I had a hard time paying attention to what was being done because I was looking around the shop for future projects you might be doing haha. You should have never said you leave stuff out on yesterday's live stream! now to watch it again..
Those are slick, Bob! Makes me want to make a walnut pair. And as others have said, I'm really digging the humor you are starting to mix into the vids. Good to see more of that personality!
Great work. I always like the way you summarize your work at the end and use your experience to give us tips for how we could do a similar project or improve on your design. Thanks so much for all your work.
WOW, those look cool Bob! Nice job! This was fun to watch and see what you did differently. Gluing the larger boards together before cutting the frames out is a great idea. Hinges are definitely a challenge with these. Thank you so much for the mention!!!
They turned out better than I thought they would! Also it's amazing you have this much patience to keep sanding and go threw trial and error, nice job!
Lander Beckers - I would like to see this as well! I live in quite a small apartment but have a few bikes so a small, movable work stand for bikes would be nice to see! 👍🏻
I would be so interested in a bike stand as well! Currently I just use some old climbing ropes to suspend my bike from the garage rafters. It works but... It's really not ideal.
Another awesome video Bob! Its things like this that get the maker juices flowing… Also, I was just discussing scroll saws with a friend and it was making me want to upgrade my "hobby" scroll saw to a larger version that can take a bunch of different blades. So awesome timing on that too!
I am a kid wood worker and I use a scroll saw. I am so inspired by your vids and would love if you made more vids with the scroll saw. It would also be nice if you could make more kid friendly projects.
That came out looking really cool! I'm probably not the first to mention it, but I think the "lack" of curve was due to that you just cut the 2x4 in half. You "need" to remove material thick as what you plan to press together or the curve will be less than you expect.
Hi my name is hannah and I'm fifteen I've been watching your videos for a while now and I've always been interested in building things. In the past I have made a picnic table for my little sister. My loft bed. With a desk. And the platform for my king size bed now. I've made a few others but those are the one I'm really proud of. Watching your channel has really inspired me to get out in the shop and build what I want. I'm re doing my room and I want to make a bookshelf for all my things. But instead of the normal type shelves they are going to be geometrical and placed in random spots. I would really like your input on other things I could do to make it look better thanks for inspiring me.
Hey Bob, one thing you could do to strengthen those hinges is to soak them in ca glue. Of course, before spraying the laquer. The only problem is it might cause those spots to be a different color. I'm not sure how different the laquer and ca would look.
I'd love to see you tackle this again. They just look so natural, I wonder how you'd manage nose support without ruining the look of it all being from one piece
Cathal Brady no it's because he sayed 26 views 39 likes and the joke was about you not seeing them and needed glasses to see them and the video was about glasses.no hate
This is one of the first projects I am going to make once I complete my new mobile workstation! My dog decided that my pair favorite pair of sunglasses was a better chew toy than the things I buy him. After seeing this video I decided to save them to use as a template for this!
Really enjoying your videos and your approach to your builds. Without going through all the comments, I was wondering if you had thought of using steam before putting the glasses in the form? I had seen a different project that the person ending up boiling the veneers before putting it in the form, I think it was a guitar build. Maybe on the next pair you could see if it's worth it.
A trick I've used is doing all your cutting on a flat piece of plywood using the cnc then you can use a pressure cooker and a small vacuum bag to bend them into place after. It makes rounding the edges and shaping the frames much easier.
Very cool Bob! As far as the tiny drill bit goes, you could use a pin vise. Lee Valley has a nice one for around 20 bucks and they come with a bunch of VERY tiny drill bits. I have one and you'd be surprised how often you use it if you have one.
Fun idea! The magic to bending and curving veneer, is use a bottle with water and spray it onto the veneer until it's wet. Another way is using steam or just heat (or both) Check some acoustic guitar building videos, that's exactly how they bend the shape into a guitar.
You started something here. When you made the wooden glasses for HTME I thought nah this is going to work.. Well I swallow my words - it looks freaking awesome. Good going!
Before plastic, glass frames were made with Tortoiseshell and other materials laminated as you have with wood. Well done, those skills took years to develop, you have done a great job in a day with your wooden glasses.
