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Coggles: These are Them!
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Captain Lyerly
Augustus Philpott
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Coggles: These are Them!
My most recent project!
COGGLES.
I decided that i should make myself a pair of steampunk goggles!
So i did!
This is the result!
I'm relatively happy with how they came out.
The eyecups fit snug as a bug, hopefully they'll do the same when i add the leather.
Then I still have to add leather chord for the strap.
unfortunately one of the little "flower Petal" tabs cracked while i was riveting them down to the eye cup.
For a first attempt at steampunk craft, what do you folks think!?
I am quite anxious.
COGGLES.
I decided that i should make myself a pair of steampunk goggles!
So i did!
This is the result!
I'm relatively happy with how they came out.
The eyecups fit snug as a bug, hopefully they'll do the same when i add the leather.
Then I still have to add leather chord for the strap.
unfortunately one of the little "flower Petal" tabs cracked while i was riveting them down to the eye cup.
For a first attempt at steampunk craft, what do you folks think!?
I am quite anxious.
Augustus Philpott- crewhand
- Number of posts : 15
Location : Kingston, NY
Registration date : 2008-10-08
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
Not bad, not bad at all! Very nice - but what's on the drawing board for next?
Looking forward to further developments...
Looking forward to further developments...
Captain Lyerly- Comanding Officer
- Number of posts : 226
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Registration date : 2008-09-29
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
Quite interesting. Do you plan to wear them mainly up on the cap as shown, or over your eyes? If so, you might want to check for visibility through the gears. (Although my goggles also have brass fancy bits in the lenses, and I can see through them pretty well. Wouldn't want to drive in them, but they're fine for walking around.)
Lady Penelope- officer
- Number of posts : 113
Age : 61
Location : Alabama
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Registration date : 2008-09-12
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
I don't know whether or not you'd want to keep the pins that go through the middle of the gears, but if you don't, you can get them out by bracing the gear and tapping the pin with a hammer.
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
Captain Lyerly wrote:Not bad, not bad at all! Very nice - but what's on the drawing board for next?
Looking forward to further developments...
I have some leather that I'm going to rapid rivet arount the edge of the eye-cup so that its not face to metal.
And then im going to add leather cord between the two goggs for the nose-piece, and around the back for the strap.
Augustus Philpott- crewhand
- Number of posts : 15
Location : Kingston, NY
Registration date : 2008-10-08
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
Lady Penelope wrote:Quite interesting. Do you plan to wear them mainly up on the cap as shown, or over your eyes? If so, you might want to check for visibility through the gears. (Although my goggles also have brass fancy bits in the lenses, and I can see through them pretty well. Wouldn't want to drive in them, but they're fine for walking around.)
The visibility, on these is similar. As long as you're not focusing on the cogs themselves, you can see well enough to walk/run around.
Augustus Philpott- crewhand
- Number of posts : 15
Location : Kingston, NY
Registration date : 2008-10-08
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
Augustus Philpott wrote:Lady Penelope wrote:Quite interesting. Do you plan to wear them mainly up on the cap as shown, or over your eyes? If so, you might want to check for visibility through the gears. (Although my goggles also have brass fancy bits in the lenses, and I can see through them pretty well. Wouldn't want to drive in them, but they're fine for walking around.)
The visibility, on these is similar. As long as you're not focusing on the cogs themselves, you can see well enough to walk/run around.
Until you trip or fall, and manage to put either metal or broken glass(plastic?) into your eyes.
Hopefully the eyecup diameter is greater than that of your eye socket, and that they rest on bone, and not in the orbit(socket), or enucleation is a danger if there is a stiff blow to the goggles.
If you cosmetically mod a pair of safety goggles within reason, well, ok, but a lot of the home-made steampunk jobs give me the willies, from a safety perspective..
Health and Safety in Steampunk? nah, it'll never catch on..
Cheers
Harold
HAC- Comanding Officer
- Number of posts : 228
Registration date : 2008-09-27
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
HAC wrote:
Until you trip or fall, and manage to put either metal or broken glass(plastic?) into your eyes.
Hopefully the eyecup diameter is greater than that of your eye socket, and that they rest on bone, and not in the orbit(socket), or enucleation is a danger if there is a stiff blow to the goggles.
If you cosmetically mod a pair of safety goggles within reason, well, ok, but a lot of the home-made steampunk jobs give me the willies, from a safety perspective..
Health and Safety in Steampunk? nah, it'll never catch on..
Cheers
Harold
I actually through them together from scratch. And the lenses are not regulation, but rather Plexiglas i sawed to shape!
Even more unsafe!
I dont like how mods look for the most part.
Augustus Philpott- crewhand
- Number of posts : 15
Location : Kingston, NY
Registration date : 2008-10-08
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
My point is simply to be careful if you wear them.. Too many years acting as a safety officer at work (I'm a retired railroader with 35 years service) tends to
be a hard habit to shake...
Cheers
Harold
be a hard habit to shake...
Cheers
Harold
HAC- Comanding Officer
- Number of posts : 228
Registration date : 2008-09-27
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
HAC wrote:Augustus Philpott wrote:Lady Penelope wrote:Quite interesting. Do you plan to wear them mainly up on the cap as shown, or over your eyes? If so, you might want to check for visibility through the gears. (Although my goggles also have brass fancy bits in the lenses, and I can see through them pretty well. Wouldn't want to drive in them, but they're fine for walking around.)
The visibility, on these is similar. As long as you're not focusing on the cogs themselves, you can see well enough to walk/run around.
Until you trip or fall, and manage to put either metal or broken glass(plastic?) into your eyes.
Hopefully the eyecup diameter is greater than that of your eye socket, and that they rest on bone, and not in the orbit(socket), or enucleation is a danger if there is a stiff blow to the goggles.
If you cosmetically mod a pair of safety goggles within reason, well, ok, but a lot of the home-made steampunk jobs give me the willies, from a safety perspective..
Health and Safety in Steampunk? nah, it'll never catch on..
Cheers
Harold
This is the 19th century. Health and safety are not key concerns! =P
DepthsofSpace- powder monkey
- Number of posts : 7
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Registration date : 2008-10-03
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
No, its only the 19th Century in the collective SP consciousness, and goggles were not that commonplace as daily wear in the real 19th century..
Health and safety issues should always be a concern. Lose or severely damage an eye, and you don't get it back. Cornea scratches are incredibly painful, as well, and can affect vision. It's always the choice of the individual, but personally I would err on the side of caution.
Cheers
Harold
Health and safety issues should always be a concern. Lose or severely damage an eye, and you don't get it back. Cornea scratches are incredibly painful, as well, and can affect vision. It's always the choice of the individual, but personally I would err on the side of caution.
Cheers
Harold
HAC- Comanding Officer
- Number of posts : 228
Registration date : 2008-09-27
Re: Coggles: These are Them!
Thanks for the concern.
I'll definitely keep it in mind.
I'll definitely keep it in mind.
Augustus Philpott- crewhand
- Number of posts : 15
Location : Kingston, NY
Registration date : 2008-10-08
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