DIY 3D-Printed Eyeglasses from Scratch 

as a former optician when it comes to the setting of lenses in a frame, simply adding some heat can add the flexibility needed to install the lenses without damaging the frame. please reach out to me if you see this comment because i would like to speak with you about bringing something like this to market.

As I have a basic 3D printer and a number of broken spectacle frames, I found your video very encouraging. This is particularly so since, in the UK, most frame arms are a fixed as opposed to customisable length (possibly part of the reason why so many people end up with ill-fitting and then broken frames). Glad to see that you stuck with RU-vid production despite their overly greedy approach to monetisation.

I break my eyeglasses about as often as I change my underwear too... unfortunately that means I've had the same eyeglasses for the last 10 years

This is really great. Im going to look into the whole thing a bit more and be in touch. Thanks for your great work!

Outstanding!🪽

Nice DIY project!

Very impressive!

looks good!

This is awesome. I would love to get my frames printed considering my prescription changes every 2 years. It would be nice to have a fresh look.😊

made my frame myself as well. best idea ever. fits perfectly, super cheap, free choice of style, finish, material and color!

You can print the frame flat and bend it over a heated surface. That way you can have a smooth surface on the front.

Hi there Christopher. The plastic demos you have should have no problem being traced or the frame it self can be traced. If you are still interested in finding a lens manufacture please let me know.

You might be able to get lenses only manufactured at one of the places like Zenni Optical. They usually have some in most lens styles that it would be cheap enough to throw away their provided frame, and use your own. It seems that most of their cost is in the lens themselves, not the frames. There may be a better way than asking them to make lenses for your frames. They should be able to provide you with models of the lenses that they already make. Those are already in a variety of shapes. You should be able to design your frames around their existing lenses. It'd just be a matter of picking out the one closest to what you want. That makes it so they don't have to do anything special for you, they'd just ship the lenses without frames. I know there are places other than Zenni who mail order eyeglasses, I have just used them before. I found your video because I was looking to see if anyone else has tried before. Looks like it'll work, so I may try it myself in the future.

Ausgezeichnet!! Ive been wanting to do this for a long time. If you've not done a crowd fund Id love to talk about this sometime. Thank you!

vgroove/notching for thick lenses is such a wild west. some people use planar vgroove, but most frames only support curved. some follow front curve, some just go at weird angle across lens thickness. I honestly think my latest pair was grooved manually because it is wild. When designing frames, i am hesitant to use any non-planar vgrooves because some opticians have difficulty with those. the problem is of course they end up looking like a flat slab

We are struggling to find a perfect fit for my wife's glasses. She has very small noise bridge and making some tailored frame would make sense. I was also thinking of starting a project with 3D printing and you for sure helped in this regards to go faster. I believe the value proposition here is more in the customized shape of the frame to fit perfectly rather the fact that they are 3D printed, at the end the day who cares how they are made. I'm might have missed something, what low cost scanner could work to start with? Any idea? thanks again for sharing.

tu trabajo es muy bueno

I would like to have a go at printing my own sunglasses but my stumbling block is getting good 3D scans of the lens profiles, once I have those it should be straight forwards, I have tried photogrammetry but not much luck with that so far.

Could you give the stl files? I'm in need of new glasses but have barely any modeling experience. I would super appreciate it!

I currently work for a company that makes Perscrition Lenses ! We make all perscriptions and lens types mainly available. I would consider talking to the company and educating about the processes involved !

HELLO, can you share the cad file? I would like to see the mechanism. Looks great. Thank you!

I'd be interested in buying a pair of black frames. How much would they cost?

I believe a japanese company called Tokai is able to do it, but you'd still need to find a place to cut the lenses block.

Hi, what filament did you use?

I would buy

Hi Chistoph. How much will be the estimated cost of this glass ? Any approximate guess ?

There has to be R&D for optical quality filament, upend the entire optometry game!

Here in the UK glasses are a rip-off, especially as many people now see them as fashion items, meaning prices going up out of proportion over the years. I do 3D printing which is why I looked here to see what had been achieved so far. There is at least one company over here that, I am fairly sure, would be happy to supply lenses. I have bought specific lenses from there that opticians didn't want to make. Another problem with frames is getting the shape that you want in plain colours without ridiculous "design" features. Like some other geezer's name on the side!

How much did they cost you?

CAN U 3D PRINT TONY STARK/SPIDERMAN FAR FROM HOME EDITH GLASSES. Mainly same design as the cool shades they sell and use in the movie. Only difference its made from plastic or strong plastic filament. The tony stark shades they sell on amazon looks really cool on my face. Only problem. I cant always wear it unlike tested glasses. I really want that design look on my face with tested glasses. So I can wear it any time and place. The problem is that because its made from a metal frame. Eye specialist say they cant reuse metal frames. Its a one and done. Because its more difficult to make lenses for them. So can u 3D PRINT A VERSION THAT IS MADE FROM PLASTIC FILAMENT OR SUPER STRONG FILAMENT FOR DAMAGE BUT STILL BE EASY TO SWAP LENSES. When u have to take over a new one. Really like this design and planned to use it forever if I can get it in a glasses form that looks the same. Love it has a shades but prefer it to be normal glasses.

hi, i liked your video very much i would like to make one for myself can you help me out which material should i use for making it...it would be very helpful...thanks

Könntest du hier möglicherweise das 3D Objekt hochladen? Bei mir scheiterts schon am Scharnier designen in Fusion...

Definitely interested in helping get these to the market and creating new designs. Please get in touch!

The biggest problem I'm thinking I'm going to have when trying to make these is my frames are not going to fit my lenses is there a way to measure your lenses for the correct size?

What is the name of the software that was used. For the whole thing?

I want to know the math of turning a prescription into the eye glass curve.

hi Christoph, still interested in a lens partner? if yes let me know how I can reach you. Cheers

yo can someone send the same design he made ? i like the style and i suck at 3d designing the stl file plz ?

Hi, I am an optical technician (I make eyeglasses). I can assist in making the lenses for these frames. Let me know if you're interested, cheers.

I know there's the fun to make your own stuff, but I'm now buying glasses from china and, it's very cheap

Let me fix that title. DIY 3D printed eyeglasses FRAMES from scratch.

Email id Please to discuss commercial s

Hey who's stopping someone from 3d printing Ray-Ban all the way down to the logo ? I got some bad ideas 😂

I wouldn't be surprised if you suddenly disappeared

may I have your email please? business opportunity