Those are some slick shade dude! I purchased some bamboo sunglasses off Amazon last year, they are cool but since I wear a prescription set of glasses normally, I don't wear them anymore. You talked about making another pair, I'd say go for broke and make a few so you have different style. Different stains, wood, colors, the list goes on. I'm not sure if you can get fancy wood like purple heart in a thin veneer like that but I think that purple with a nice satin finish would look super cool. Or take something lighter like pine or ash and burn it so it has some of the grain burnt looking. You could make sunglasses for your whole family! Or, a Patreon/raffle prize?
Lens insertion goes smoothest if you start with the top edges in (top nasal and temple corners), the push the lower temple corner in, and work the lens in toward the lower nasal corner. On most frames that is the least dramatic curve and that makes it less traumatic to the lens and easier on the fingers. Your work looks pretty good. I am an optician by trade.
Great work as always! If you're going to do them a second time, you can maybe try to make the part where it sits on the nose a little softer/rounder/bigger. It looks to me like that is missing compared to the plastic ones and it would only add to comfort.
They could be even stronger than plastic glasses if you experiment with some hard woods or bamboo. Cedar or some nut tree woods - very sturdy! Good clamping!
The clamping scene had me laughing pretty hard. I started to teach myself woodworking and the sunglasses project intrigued me. I know I need to buy more clamps even without your hilarious clamp comedy. Oc= Putting the Dremel in a vice and using it as a spindle sander was a trick I've been looking for. I'm Extremely limited on space so I have to come up with as many tricks as possible for the lack of equipment. I don't have a vice like that, but I was thinking I could make a special one part or two part enclosure or stand for the Dremel to accomplish the same thing. You are an amazing craftsman.
I am really shocked right now. My last school project was designing a glasses and I did it out of veneer and colored liner lamination. It looks really similar. Good job by the way!
I would love to see you work on something with Tested and Adam Savage. Love watching your content, Bob. The video production quality, the editing, the storytelling, and of course the making of things; I learn so much from your content. :)
such amazing works bob, especially with that tiny screws, im wondering can you give us how to make a wooden watch, thats would be a lot of tiny stuff too right?. thankyou.
im a wood turner and call maker. I also deal with knife handle material. I always get wood stabilized. That would make the wood much harder. Its pretty much impregnated with resin (plastic). Stabilized wood would work really well.
Cool project! I'm curious about a couple of things: 1) Could you have used your CNC machine to carve out the shape more precisely? and 2) How about a slot on the top to just slide the lenses in? Of course some way to secure them, too.
Yeah, the CNC or laser would have made them more precise, but since the majority of people don't have those tools, I try to only use them when they're the only/or best option. Not sure if the contour of the lenses would allow them to slide through a slot in the top with out that slot being oversized.
Two things:
- I now want to make my own pair of wood sun glasses.
- Can I borrow some clamps?
NO! These are MY clamps and I need them all!!!!! ;) You definitely should laser some glasses out! It'd be cool to see your take on it!
i luv you will
I Like To Make Stuff can you make a drum set
how to make bob mute notifications from this thread lol
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I'm never bothered by your sponsorships because you don't interrupt your own video. It's very clever and curdious
"Clamp Champ" gave me a good chuckle
Ditto this...clamps on clamps on clamps on clamps!
lol me tooxD
TommoByrne indeed!
It was really great to see some humor in a video of his.
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Super cool build, Bob! That red veneer would have looked SWEET on the front. Also, that clamp champ bit, hahaha. Great work man.
Another project that I am going to make great project Bob👍👍👍
Excellent! Have fun with it!
I Like To Make Stuff if you try this again, maybe try come dark stain wood with copper wire inlay. Would be nice
I Like To Make Stuff thank you so much keep up the great work
I dont do any wood working i just enjoy watching your channel. I have friends that do what you do and it fascinates me. thanks!
I had a hard time paying attention to what was being done because I was looking around the shop for future projects you might be doing haha. You should have never said you leave stuff out on yesterday's live stream! now to watch it again..
Hahaha! Just watch them a 2nd time to look for that stuff :)
Those are slick, Bob! Makes me want to make a walnut pair. And as others have said, I'm really digging the humor you are starting to mix into the vids. Good to see more of that personality!
Wow Bob those sunglasses came out fantastic. Great video!
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Great work. I always like the way you summarize your work at the end and use your experience to give us tips for how we could do a similar project or improve on your design. Thanks so much for all your work.
Thanks Dan!
Bob: hey I’m bob and I like to make stuff
Me: hey I’m Alex and I like to watch stuff
I love that you not only explain what to do but mistakes you made and what to avoid.
