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Trash to treasure: Incredible motorised steampunk goggles are made out of nothing but spare parts

Meg Murphy Nov 20, 2015
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Halloween has already passed, but when you’re talking about amazing steampunk-inspired outfits and accessories, like these custom-made motorized goggles, who needs a reason to dress up? Check out how this crafty Japanese Twitterer turned some spare parts into a work of art!

The talented @FRISK_P, a self-proclaimed fan of all that is steampunk, has been sharing the progress of his work on Twitter, giving us a peek at how his project went from plastic pipe caps, to goggles you’d think were straight out of a movie, with real moving parts and interchangeable lenses.

▼ “Bought a couple polyvinyl pipe caps and embedded the servos into them.”

.@masafuro ホームセンターで買った塩ビパイプ用のキャップみたいな部品にサーボを埋め込んだだけです。 pic.twitter.com/fbbavKNvkd

— フリスクP (@FRISK_P) November 14, 2015

▼ “After much deliberation, I decided to up the grade-school quality a bit and fit it with a diaphragm shutter. So, I went to Hard Off* and bought an old junk camera lens. I can probably use the other lens and rings for various other projects.”

マイコン内蔵式スチームパンクゴーグルの続き。悩んでたけど、やはり中二度をアップさせるには羽根絞りを仕込みたい。ということでハードオフでジャンクのカメラレンズを買って分解ゲット。他の部分のレンズやリング部品も色々と使えそう。 pic.twitter.com/YcyhZS4k7Y

— フリスクP (@FRISK_P) November 4, 2015

(*It’s not what it sounds like! Hard Off is a chain that sells used electronic goods, and is a sister company to the popular Book Off stores.)

▼ “Diaphragm lens movement test. Yesss! It’s super grade-school quality!”

マイコン内蔵スチームパンクゴーグルの続き。羽根絞りの動作テスト。やったー、凄く中二っぽいぞ！ pic.twitter.com/K4fWpsK39X

— フリスクP (@FRISK_P) November 8, 2015

▼ “It’s almost finished, so here’s a test for the movement of the right side. Automatic changing lenses like I’ve seen in some anime and manga!”

スチームパンクゴーグルの続き。だいぶ組み上がってきたので、今度は右目側の動作テスト。中二病のみんな！漫画やアニメで見た自動レンズ切り替えやでー！ pic.twitter.com/QPptRw7fdA

— フリスクP (@FRISK_P) November 14, 2015

@FRISK_P doesn’t say how much time went into the transformation, but we’re guessing it took quite a while, as his posts were spread out over a week or so. That’s some very impressive, creative work there, and we hope to be seeing more of it!

Source and top image: Twitter/ @FRISK_P