Welcome!
My name is Rosco. I’ve been a glasses wearer for the better part of 45 years, and an amateur frame maker for 20 years. I make frames mostly for myself but for others too on occasion.
I started making frames because I got tired of paying what seemed like insane amounts of money for a few grams of metal or plastic, and because it seemed incredibly wasteful to have to order new lenses each time I needed to replace my frames. So I started making my own and I learned a lot more than I wanted to know about the eyewear industry in the process.
Glasses are something a lot of people need, they’re usually quite expensive and they’re almost universally poorly covered by insurance companies and healthcare plans. What’s more when you break or lose your glasses, it’s always at the worst possible moment, and it can take weeks to get replacement glasses. So it pays to know how to get good deals on frames and lenses and how to care for them.
I wanted to share tips with other eyeglasses wearers, but I was surprised to find that, despite so many people wearing glasses, there doesn’t seem to be any community. So I created this one.
I hope you will find it useful!
This is a great idea for a new community, thanks for creating it ! How do you make frames ? Do you 3D print them ?
Thanks!
I used to make them out of metal (silver nickel specifically) but I discovered 3D printing a year ago and I decided to adapt my frames’ design so they can be printed with any old printer with simple PLA and still be solid, durable and look stylish - I think 🙂
It took me a good long while but I now have a very well proven, practical design, and all the accessories like a case and clip-on sunglasses. In fact, I put everything up on my GitHub here, along with instructions for assembly and ordering lenses to go with them, if you want to try them on.