The glasses are looking great Clamp Champ :D Keep up the good work :)
Cheers
Moris
WOW, those look cool Bob! Nice job! This was fun to watch and see what you did differently. Gluing the larger boards together before cutting the frames out is a great idea. Hinges are definitely a challenge with these. Thank you so much for the mention!!!
Absolutely! Thanks for your video and the inspiration!!
Anyone else say "hi Bob" after Bob says his intro? Or is it just me
That's pretty awesome!
I do mentally sometimes. He's like a friend that uploads every Thursday and I wait all week to see what he makes next.
+RSpudieD I know exactly how you feel about this. Bob is pretty much the best thing happening to me at Thursdays
o3iquitous same! He's a cool guy with great ideas
RSpudieD Absolutely. Still waiting for him to get into blacksmithing. And damn, once he does I'll be REALLY excited to see where he's taking it.
That was the best Clamping job I've seen on TH-cam ever.
What happened to the wooden car with the wooden wheels and the wooden engine?
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Classic dad joke. Which is weird cuz my dad made that joke once, so again. Classic dad joke
Jeez now hes gona try it.
Cool glasses! This might be a good one for the Glowforge. Once you've got the files you can quickly make replacement parts.
Hey I'm Saterry and i like your projects!
early squad too :D
Thanks!!
Clamps are my most needed tool in the shop! You can never have enough!
True!!
Are you going to do any more lathe projects?
At some point. I plan projects based on the final piece usually, not the tools used. I just use whatever makes sense to achieve the project at hand.
I Like To Make Stuff You could do a lightsaber hilt mostly on the lathe, seems like your type of project.
Shillier yea he did already make the shore trooper helmet and blaster so why not a lightsaber
J Bush am I the only one who knows you meant storm but wanted you to mean shore? Lol, I did 😂
They turned out better than I thought they would! Also it's amazing you have this much patience to keep sanding and go threw trial and error, nice job!
can you make a bike work stand
Lander Beckers - I would like to see this as well! I live in quite a small apartment but have a few bikes so a small, movable work stand for bikes would be nice to see! 👍🏻
Anders Vestlund yes me too I want to make one as well
I would be so interested in a bike stand as well! Currently I just use some old climbing ropes to suspend my bike from the garage rafters. It works but... It's really not ideal.
Another awesome video Bob! Its things like this that get the maker juices flowing… Also, I was just discussing scroll saws with a friend and it was making me want to upgrade my "hobby" scroll saw to a larger version that can take a bunch of different blades. So awesome timing on that too!
Cool Video Bob! I gotta try my hand at it! Thanks for Sharing Brother! Have A Super Week!.....Gus
Thanks Gus!
Even though I'm awful at DIY, I love watching your videos. They are fascinating to watch ☺️
question: I'm having trouble with relationships what can I...
answer: clamps
I really like that you go over the misstakes you make during the video!
Thanks Christoffer! I hope they help other people who are thinking of making stuff!
CLAMP CHAMP 🗜🏆
I am a kid wood worker and I use a scroll saw. I am so inspired by your vids and would love if you made more vids with the scroll saw. It would also be nice if you could make more kid friendly projects.
I bet bob wouldnt answer me on this comment 😁....and i don't wanna forget to say that i love your Videos 💗
Wanna bet? ;)
yeah :D....whats the time where you live? I`m from germany?
Scroll saws are awesome. My grandpa made some really neat carvings, and the scrollsaw was his only powertool in the shop.
Can you make a garden chair because I need to do one for technology
As an optician, this is satisfying to watch.
they Look lit bro
Google They'll look more lit when fire touches 'em ;)
IDontHaveSubscibers would be a shame
That came out looking really cool! I'm probably not the first to mention it, but I think the "lack" of curve was due to that you just cut the 2x4 in half. You "need" to remove material thick as what you plan to press together or the curve will be less than you expect.
Could you make a pencil out of a news paper?
Whooooooooooo.... that'd be hard, but I'd try it!
By far the best homemade wooden sunglasses I've seen on TH-cam, great job!
4:47 is me trying to keep my life together
"I made my own sunglasses. Deal with it. "
"I made my own dog toy for my dog. Deal with it."
@@HelloKitty-sd9vs I made my own dog. Deal with it.
