Poor man's C-Six? Sure, why not?

[xmetal]

I've had this project on the shelf for a while but am going to see if I can finish it up. I did not have the money years ago to buy a real C-Six, but I did have some carbon fiber laying around so I figured, why not try? This current project, which I call the "Deviate" is a followup to my attempt at reproducing a carbon fiber Juliet, which turned out decent and is a good display piece, but not as wearable as I'd hoped. The target for this new pair is to make a pair I could wear everyday.

The biggest stumbling block I had was finding a proper hinge mechanism, but now that I have a 3D printer I think I can solve that myself, in a rather "bespoke" fashion.

These are hand laid-up in real carbon, which I then hand shaped using a Dremel, hand tools and sandpaper. It still needs further finishing and smoothing and I need to source a good lens shape that I can cut to fit. Hopefully I can engineer an improved hinge next and get this thing together!

Carbon Deviate WIP:

Carbon Juliet:

 

[mjt42]

nice work! looking forward to seeing more pics....

 

[atty_65]

Sick!

 

[Nortika]

That is awesome! Nice job

 

[Tuttjr]

Wow... Let me know if you want to sell them... I like the creativity

 

[thisguy]

I hope you can find a way to make these glasses soon. I am looking forward to seeing a finished product!

 

[pjd1234]

lets see the finish product looks great

 

[Leglessracing]

These are looking like a great start! Will look forward to see how they come out

 

[ippotaz]

Wooow
Those are really great!

Let's see the final version but, to me, you have already done an amazing job

 

[washi me sensie]

Looks good! Pics if you finish them!