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My Steampunk Goggles

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rate them please

27 comments

May 9, 2010. 12:29 PMJoe_Viking says:

holy crap! i have the same ones too, im curious do the lenses pop out easily? i was worried about taking them out and risking breaking them, but it looks like the rim of the lens comes out with a little force.

May 19, 2009. 5:34 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

WHAT!?!?! that is some convincing paint. i seriously thought you took a thin piece of metal and twisted it to the shape of a circle... i give you major props. so ill take that as a no, you dont know any type of metal frame i could find?

Oct 31, 2009. 12:14 PMzensible says:

Old camera lens mountings...made of machined brass...you can find them at garage sales and such..in boxes of old camera equipment...etc...I was given a whole box of them. You can dissect them...clean them and use them for what you wish, I'd Google them honestly.

May 19, 2009. 5:40 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

found the paint! "Folk Art" "660 metallic pure gold"

May 19, 2009. 5:50 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

thanks. the paint i used was just "gold metallic" spray paint. and im already using a watch for the rings i had on the side linking to the chain.

May 19, 2009. 5:37 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

as you said flash light parts. or as an alternative find an old watch and make a monocle. also thanks, it carried over from my month painting warhammer figurines

Aug 15, 2009. 2:34 PM7hePirate says:

how did you make the vents?

Aug 15, 2009. 6:55 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

dremel with a cutting wheel to remove the plastisc and a piece of mesh to cover them

Jun 30, 2009. 11:38 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

hey what did you use for the actual lenses? oh and another metal frame i just discovered would be the metal lip at the end of a soda can

Jul 1, 2009. 2:26 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

for home made lenses i would go out and buy a sheet of plexi glass or use a clear CD case

Jul 1, 2009. 3:38 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

yeah, i was gonna use a cd case but i dont have any colored ones. and i want like a purplish black colored lense.

Jul 2, 2009. 11:40 AMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

next time you buy blank CD's buy the ones withj jewel cases ther's usuall a few purple

May 18, 2009. 3:24 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

Wow. these look really cool. ive scoured the internet and theres only 2 other pairs of steampunk goggles ive seen that look cooler. but they were complicated like crazy with different magnifying lenses and stuff like that.

May 19, 2009. 3:22 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

wow thanks.

May 19, 2009. 4:28 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

not spamming i promise, i really do like yours. but would you mind taking a quick look at my slideshow and telling me what you think?

May 19, 2009. 4:38 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

i'm way ahead of you. they look great, way better than I could do from scratch.

May 19, 2009. 5:11 PM

TimTheScarecrow says:

thanks. i have a question though. what did you use to make the metal frame for your lenses? or did you make them purely from scrap metal? cuz im planning on using the ends from flashlights for that and was wondering if there was anything better.

May 19, 2009. 5:26 PMcorey_caffeine (author) says:

metal? I didn't know they were that good...
I dry brushed *stumbles to find bottle*
*can't find*
"Real gold" paint on a black base (they're plastic)