riveting Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 As I like a choice of colours to look through, I thought I'd have a go at making some bubbled lenses. Here's the lense strip that a couple of ppl here sell, AFIK using an old mrce lense as a rough template, mark out the desired shape & cut with a small hand saw Pre heat the oven to gas mark 140 make a rough mount for the lenses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riveting Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Pop the lenses ontop of the mount & bake for 5-6 min's, keeping a check on how they are bending over the mount. have the lid somewhere close by & ready for the insert. Check the lenses with some tweezer for the desired flexability & when happy quick as a flash take them out of the oven & pop them into the lid. to get the desired bubblyness I used a wooden file handle & exherting a small force push the lenses into the socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riveting Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 To save me from spending needless time hanging round for them to cool, remove them from the lid & throw them in a cup of cold water. this was an afterthought during the process, so I ditched the Tea & did'nt bother rinsing the cup out Once cool, about 30 sec's remove & look at the acute bends your handy work has created Now pop the lenses into the lid & glue, or however you want to stick them in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riveting Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 repeate the process for the other eye socket & pop that into the lid aswell. here's a pic shot outside with a flash & here's the same minus the flash last one in doors with a flash close up please ignore the spelling <_< & grammer I hope you just enjoy the pic's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Nice one Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandalorianWarrior87 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Very nice! Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Dude - that's awesome!! Good looking ROTJs are very hard to find (most IMHO aren't that great). I'm excited to see you taking this on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Fantastic job! That little wooden handle is a terrific idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK8280 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Perfection Brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingpieces[501st] Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray1134[501st] Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wow! So simple, but works perfectly and looks great. I know I never would've thought of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riveting Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Thanks Guy's I hope it's given some more options for folks making ANH Hero lenses too? It's also possible using this method to make a long strip with both lenses attached, thats if you want to miss out the measuring & cutting stage & or is lazy but you will need two small wooden file handles & a very long Cup for the cold water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeR Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Great work, they look fantastic, thats a great looking ROTJ bucket. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray1134[501st] Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Do you have any distortion when looking out of them? I was thinking about putting bubble lenses in my MRCE. Also, is this the thicker acetate strip or the thinner more plastic-y style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langy Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 has anybody in the u.k. got any of this lense material ready cut for a MRCE?..(stunt) I'm gonna be needing a set very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 I love these cooking threads Awesome work as always Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThayNerd[TK] Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Those look great Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-1422 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 has anybody in the u.k. got any of this lense material ready cut for a MRCE?..(stunt) I can cut and ship you a ready cut MR CE set, if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john danter Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Dude try it with a spoon, not a wooden handle I used to use a ladies Obsession perfume bottle top. Perfect fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john danter Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 has anybody in the u.k. got any of this lense material ready cut for a MRCE?..(stunt) I'm gonna be needing a set very soon. I got loads of this stuff dude. but it comes in strip form. Not pre cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billhag Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Dude try it with a spoon, not a wooden handle I used to use a ladies Obsession perfume bottle top. Perfect fit John No wonder you always smelled bloody nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riveting Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Dude try it with a spoon, not a wooden handle I used to use a ladies Obsession perfume bottle top. Perfect fit Thanks but I have tried it with all manner of things inc several spoon's & the little wooden handle was the best thing I found out of all of them, but I guess you can get similar reults with all manner of different objects, I just found that the handle worked for me for the end look I was after. A that fact the wood did'nt contuct any heat was just a bonus aswell! BTW for those trying this: If anything goes wrong first time around just bang the lenses back into the oven & re heat, any kink's will work out again as the plastic returns to it's original state. So you get to have as many goes to perfect to your preference, that includes excellent see through visabilty when looking head on, try it when you experiment when making the lenses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Wanted to give a thanks for this perfect tutorial! Helped alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riveting Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Hey Matti, I'm real happy that it helped out your situation but for other's who've been in contact!! about ROTJ or HERO bubbled lenses Alert alert alert! if you have a thin & or flimsy lid? from either materials or build? pls pm me first for an update, untill I get the free time to offer the alternative way of doing lenses without compromising your hard earned $$$ & or lid. nxt update to follow over the nxt weekend for all troopers, HERO's or ROTJ's. it will cost you 2-3 bucks for lenses and not much skill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Hi! I was a bit worried as the lid is made of HIPS. Therefore I took some leftover plastic from the trimming and tested if there would be trouble. It was no problem at all, thank god... The faceplate plastic is thicker compaired to my ATA, so I guess that could be a good thing. I suggest people try on something else before doing the lid (thats a good advice in many cases). ----------- Edited May 18, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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