Also, given I wear these almost every waking hour of my life and I’ll be shit-out-of-luck if these break while I’m out and about, they’re one of the last things I’d want to cheap out this badly on. Assuming you aren’t getting high-end designer frames, you’ve saved $40–$60 at the cost of spending the next two years wearing a dinky piece of brittle, probably uncomfortable plastic on your face. Yay…?
No. My glasses are perfectly adjusted to my face - simply because I took the time to design them just right for me - and they’re very light. They’re probably the most comfortable frames I’ve ever worn.
They are not that flimsy. Granted, PLA or PETG aren’t the most rigid or durable materials out there, but they easily match acetate. And if I break the frames, it just doesn’t matter: I can make new ones in minutes. If anything, you’re probably a lot more inconvenienced than I am when you break your glasses because you have to wait forever to get a new pair made, and you have to be a lot more careful than I am. Me, I just care about not damaging the lenses. But I can break the frames every day of the year, not have to go without glasses and I’d still come out ahead financially.
I didn’t cheap out. I started designing my own frames 20 years ago (out of silver nickel back then) because I wasn’t satisfied with the commercial alternatives. It took me a lot of time to come up with the perfect frames - perfect for me anyway. The cost savings are a nice bonus.
Don’t dismiss 3D printing just because cheapskates use it to cheap out. Done right, it’s a very nice alternative to mass-produced items - and you know as well as I do that there’s nothing more personal and bespoke than a pair of glasses.
Nah, monopolies like Luxottica can suck shit (although there are plenty of brands not owned by them that you can just as easily buy). Doesn’t change that 3D-printed anything is made of cheap, relatively brittle material compared to easily affordable monel, titanium, and other metal frames. I can’t speak to the durability of plastics manufacturers use versus what you would use DIY, but the metals have to be much more durable, and they consistently look much nicer than the 3D-printed ones I’m seeing online. Also, unless OP’s are somehow way above the ones I’m seeing online in terms of quality, they’re probably more comfortable as well; you can cope all you want that you painstakingly designed it to the contours of your face as much as I can cope that the t-shirt I weaved out of corn husks is better than that mass-produced crap because I tailored it to the contours of my torso.
It’s cool, don’t get me wrong, but this seems like one of the last ways I would try to cut corners financially.
Also, given I wear these almost every waking hour of my life and I’ll be shit-out-of-luck if these break while I’m out and about, they’re one of the last things I’d want to cheap out this badly on. Assuming you aren’t getting high-end designer frames, you’ve saved $40–$60 at the cost of spending the next two years wearing a dinky piece of brittle, probably uncomfortable plastic on your face. Yay…?
No. My glasses are perfectly adjusted to my face - simply because I took the time to design them just right for me - and they’re very light. They’re probably the most comfortable frames I’ve ever worn.
They are not that flimsy. Granted, PLA or PETG aren’t the most rigid or durable materials out there, but they easily match acetate. And if I break the frames, it just doesn’t matter: I can make new ones in minutes. If anything, you’re probably a lot more inconvenienced than I am when you break your glasses because you have to wait forever to get a new pair made, and you have to be a lot more careful than I am. Me, I just care about not damaging the lenses. But I can break the frames every day of the year, not have to go without glasses and I’d still come out ahead financially.
I didn’t cheap out. I started designing my own frames 20 years ago (out of silver nickel back then) because I wasn’t satisfied with the commercial alternatives. It took me a lot of time to come up with the perfect frames - perfect for me anyway. The cost savings are a nice bonus.
Don’t dismiss 3D printing just because cheapskates use it to cheap out. Done right, it’s a very nice alternative to mass-produced items - and you know as well as I do that there’s nothing more personal and bespoke than a pair of glasses.
Any documentation of your work on 3d printed glasses somewhere ? Not for me just for a friend (o･ω･o) Edit : didn’t see your comment bellow
Luxottica shills are everywhere!
Nah, monopolies like Luxottica can suck shit (although there are plenty of brands not owned by them that you can just as easily buy). Doesn’t change that 3D-printed anything is made of cheap, relatively brittle material compared to easily affordable monel, titanium, and other metal frames. I can’t speak to the durability of plastics manufacturers use versus what you would use DIY, but the metals have to be much more durable, and they consistently look much nicer than the 3D-printed ones I’m seeing online. Also, unless OP’s are somehow way above the ones I’m seeing online in terms of quality, they’re probably more comfortable as well; you can cope all you want that you painstakingly designed it to the contours of your face as much as I can cope that the t-shirt I weaved out of corn husks is better than that mass-produced crap because I tailored it to the contours of my torso.
It’s cool, don’t get me wrong, but this seems like one of the last ways I would try to cut corners financially.
“Luxottica shills” lol