Comments on: What are the best steampunk goggles for me to wear to SkepchickCON?

By: steampunk goggles

steampunk goggles — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:57:58 +0000

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By: daedalus2u

daedalus2u — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:09:55 +0000

There are welding goggles that contain an LCD screen that goes dark when exposed to the flash from welding. It is fast enough that the eye is not damaged.

http://weldingsupply.com/cgi-bin/einstein.pl?Next::1:UNDEF:OR:terms::PR01*RO2*R03*R04*R05

I was unable to find round lenses that would fit traditional goggles, but they do make faceplates.

What you could do is adapt one of the face plates, hack into it so you can flash the face plate opaque when you need to.

By: bobh

bobh — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:22:08 +0000

Googles for the SkepchicCON? I like the … wait are you a chic?

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:25:01 +0000

The Hobbart Welding goggles are what I used. Spray them brass and attach at clip on eye glass loop. It looks real steampunky. I have people offering to buy mine at the Skepchick party at TAM 8.

By: Art

Art — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:24:24 +0000

The Hobart goggles used to, don’t know if they still do, have various lenses available. A guy I worked with used a medium green shade for oxyacetylene welding and had a clear lens in the other. He would wear the goggles all the time as safety glasses using both eyes preparing parts to weld in place, and close the eye not protected by the filter when welding.

He also had the habit of getting right in peoples faces and looking them square in the eyes. Freaked a few people out when this big guy, with one eye a dark orb and the other behind clear glass, got in their face.

By: Mike V

Mike V — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:14:47 +0000

I found a pair of cool leather folding goggles at the St. Louis Park Ax-Man Surplus for about $5 that fit over my glasses. They were labeled as ‘Chinese army snow goggles’, but given that it’s Ax-Man, they may have just picked that at random. A google image search for that phrase did turn up a picture of them though. I also picked up some magnifying glasses and paper binoculars that I’m going to see if I can repurpose to make Steampunk science goggles (assuming I get time between work and grad school).

By: Ender

Ender — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:51:02 +0000

Flip-fronts for sure.

By: Birger Johansson

Birger Johansson — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:08:16 +0000

In addition you need a bit of “Mad Max”-style post-apocalyptic gear and clothes. Patches of Kevlar sewn into your other rags to keep the cannibals at bay, armor plates, that sort of thing.
Yes I know that “steampunk” is another narrative universe, but post-apocalyptic chic rules. The dark victorian stuff is soo boring. Maybe you could wear the patched-up high-tech clothing left over from a trip to a parallel universe?

By: Phillip IV

Phillip IV — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:38:37 +0000

I’d recommend the flip-fronts or the welding goggles, they’re the most steampunkish. The Quiditch goggles are a bit too playful with the Golden Snitches on the sides, and the Moto goggles look more suited for Digimon cosplay.

By: Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:32:59 +0000

I like the flip fronts. By flipping them up it allows for serious eye contact, and then you can lower them when you want to be more incognito.

Plus, if you need to give the evil eye in a pinch, it’s just a wrist flick away.