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Old May 12th, 2005
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Re: DIY Fluid Goggles

Hi Michael,

I made my current pair by mounting the lens OUTSIDE the goggle because the inside mount just brush my eyelids one too many time. See attached picture.

I use the silicone goggles that have a big stable bridge in between. The nice thing is that I'm able to measure the distance between my eyeballs (67mm) and place the lenses exactly for that distance. Also note that the lenses are angled (because the goggles wrap around my face) so that when I wear them the plane of the lenses are flat so my forward vision is just like wearing a normal pair of glasses with no blind spot. The downside is that I have to keep the lenses protected otherwise they'll get scratched.

So in the picture you'll see each lens mounted to the goggle with 3 drops of epoxy. The one drop near the bridge is where the lens touch the goggle, but the other two drops were made when I had a coin (or some other spacer) in there to angle the lens. Hopefully this is clear enough to see. Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Whatever you do, do not mount the lenses directly flat on the goggle because you need the water interface in between.

Peter S.

ps. Heard you're doing 60m+ now. Way to go, you dog!
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