Eyeglass Temples
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I've been using these for about 24 hours now, and they're actually not bad, but they want to slip, and as an eye-glass wearer for 17 years, it's a little weird to have THE temples actually touch MY temples... most eyeglasses bend outwards a little as not to apply pressure to the temple area. I might try bending them out a little more at an angle, but since the hinges aren't spring-loaded, there's no squeezing so far. There needs to be a little more done to the hinges themselves, but because I drilled the holes after printing, they'd be inconsistent. I may try to re-measure the ends and set up pilot points for drilling, or I may have to come up with something other than paperclips to retain them :-P Keep you posted, and I'll update the instructions shortly!
I've though about this before, but I knew the bend would be a problem. Never thought about printing in two pieces, was that just to fit a makerbot platform?
If you modeled the part where they join at an angle, you might be able to get a passable bend to take the pressure off your temples, but you'd have to do it carefully to avoid ending up with something sharp sticking out.
Am I right that everyone (including me) who has clicked like wears glasses? 8-)
I would say yeah... and yes it would be awesome to just print my next pair. Plus I can design around lenses I already have (currently within frames that don't fit.). Hmmm.. a pair of sunglasses, too...
Discerning prototypers, all. Buying new eyeglasses is a pain in the butt, expensive, and flat-out obnoxious, especially when you assume certain things should be fixable.


Nice. You did the temple. Should do the eyepieces too. Then you can be ubber cool steam punkeroo.