Ok, it’s been a while since the last post. I’ve had to unfortunately scale back a number of my projects these last months since I’m now what I like to call ” self employed ” and what everyone else calls ” unemployed “. Eh, potato, tomato I’d say.

Anyhoo. My latest fix for one of my broken things, this time being my glasses, was inspired from an issue of MAKE from a few years ago. The article was about functional body modification and featured glasses that were ” floating ” on the bridge of someones nose, held in place with some magnets from a piercing.

I didn’t really feel like getting blood all over the floor and everything else in my apartment this time and decided to go with a less permanant fix. I instead used these items to recreate the same effect.
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* broken glasses T_T
* spirit gum
* velcro wire wrap
* super glue

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floating glasses

Floating glasses

Floating glasses

I cut out a piece of  velcro wire wrap, grippy  side facing out, to fit exactly over the nose bridge area of the glasses and secured it in place with the super glue.
I then cut another piece of velcro wire wrap the exact shape of last, and then placed against the piece that had just been mounted on the glasses. The side that would now make contact with the skin will be better held in place by the spirit gum, and is now also more easily replaceable.

Finally I simply brushed an adequate ammount of spirit gum across the newly mounted velcro wire wrap where I wanted the glasses to hang from and held them firmly in place for about 3 - 4 minutes.

Happy hacking.

- satat