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3D-printed sunglasses (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by ExtremeDullard to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

Well, not really sunglasses, but rather clip-on shades for my 3D-printed glasses

But here's the thing: they're FULLY 3D-printed. The "lenses" are in fact the finest and thinnest mesh I could print with our printer - basically one 0.1mm layer of 0.4mm lines spaced 0.4mm running horizontally, and an identical layer of lines running vertically right on top of it.

Is it perfect? No. The image through it is kind of "pixelated" But it's surprisingly acceptable. It looks like this when looking through them:

View through the 3D-printed mesh

In real-life, it's quite a bit darker than this. But the photo shows fairly accurately how it looks like seeing through them.

It works because the mesh is very close to the eyes and totally out of focus. And although it's not optical-grade, the price is unbeatable 🙂

If you want to try printing it yourself, the model is here. It's meant to be printed with a 0.4mm nozzle and a 0.1mm layer height - including the first one.

Double-check how the slicer slices the first two layers, where the mesh lives, because it easily tends to "simplify" the lines by not printing them, which is obviously not what you want.

EDIT: as others have pointed out in this thread, don't use these shades as actual sunglasses without sticking some UV filter over the mesh on the inside. They're not eye-safe as-is. I made them more for the challenge of making them than anything else.

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[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wouldn’t their regular glasses block the UV still though?

[-] ExtremeDullard 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm yes, you're right: my regular lenses do have an anti-UV coating on them. I clean forgot about it.

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2024
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