Hi my name is hannah and I'm fifteen I've been watching your videos for a while now and I've always been interested in building things. In the past I have made a picnic table for my little sister. My loft bed. With a desk. And the platform for my king size bed now. I've made a few others but those are the one I'm really proud of. Watching your channel has really inspired me to get out in the shop and build what I want. I'm re doing my room and I want to make a bookshelf for all my things. But instead of the normal type shelves they are going to be geometrical and placed in random spots. I would really like your input on other things I could do to make it look better thanks for inspiring me.
that really cool
Nice that you mentioned others who influenced/inspired your own design.
Make your own sunglass! All thats required is two pairs of sunglasses and a 3rd set of extra lenses. lol
Well, if you were replacing a pair, you could use the screw and lenses from it, as well as trace the shape from it. :)
This is so awesome. Definitely solved the problem I had with the hinges. Thanks for listing the machines you used to get his done
"I added some clamps" 4:43
Hey Bob, one thing you could do to strengthen those hinges is to soak them in ca glue. Of course, before spraying the laquer. The only problem is it might cause those spots to be a different color. I'm not sure how different the laquer and ca would look.
Totally could have gotten 15 more clamps on there! ;-P
Yeah, you're right. Probably should have gone a little bit overboard just to be safe. ;)
The most elaborate "deal with it" of all time. Loved the build.
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I'd love to see you tackle this again. They just look so natural, I wonder how you'd manage nose support without ruining the look of it all being from one piece
#ClampChamp
Bob, I found you because of your podcast with Jimmy Diresta. Love all of your stuff too! I love y’alls podcast and all three of your channels!
Thanks so much!
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Day Dreamer i think you need a new pair of glasses
(get it?)
this is just a joke its not supposed to offend u
END3R 7229 haha I get it. because my name is Day Dreamer
Day Dreamer right.
Cathal Brady no it's because he sayed 26 views 39 likes and the joke was about you not seeing them and needed glasses to see them and the video was about glasses.no hate
Bob you illistrated perfectly how wood workers use clamps!
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This is one of the first projects I am going to make once I complete my new mobile workstation! My dog decided that my pair favorite pair of sunglasses was a better chew toy than the things I buy him. After seeing this video I decided to save them to use as a template for this!
Such a great product. It's a item that seems so hard to do but bob made it easy.
Really enjoying your videos and your approach to your builds. Without going through all the comments, I was wondering if you had thought of using steam before putting the glasses in the form? I had seen a different project that the person ending up boiling the veneers before putting it in the form, I think it was a guitar build. Maybe on the next pair you could see if it's worth it.
A trick I've used is doing all your cutting on a flat piece of plywood using the cnc then you can use a pressure cooker and a small vacuum bag to bend them into place after. It makes rounding the edges and shaping the frames much easier.
Cool build! Definitely hope to see you wearing these in future vids.
-Caleb Harris
Very cool Bob! As far as the tiny drill bit goes, you could use a pin vise. Lee Valley has a nice one for around 20 bucks and they come with a bunch of VERY tiny drill bits. I have one and you'd be surprised how often you use it if you have one.
This is such an awesome project. I've been wanting to make wooden sunglasses for awhile now. Thanks for the awesome video.
nice work Bob, this has been on my list for a while now!
these are cool. wood and leather are my favourite materials and like seeing stuff like glasses phone cases and general day use items. great video.
Fun idea!
The magic to bending and curving veneer, is use a bottle with water and spray it onto the veneer until it's wet. Another way is using steam or just heat (or both) Check some acoustic guitar building videos, that's exactly how they bend the shape into a guitar.
You started something here. When you made the wooden glasses for HTME I thought nah this is going to work.. Well I swallow my words - it looks freaking awesome. Good going!
I think you're thinking of David Picciuto. He's the one that made the glasses for HTME, but thanks!!
That's right, but I prefer yours though good design and i like the plywood construction.
Congratulations, your work is spectacular.
Very daring to try the hinge mechanism. David Paciuto just left them solid. Awesome job bob
You always seem to put your ads in the right places!
Before plastic, glass frames were made with Tortoiseshell and other materials laminated as you have with wood. Well done, those skills took years to develop, you have done a great job in a day with your wooden glasses.
Another great video. I got excited when I saw the notification. I'm really looking forward to seeing the Shore Trooper build.
Thanks!!
