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my steampunk monocle

my first steampunk monocle

24 comments

Jan 31, 2012. 5:27 AM

abstracted says:

very kewl...kinda built mine the same way...just started collecting stuff till an inspirational image formed in my head and "voila"

Apr 11, 2012. 6:03 AMZeroSight says:

I've had this idea for a while. it's good to see how some have come together. perhaps replace the nylon strap with elastic or leather. It kinda sticks out like a sore thumb. but great work.

Apr 25, 2010. 4:06 PMfoundry49 says:

Here I am at 50 years old and now see this steampunk stuff why didnt they have this when I was a kid

Apr 26, 2010. 8:53 PMkinetical says:

You don't have to be a kid to look great in Steampunk attire! Quite the opposite.

Jan 31, 2012. 6:45 AMdark clerick (author) says:

yeah, i wish i could grow a gentelmens mustache.

Oct 10, 2010. 11:54 PMdavidjbrock says:

That looks like a brass sink drain fitting. Is it? What's the leather-looking eyepiece made from?

Jan 31, 2012. 6:17 AMdark clerick (author) says:

Psh, i have no idea what it was, XD just random stuff i found lying around.
The leather eyepiece i made from some thick cow hide leather.

Oct 10, 2010. 11:51 PMdavidjbrock says:

That is spectacular. A perfect amount of steam-punky goodness without being too cluttered or messy. Beautiful execution. I am inspired.

Aug 2, 2009. 7:17 PMabbyanna says:

Nice job. They are selling goggles and monocles similar to these on ebay actually, so I find it cool to find a nice tutorial.

May 30, 2009. 9:23 AMSciriusDoomus says:

Super cool. You should make an entire costume based off of that. Good job, 10/10 for ingenuity.

May 28, 2009. 3:18 PMthepelton says:

No, not yet, but I was thinking about it because I thought that would make a bizarre halloween outfit.

May 27, 2009. 1:25 PMtemp says:

On the third slide, It's wrapped i think. I know it's defiently not raped.

May 27, 2009. 2:58 PMdark clerick (author) says:

ahhh i knew that i spelled that wrong... :P

May 27, 2009. 10:30 AMthepelton says:

Has anyone thought of doing the magical eye of Mad Eye Moody from "Harry Potter"?

May 27, 2009. 1:19 PMdark clerick (author) says:

yeah i have but i didnt because that would be lame.

May 27, 2009. 12:59 PMwobblestar says:

Have YOU thought of doing a search for "mad eye"?

May 28, 2009. 3:19 PMthepelton says:

I did. It came back here.

Aug 9, 2009. 8:24 PMH3xx says:

just build this and put a glass eye in it. same thing. by the way, could you make an instructable out of this, please?

Aug 10, 2009. 1:08 PMthepelton says:

Somebody actually did Alastair Moody's magic eye in another instructable, but used a half ping pong ball. Personally, I want to do one using a half Tagua Nut. I think it would look more lifelike, even if it didn't move like Alastair's Magic Eye did in the movie. I'll have to work out how to make an instructable, it's a bit difficult since I have to take space on a Library computer an hour at a time right now, since I don't have a home internet connection. Maybe I can put it all together, and move it onto my flash drive, and bring it here that way.

Aug 10, 2009. 6:41 AMdark clerick (author) says:

i cant make an instructable out of this. 1. because you couldnt find the same parts i used (i found them in my garage.) 2.becaues you cant do a tutorial of somthing like this. you just have to get inspired by the picture and build off of it, i just looked at the end of that pipe and thought. hey that would be a cool eye piece so then i just threw some random wire on there and glued a strap on. if you do build somthing though i would love to see a pic of it! if you do build somthing

Apr 6, 2010. 6:14 AMNattwood says:

yea, im thinking of one rite now, but more of a whole set of goggles, cause all i see are bottle top ones or freaky nite vision ones, but i reckkon u could put this idea together with an old tripple mag microscope and have a pretty cool looking pair of goggles, ide still use the baseball as my base tho (mainly cause i just destroyed mine while playing), but yea, i'll do that and post it as slide probly, cause i neva get to taking fotos when im working.

Aug 10, 2009. 1:16 PMH3xx says:

ok i getcha ;) I'd kind like to make a functional monocle to aid in delicate work like looking through a circuit board (my eyes aren't the best in the world thanks to my monitors.) I'm still working it through.

Aug 11, 2009. 4:52 PMthepelton says:

That might work if your vision problems aren't too complicated. I have Myopia, Astigmatism and Presbyopia myself. That means that I couldn't get a real good monocle type viewer to work except in limited spaces and situations, like in a preset distance. I really wish I could do Alastair Moody's magical eye, however.

Mar 1, 2008. 2:58 AMH3xx says:

No, I just have weak eyes from staring at two large monitors for hours at a time. My glasses will work just fine, but that's not as geeky as a souped up monocle!