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I made this custom case for my 3D printed spectacles:

Custom case

It holds the glasses by the edge of the frames, so the lenses are suspended above the bottom of the case without touching anything and no padding material is necessary to prevent scratching.

And being specially sized for those glasses, the case is no larger than it needs to be.

Did I mention that I love 3D printing? 🙂

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I like the nice snap sound the case makes when it closes👍

btw where did you separately buy the glass and are they prescription glasses?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're prescription glasses. They're my regular glasses I wear every day. I made the frames but I can't print optical lenses, sadly. I wish I could because they cost a fortune and they're a real rip-off...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Chinese companies online will sell you real cheap glasses. With RX lenses. Like 10-15 a pair.

The frames are cheap crap. But the lenses normally adequate for anything not to specialised.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's kind of my problem: my correction is not simple. I can get near or far lenses with my correction for relatively cheap - like $100 a pair. But progressives are eye-wateringly expensive.

As for my frames, they're both free and priceless to me because I make them myself. And just because they're not off the shelf, they're more rewarding to wear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

cool. I agree with the self made.

Myself, my vision is now at the point glasses no longer help.