Awesome sunglasses I do like this laminated look. I might have to make another one and do it like this. Great job
Those are some slick shade dude! I purchased some bamboo sunglasses off Amazon last year, they are cool but since I wear a prescription set of glasses normally, I don't wear them anymore. You talked about making another pair, I'd say go for broke and make a few so you have different style. Different stains, wood, colors, the list goes on. I'm not sure if you can get fancy wood like purple heart in a thin veneer like that but I think that purple with a nice satin finish would look super cool. Or take something lighter like pine or ash and burn it so it has some of the grain burnt looking. You could make sunglasses for your whole family! Or, a Patreon/raffle prize?
Lens insertion goes smoothest if you start with the top edges in (top nasal and temple corners), the push the lower temple corner in, and work the lens in toward the lower nasal corner. On most frames that is the least dramatic curve and that makes it less traumatic to the lens and easier on the fingers. Your work looks pretty good. I am an optician by trade.
That worked out really well i think. That was awesome to watch.
Pretty epic result Bob, nice job !
Those are cool! I like all of the experimentation. Good job explaining it all!
Love this video I'm going to Georgia in a few weeks and I am TOTALLY making a pair of these for the trip, your work is awesome keep it up!!!
Excellent!
Man, it was smoooooth! Congrats! I love your channel.
Hey Bob, awesome work, keep it up! Greetings from Brazil!!
Great work as always! If you're going to do them a second time, you can maybe try to make the part where it sits on the nose a little softer/rounder/bigger. It looks to me like that is missing compared to the plastic ones and it would only add to comfort.
Also you are the clamp Champ everyday, I think your the build champ too, and also the cutting champ, scrap wood champ, etc.
Boy that looked like a lot of fun to make. Good job!
Thanks! Yeah, this was a fun set of problems to solve!
I really appreciate that you answer that much comments!
They could be even stronger than plastic glasses if you experiment with some hard woods or bamboo. Cedar or some nut tree woods - very sturdy! Good clamping!
Awesome Work! It's fun to watch you making ;) Nice cutted so it never gets boring!
The clamping scene had me laughing pretty hard. I started to teach myself woodworking and the sunglasses project intrigued me. I know I need to buy more clamps even without your hilarious clamp comedy. Oc= Putting the Dremel in a vice and using it as a spindle sander was a trick I've been looking for. I'm Extremely limited on space so I have to come up with as many tricks as possible for the lack of equipment. I don't have a vice like that, but I was thinking I could make a special one part or two part enclosure or stand for the Dremel to accomplish the same thing. You are an amazing craftsman.
I am really shocked right now. My last school project was designing a glasses and I did it out of veneer and colored liner lamination. It looks really similar. Good job by the way!
Oh yeah? Sweet! Great minds!!
I would love to see you work on something with Tested and Adam Savage. Love watching your content, Bob. The video production quality, the editing, the storytelling, and of course the making of things; I learn so much from your content. :)
Thanks so much Daniel!
I love sunglasses and those are the coolest pair I seen, if I had them I'd wear them all the time.
Surprisingly these are pretty cool! Great job making them!!
such amazing works bob, especially with that tiny screws, im wondering can you give us how to make a wooden watch, thats would be a lot of tiny stuff too right?. thankyou.
im a wood turner and call maker. I also deal with knife handle material. I always get wood stabilized. That would make the wood much harder. Its pretty much impregnated with resin (plastic). Stabilized wood would work really well.
Cool project! I'm curious about a couple of things: 1) Could you have used your CNC machine to carve out the shape more precisely? and 2) How about a slot on the top to just slide the lenses in? Of course some way to secure them, too.
Yeah, the CNC or laser would have made them more precise, but since the majority of people don't have those tools, I try to only use them when they're the only/or best option. Not sure if the contour of the lenses would allow them to slide through a slot in the top with out that slot being oversized.
That's really cool. I wonder if soaking the wood in water before laminating it would help it curve better…? Just a thought.
Those look super-cool! Also, I have clamp envy.
Nice! McMaster-Carr has a tiny brass hinge that could be epoxyed instead of the cut hinge, if you wanted.
Pretty cool, Bob! You have fans even in Brazil!
Awesome! I love Brazil! I visited one time and I hope to go back, it was awesome.
I'm glad to hear that!
You'll be very welcome 😀
LOVED THEM! Great project Bob! Greeting from Costa Rica