Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles

Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#77314

By docshiv - November 2nd, 2008, 6:58 am

- November 2nd, 2008, 6:58 am#77314

I've never built any props before this. I'm working my way up to a pack, but thought it wise to start small.

I made these following Norm's plans with a little tweak of my own here and there.

Comments and constructive criticism are most welcome.

"It's completely unstable."

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#78094

By CAHighwind - November 5th, 2008, 2:39 pm

- November 5th, 2008, 2:39 pm#78094

I like those LEDs... nice touch.

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#78095

By jettajeffro - November 5th, 2008, 2:48 pm

- November 5th, 2008, 2:48 pm#78095

The look great. Did you think about taking the lift up slide portion out and gluing the plate with the lenses onto the frame themselves? I did that and it made the googles alot lighter.

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#78118

By docshiv - November 5th, 2008, 4:59 pm

- November 5th, 2008, 4:59 pm#78118

CAHighwind wrote:I like those LEDs... nice touch.

Thank you! I've never wired jack before, so I was just happy it worked!

jettajeffro wrote: The look great. Did you think about taking the lift up slide portion out and gluing the plate with the lenses onto the frame themselves? I did that and it made the googles alot lighter.

Thanks! I had considered it, but I needed the room for the wiring and battery. Plus, I just thought it looked cooler with the lift up portion.

"It's completely unstable."

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#78170

By jettajeffro - November 5th, 2008, 10:21 pm

- November 5th, 2008, 10:21 pm#78170

jettajeffro wrote: The look great. Did you think about taking the lift up slide portion out and gluing the plate with the lenses onto the frame themselves? I did that and it made the googles alot lighter.

Thanks! I had considered it, but I needed the room for the wiring and battery. Plus, I just thought it looked cooler with the lift up portion.[/quote]

I thought that might be where you were keeping all of it. I only recently decided to take the glass piece out. That made another huge difference.

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#78193

By docshiv - November 6th, 2008, 4:55 am

- November 6th, 2008, 4:55 am#78193

jettajeffro wrote:I thought that might be where you were keeping all of it. I only recently decided to take the glass piece out. That made another huge difference.

The weight is a bit of an issue. I still need to add the strap on top. That should make all the difference.

"It's completely unstable."

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#79944

By AuroraGB - November 16th, 2008, 2:43 pm

- November 16th, 2008, 2:43 pm#79944

Ok Quick question, how did you glue on the eye pieces?

Re: Noob Builder - First Prop: Ecto-goggles#79977

By docshiv - November 16th, 2008, 8:56 pm

- November 16th, 2008, 8:56 pm#79977

AuroraGB wrote:Ok Quick question, how did you glue on the eye pieces?

I shaved two sides of my bushings down with my sander so that I could fit them into the inset piece of the flip-up visor. This allowed more surface area for the Gorilla Glue to grab the plastic eye shield.

Since I bought the kind of welding goggles with the flip up piece, I had two clear plastic eye shields and one opaque eye shield to work with. I tossed the opaque one aside. I took the two clear ones and stacked them...glued them in...and then braced them with some small pieced of wood on either side. I had to sand them down a little bit to fit them in, but since they went in tight there was no need to glue them. Friction takes care of it.