Silhouette technical information - How to shorten the temple

You will find in this section the guidlines to exchange the temple of your Silhouette frame the appropriate way.

Take your frame in hand and compare it to the pictures, then click on the temple you have to go directly to the section you need!

Choose your type of temple :

1. Squeeze the forward most part of the temple cover with a plastic tip plier to break the glue bond.

2. Carefully pull off the temple cover.

3. Shorten titanium wire with metal-diagonal cutter.

4. File down sharp edges and burrs.

5. Remove remaining.

6. Cut plastic temple cover to requested length with sharp blade to match the original angle.

7. Apply a small amount of glue on the inside of the titanium wire.

8. Slide the temple cover back onto the titanium wire wipe off excess glue.

Due to metal inlay cold adaptation possible. Heating to max. 70°C possible.

Bend temple in large moves.

1. Pull off temple end with small rotating moves.

2. Shorten titanium inlay with metal diagonal cutter.

3. Shape sharp edges round with a file.

4. Shape sharp edges round with a file.

6. Squeeze metal inlay with round pliers at the very end or use a super glue.

Then mount temple end.