- January 15th, 2010, 3:39 pm#199046
I bought these hard framed welding goggles awhile back and have started to prep them:
I dismantled the plastic lens and sanded the the frames inside and out. Then added a black plastic frame that I had from an even older pair of the vinyl welding goggles, this was filled with a piece of 6mm MDF and glued to the front of the frames with a two part epoxy. When the glue had set I filled around the black frame/MDF with Aves sculpt and this will blend it together nicely before painting. I've placed a knob I made on the top of the frames, more to follow.
The reason I added the MDF was that I just liked the look of the flat fronted goggles and this seemed to be the easier way. When I add the Ecto Goggle lenses I'll make two holes so you can see through the frames, that's all for now:
The metal clip is just to prop up the goggles for the pic.
Keith
I dismantled the plastic lens and sanded the the frames inside and out. Then added a black plastic frame that I had from an even older pair of the vinyl welding goggles, this was filled with a piece of 6mm MDF and glued to the front of the frames with a two part epoxy. When the glue had set I filled around the black frame/MDF with Aves sculpt and this will blend it together nicely before painting. I've placed a knob I made on the top of the frames, more to follow.
The reason I added the MDF was that I just liked the look of the flat fronted goggles and this seemed to be the easier way. When I add the Ecto Goggle lenses I'll make two holes so you can see through the frames, that's all for now:
The metal clip is just to prop up the goggles for the pic.
Keith
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