The invention relates to a method for manufacturing parts of acetate eyeglass frames from an acetate plate. The plate is designed with length and height dimensions defining a surface area that encompasses the perimeter boundary of the body of the frame part to be manufactured, and with a thickness the value of which is at least equal to the maximum transverse dimensions of the three-dimensional shape of the body of the frame part itself and extends evenly over the entire surface defined by the length and the height of the plate. The method also comprises the step of forming a cut within the surface dimensions of the plate along the perimeter boundary of the body of the eyeglass part to be manufactured, excepting a pair of portions of said boundary, thereby leaving said portions connected to the plate, and the step of forming the three-dimensional shape of the frame part body by removing material from the thickness of the plate. The same method also comprises the step of forming the lens seats, the grooves for receiving lenses within their seats, a nose bridge, bridge arms, and the endpieces for connection to the temples. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the process and an eyeglass frame so manufactured.

A method of processing a workpiece with a first surface and a second surface facing away therefrom includes the following principal steps: (i) blocking the workpiece with the aid of a blocking material on a blocking member with the blocking material between blocking member and first surface, (ii) processing the workpiece by a geometrically defined cutting edge at the second surface for achieving the desired macrogeometry, (iii) processing the workpiece by a geometrically undefined cutting edge at the second surface for achieving the desired microgeometry and (iv) deblocking the workpiece from the blocking member. The principal step (ii) includes a plunge-cutting sub-step (ii.2) in which by a geometrically defined cutting edge an encircling plunge cut is produced which extends through the first surface as far as into the blocking material so that the workpiece with a predetermined edge profile remains on the blocking member radially within the plunge cut.