Steampunk sunglasses

[hydin]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/17/vintage-mechanical-spectacles-take-you-way-back/

Saw these today on scifi.com, and man those are cool looking!!!!

If they offered these up in the store I think I would have to buy a pair to wear instead of my generic black shades.

It's kinda cool to see the steampunk fad picking up a good bit. Makes me wonder whats coming up next.

 

[DarthBish]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/17/vintage-mechanical-spectacles-take-you-way-back/

Saw these today on scifi.com, and man those are cool looking!!!!

If they offered these up in the store I think I would have to buy a pair to wear instead of my generic black shades.

It's kinda cool to see the steampunk fad picking up a good bit. Makes me wonder whats coming up next.

NICE!!!!
ME LIKEY VELLY MUCH

 

[Guyver]

They posted these over at a Steampunk board I go to now and then. I have to say I like them allot and hope to see more stuff from the folks who made them.

 

[Jedi Lawja]

Hmm.. Y'know.. We've got people.. People that.. Make things.. Nice things. Intricate. Complex. And these people? They can.. Copy Stuff. Make it again, but in mass quantities. Often a little better. SO!

The Idea!

Wearable Steampunkesque glasses (both dark and clear glass). Make them cool. Make them functional. Make people gasp and stare in awe. Oh yes. Make it affordable!



Jay

p.s. A first thought. If the lenses are made from two panes of polarized glass, one could be fixed, the other could turn to control the glasses opaqueness.

 

[Great_Bizarro]

The affordable part is a bit hard to do. Would $400.00 a pair be considered affordable cause the time to construct such a pair would cost around that at say $20.00 an hour + materials.

 

[wackychimp]

Sooooo cool. I'd love to wear such a pair in my everyday life but don't think I could pull it off.

 

[Boxcar Bret]

Very Thomas Dolby "SCIENCE!!"

 

[Jedi Lawja]

Alas. $400 isn't affordable, under my budgetary constraints. $150? Sure. $200? Perhaps. Dumb it down some, maybe? Heh.

Jay

 

[Great_Bizarro]

You could probably find some of the oldstyle round lense sunglasses and add a piece of brass sheet rolled to make a circle. Cut the piece so it forms the shape you want when rolled, and solder it inplace.

 

[Patattack]

You could probably find some of the oldstyle round lense sunglasses and add a piece of brass sheet rolled to make a circle. Cut the piece so it forms the shape you want when rolled, and solder it inplace.

I myself have always wanted to get some of those old round-lensed safety glasses, the kind with the mesh guards on the sides, and put dark lenses into 'em...

 

[Great_Bizarro]

I myself have always wanted to get some of those old round-lensed safety glasses, the kind with the mesh guards on the sides, and put dark lenses into 'em...

Here is a cheap source http://stores.ebay.com/SUNSHADETREE-SUNGLASSES type in round in the search and they have several different selections. They don't have the leather "blinders" but those should be easy to make.

 

[Jedi Lawja]

I'm looking for something of a bit more quality.. Probably frames designed for prescription lenses..

Jay

 

[Great_Bizarro]

Try here then http://www.operaopera.net/page13.htm

 

[cloudborn]

Those are pretty cool!:thumbsup I'm actually quite impressed with the creativity that's been started with the whole steampunk design styles.

 

[Great_Bizarro]

I'm set up to work brass, have a fairly full set of jewelery tools and a setup to etch brass. Anyone come up with some good "Victorian" scifi projects pass them on!

 

[Jedi Lawja]

Isn't THIS a good "Victorian" Scifi project, Great B.?

Jay

 

[Great_Bizarro]

Just whetting the appetite!

 

[Great_Bizarro]

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/index.html

Above is a site for antique vintage specticals and saftey glasses.

 

[Great_Bizarro]

Here is a pair of 1940's era safety glasses I just got off of ebay. This is my start on a pair of steampunk glasses.

 

[Patattack]

Can't wait!