I know you're just having fun, and I think it turned out awesome. But I still am going to send this to my friend who is a licensed optician just to get a reaction... :-) cuz that will be fun as well!
You dove tailed the hinges! 9:01 Wow...that's impressive....dove tail hinges are usually done on a much larger project....the fact that you did it this small....dude, you got skills!!!
Nice project David! My family owns a small optical business, so the only making glasses I've ever seen uses super complex machines and stuff,and I never would have thought you could make them by hand.
Great project and turned out really well. Not sure if you did this or not, but it is important when making Rx glasses to know the pupillary distance so you can center the lenses properly over the eyes. If they aren't centered, even if they're the right curvature they may not work properly or lead to eye strain. Not a troll post - just trying to give info. I really loved the project.
I'm a master jeweler and I make fashion glasses. I sometimes make my Glasses without ways to close them down either. Still fun. Tried getting some insight here to make a pair with prescriptions too. My style of glasses makes this very challenging but I'm working on it. Thanks for this amazing video.
I had this idea about 15 years ago when i was taking design tech in elementary school the teacher at the time told me it's impossible, thank you for proving him wrong, My idea was for sunglasses but same concept.
ALL THE DISGUST! BLEEEEAAARRRRGH! Seriously, I love love love this collab! HTME is such an interesting channel. Also, I got your package- you honor me, sir! Went right up on the shelf.
omg now you've got me thinking that wooden frames look like the coolest thing ever! How will I ever be able to wear my plastic-framed glasses ever again?!
Great video David. I was scared with the comment you made about giving a thumbs down if someone didn't like it, was like opening the door to all the trolls out there! Im sure that project was harder than it looked, great job and a thumbs up from me!
drice847 in fact, thumbs downs help the video in the ratings, any interaction is good interaction, and controversiality is a positive. Its not like reddit where downvotes make things harder to find.
Cool Collab!!! You had fun right? I may have to try this with an old set of rims that I have. My prescription hasn't changed since that set of rims. Great Job!
Love this project! Simple hinge idea: a small Brad nail or picture nail. Drill hole, insert nail to the head, cut and bend bottom of nail to hold it in place. Not sure if anyone else posted this idea or not. I looked, but nothing stood out. Cheers bro!
I know I'm late commenting but I have a set of suggestions for materials for the glasses frames themselves. 1) Try making and shaping frames from casein aka milk plastic. Its' produced with some simple chemistry (Milk+Vinigar+Heat) and can be shaped and molded while it's still hot. or if your dead set on using wood 2) Cut the wood as if you were making wooden shingles. Take a cut out of the wood like a thin slice of pie so the grain won't warp like it can if you cut straight across the log. These are my suggestions based on what I know about primitive materials.
before gluing the lens you need to check if it is spherical optics lens or spherical / cylinder optics lens (required for people with astigmatism) -spherical lens have the same power on all its axis ,which mean you can glue however you want -spherical / cylinder lens have 2 different axes with different power ,The axis number on your prescription tells your optician in which direction they must position
Nice build. If you took those exact same temples (the 'arms') and repurposed some 14 to 10 ga. solid wire from any romex scraps, you could have totally made a more comfortable pair of glasses. A single piece of thicker wire would do, but think on this: If you were to take those same temples and cut out the length spanning the frames to a spot a little forward of the temple tips (the part that goes over the ear), you could then drill two holes into each side of the gap you've created, each hole just inside of the area covered by the piece you removed. Then you could insert, glue and bend the wires in a shape that follows the original plan of the temples, giving the impression of the original shape, but which is now bendable for comfort. Obviously there's tones of room here for much more creativity: twisted, artistic wires; use more wood and less wire; use 3 to 5 thinner wires and Celt it up a bit; have the wire bare or coated... you could even wire up the bridg/top bar area for a more artistic and/or adjustable creation! I'd love to see a follow-up on this idea. I don't think you should smelt your own copper - recycling should be good enough ;)
That's a pretty awesome project and its hard to believe he made the glass lens from scratch. Think you may have to build you a set for your self David or make your buddy Jimmy a par.
I was wondering if Gorilla Wood Glue works on wood frame eyeglasses just let me know why I am asking is because mine broke and I want to get it fixed rather than buy a new pair of wood frame eyeglasses thanks and god bless.
Sorry if this question was asked, but could you have used something other than glue in the joints to connect the arms? Some sort of small nail that could be made ones self? If there a way to have done a dovetail joint on something so small, or would that have compromised that joint by making it too fragile?
