elgin) 14:59 Sunday, 22 June 2025

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Description

Specialties

We fix your broken frames the same day we receive them — often while you wait. Those sent to us are usually back in your hands within 48 hours of our receiving them.

Your frames are repaired, adjusted, straightened, checked for any other weaknesses, and touched-​up from any blemishes as a result of the procedure.

We also offer a 1 year warranty!

History

Established in 1987.

I basically got started while I was working at Motorola. My profession is welder/​machinist. During my years at Motorola I was ask to rep pair close to 125 pair of Eyeglass frames; so I thought I should continue the repairing on my own. Seeing how I was a Welder, precision solderer it made that decision easy. I have been welding & soldering very small items now for just about 33 years.

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5 reviews of Welding & Eyeglass Repair Rick’s

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Place rating: 5
Elgin, IL
This guy has a large inventory of repair parts and does a first class job.
Working out of his house is probably the reason he’s able to do what he does so cheap.
Place rating: 5
Hoffman Estates, IL
Repaired my glasses on 3÷22÷2013. Was worth the $ 20.
Place rating: 5
Des Plaines, IL
The repair shop is ran out of Rick’s home, but do not let that scare you away. Rick is professional and has repaired my glasses twice. He is a very nice fellow and has very reasonable prices. If you should ever break a pair of glasses, give Rick a call before going to spend $$$ on a new pair of glasses! Very satisfied customer :)
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
When the frame of my favorite pair of vintage Persols broke a week before my vacation, I found Rick’s place online.
Like the previous reviewer, it was a weird experience — his place is out in the middle of residential Elgin, in the basement of his house (and yes, with dogs constantly barking). At the time, none of that really bothered me — if you’re good at what you do, I’ll drive just about anywhere, and could care less about the look and setup of your shop.
Unfortunately, I can’t say that Rick is good at what he does. The repair required welding and/​or soldering, but he didn’t even think to remove the lens out of the frame before putting the torch to it! Needless to say, he burned the lens (which is polarized and multicoated glass — and according to Persol, not replaceable), and thought nothing of it when he handed them back to me. On top of that, the chrome on the frame was also discolored, and the seam was very sloppy — like he just dropped some solder on there and just let it cool.
If I haven’t made it clear — he totally ruined my sunglasses.
So, if you have a pair of cheapo glasses that you absolutely need fixed asap, Rick may be your guy. But if you have a nice pair of specs that mean anything to you — STAY AWAY.
Place rating: 3
Richland, WA
Beware the dueling banjos.
For real, the whole situation is a little weird– dogs barking, he does the repairs in his basement, and he met me at his back door in shorts and a ragged t-​shirt.
That said, when your glasses are busted and it’s two weeks til your new ones come and the tape isn’t sticking, it’s well worth the $ 20 and general uneasiness to have this guy patch ‘em up for you. I dropped them off and came back a half hour later and he’d welded the titanium-​alloy bridge back together *and* color matched it to the rest of the frames.
Hurrah for small business owners, hurrah for being able to see!