Monoggle
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Dude, no idea where I picked this buckle up.
Electric wire from the lens I dismantled to get the aperture.
This is the toggle that controls the diameter of the aperture.
Fashioned from some scraps I had around the house, the goggle cup is papier mache the front of the goggle is an aperture from a tele-zoom lens.
Steampunk is actually a tenuous tag here, I don't know what it is.
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Jebus, that's awesome. I want to see someone
wear it!
Posted 19 months ago.
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Here it is on , taken by Chase .
Posted 19 months ago.
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You should definitely wire the aperture up
to a momentary on the side of it. :D
Posted 19 months ago.
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Sah-weat!
Posted 19 months ago.
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nice work! wanna add it to the goggles pool?
cheers!
Posted 18 months ago.
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Cool! Nice work :-)
Posted 18 months ago.
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nice work!
Posted 18 months ago.
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The monoggle itself is rad. The photo you
linked to....beyond words.
Steampunk is broadly considered a modern
device or technology made using older
technology, usually from the 16-1700s. The
monoggle looks very steampunk, and I'd
suggest that the spirit in which it was made
is steampunk.
Posted 18 months ago.
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Thanks!
Dennis: I am spoiled having a professional
photographer for a partner, he makes the
little things I make look much more
impressive.
I guess "steampunk" works. Even
though the nerdy part of my head is telling
me that although versions of papier mache
were around (in the east) during the golden
steampunk era, it didn't become what it is
today until comfortably into the 18th
century.
Posted 18 months ago.
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does that really zoom in and out?
Posted 18 months ago.
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It's just the aperture, so all it does is
regulate the amount of light that enters the
eye it's worn over, and that's adjusted by
the toggle on the face (you can see it in the
larger sizes). Like an aperture on a camera,
the smaller it is, the sharper and dimmer it
is.
Posted 18 months ago.
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You HAVE to show how you made this!
Posted 18 months ago.
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www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/monoggl
e.html
You just got MAKE'd and CRAFT'd.
Very nice piece of work. I'm tempted to do
the same, or try it at least.
Posted 18 months ago.
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Thanks everybody!
I plan on making another with a polarising
filter, when I do I'll document the process.
But the basics are this: the cup of the
goggle was made from a toilet paper tube and
then papier mached. The aperture was affixed
to the base with two-part epoxy putty. Then
paint and prettifying and then the strap was
threaded through.
Posted 18 months ago.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called TRASHION NATION - New stuff from other
peoples trash , and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
Posted 14 months ago.
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B_Zedan. Great sourcing of parts for the
iris. If you want a great introduction to the
literary genre of Steampunk, check out The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Thanks, but I'm really not a big fan of the
literary genre of Steampunk, outside of a few
small authors.
Posted 6 months ago.
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I still want to do this project. Maybe based
off of a russian gas mask? Either way, it's
a great piece.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Ooh, that'd be neat.
Posted 6 months ago.
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