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Installing Eyeglass Lenses for Duct Tape Safety Glasses

By Bob Formisano, About.com

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Lenses for the Duct Tape Safety Glasses

Lenses for Duct Tape Safety Glasses

Safety Glass Lenses Are Clear Plastic Furniture Cups

© Robert Formisano 2006

This tutorial is the second of four modules in How to Make Duct Tape Safety Glasses.
In this module we'll be installing the lenses into the eyeglass frame.

Eyeglass Lenses
The "impact resistant" eyeglass lenses for the Duct Tape Safety Glasses will be made from clear plastic furniture cups. These are readily available at most hardware stores for less than a couple of bucks. They are sturdy and thicker than any other safety glasses you'll use so they work well for light impact resistance. Also, you can actually see through them pretty clearly so they make quite functional lenses.

The only tricky thing is that they are typically beveled on the edges and that makes applying the duct tape a little tricky but I'll show you how to handle that shortly.

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