Where do you guys find the goggles/goggles kits, etc for the steampunk style stuff? do you all order somewhere online or is there actually a brick and mortar store somewhere that sells these things?
Ive found some clock gears at Joanns, but would really like to find the goggles kit, or even mini goggles somewhere...and I dont buy online.
At comic conventions like Dragon con or Con Nooga. I've seen them at ren faires. There are Steampunk con as well. There is a store in Atlanta. I know there's other shop in different cities.
check here http://www.thesteampunkempire.com/ to see if there's anyone local to you.
Also there's a thread here which May have suggestions http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=7343.0
Are you looking for ready made or looking parts to put together something yourself. The internet is full of stuff you can buy (just search steampunk on etsy.com for example). If you want to mod your own goggles, look in hardward stores for welding goggles for $10-$15--you can paint them, add leather and do-dads. There's also a great tutorial here (http://www.epbot.com/2011/07/how-to-make-steampunk-goggles.html) on making your own goggles from plumbing parts.
Most people just buy goggles at the hardware store and spray paint them gold or copper colored. I've also seen swim goggles used.
Steampunk isn't about goggles though and I have never worn them when wearing any of my steampunk outfits. I buy gears online (via Ebay) and sew them to my dresses or outfits. What Steampunk is about is taking the Victorian and Edwardian ideals and clothing and just tweaking them a bit to what they thought the future would be like before rockets.
https://www.museumreplicas.com/s-50-steampunk.aspx (https://www.museumreplicas.com/s-50-steampunk.aspx) (https://www.museumreplicas.com/images/PRODUCT/medium/1600.jpg)
I have ordered several sets of Goggles from Museum Replicas. MR also has numerous accesories such as Costumes, Boots, etc.
Another source would be eBay. Be sure to check prices on the things you may want.
Here's my Steampunk Top hat I made with the goggles I ordered from Museum Replicas. The LED light actually works
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most of the Museum Replicas goggles, are based on Hobart 770096 Welding Goggles, which you can buy at most tool/ welding supply shops for 8 or 10 bucks.
Okay, great this helps a LOT!!:)) I have a 14 yr old who is getting into this style and she really wants the goggles for Christmas...and she will probably wear them to school dances and stuff:) lol and faire next year.
she likes to build (and tear apart) things so buying them at the hardware and styling them herself is probably somethign she would really enjoy. Now I just need to look around and find things to go with them (like the paint).
She was just showing me these goggles online and saying " I want these for Christmas"....and I had no idea where to find them. It helps me to know you can do it yourself....I was afraid Id have to wait for faire to come back around before I could get them for her.
She spent all day yesterday using her beading dremel to pull apart old, broken watches to get to the gears. :) Havent seen the kid that happy since she was little and used to pull apart flashlights...and remotes....and talking toys...:)
thanks guys, you've given me good direction.
Also check http://www.instructables.com
http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/channel-steampunk/
I was actually really really dissapointed in the offerings by vendors at DragonCon and online
so thats why I make my own but I also sell supplies for steampunk stuff.
Another idea is to hit up Salvation Armies, yard sales and thrift stores for old cheap clocks. Let her tear those apart and use the gears and such for accessories as well. Sometimes you can ask and they have some broken ones in the back for free or dirt cheap.
great idea!:) Ive asked some family members to donate old clocks and watches for her projects....this could turn out to be a very cheap Christmas, lol.
a box full of gears would be a brilliant present for any steampunker
good job mom ;D
Hobby Lobby has tiny watch gears in the polymer clay section of all places. They've also got Tim Holtz Ideology scrapbooking gears, which are bigger, about the size of a dime to a quarter, in the scrapbook section. Michaels has the Tim Holtz gears, but I'm not sure about the watch gears.
whats the best kind of (cheap) glue to use to glue the gears together? hot glue? some kind of craft glue?
it really depends on 3 things
1- what are the gears made out of?
2- what kind of material are you gluing them onto?
3- what is the purpose aka how much wear and tear are the gears and the place you are gluing them to going to get?
I always try to keep on hand super glue gel, hot glue and rubber cement
I personally prefer jeweler's cement. I get mine from Rio Grande. Because Steampunk seems to be becoming more "mainstream" lots of jewelry supply places are starting to sell "gears" for incorporating into jewelry. I purchased a bunch of brass punch gears from Rio Grande which I then used as coins for a Steampunk belly dance belt. I also scored old clock parts thanks to my father who likes to tinker with clocks. The Goodwill was great for old belts and leather jackets that can be repurposed. The Dollar Store is a great place for plastic toy guns that can be spray painted and tricked out.
somebody needs to create a steampunk starter kit, sold at walmart for $20.:)
set of goggles, couple clock gears, copper spray paint, bottle of glue:) lol
this would make it easier for the well meaning but clueless parents and grandparents looking for gifts.
Quote from: jackrocks on November 19, 2011, 07:19:52 AM
somebody needs to create a steampunk starter kit, sold at walmart for $20.:)
The would be offensive to some of the hard-core do-it-yourself people among the steampunk "movement" ;-) -There are some people who actually consider steampunk as part of their lifestyle, not just the latest big cosplay fad http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,12235.0.html