The original goggles as they were when I purchased them from a local flea market. Here I had removed the elastic strap and had to do some repair work using 5 minute epoxy to the round vents as they had a few breaks in them. Next, I painted the base coat of Krylon Fusion black paint so any other paint would have a way to stick. I now believe that glueing on most of the components first would have been better since the flexible area became very sticky and attracted a lot of hair. I glued several wing nuts and acorn nuts around the flip up lense assembly to make things a little more mechanical. Then the radio tubes with their custom plugs were added along with gears on the side and an assembly from the car instrument panel with a bubble level added for effect. The magnifying loupes have their own clip to attach them but also alows them to be removed at any time. These were actually saved until the end along with some other items. Finally you can see what I wanted to do with this project start to come into focus. I only needed to add the rub n buff color, work a bit on the lenses and then cover everything in clear coat to preserve the painted details.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Steps in Goggle Creation
Here is a breakdown of most of the major steps that it took to get my goggles completed. I have put the pictures that I had on file to try to help with the visualization of the process.
The original goggles as they were when I purchased them from a local flea market. Here I had removed the elastic strap and had to do some repair work using 5 minute epoxy to the round vents as they had a few breaks in them. Next, I painted the base coat of Krylon Fusion black paint so any other paint would have a way to stick. I now believe that glueing on most of the components first would have been better since the flexible area became very sticky and attracted a lot of hair. I glued several wing nuts and acorn nuts around the flip up lense assembly to make things a little more mechanical. Then the radio tubes with their custom plugs were added along with gears on the side and an assembly from the car instrument panel with a bubble level added for effect. The magnifying loupes have their own clip to attach them but also alows them to be removed at any time. These were actually saved until the end along with some other items. Finally you can see what I wanted to do with this project start to come into focus. I only needed to add the rub n buff color, work a bit on the lenses and then cover everything in clear coat to preserve the painted details.
The original goggles as they were when I purchased them from a local flea market. Here I had removed the elastic strap and had to do some repair work using 5 minute epoxy to the round vents as they had a few breaks in them. Next, I painted the base coat of Krylon Fusion black paint so any other paint would have a way to stick. I now believe that glueing on most of the components first would have been better since the flexible area became very sticky and attracted a lot of hair. I glued several wing nuts and acorn nuts around the flip up lense assembly to make things a little more mechanical. Then the radio tubes with their custom plugs were added along with gears on the side and an assembly from the car instrument panel with a bubble level added for effect. The magnifying loupes have their own clip to attach them but also alows them to be removed at any time. These were actually saved until the end along with some other items. Finally you can see what I wanted to do with this project start to come into focus. I only needed to add the rub n buff color, work a bit on the lenses and then cover everything in clear coat to preserve the painted details.
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