Oakley Juliet - Custom Carbon Fiber Edition
August 3rd, 2009 Paul Posted in Projects, Technology |
Oakley has recently let loose that they are creating sunglasses made entirely from carbon fiber. Their first version, the C6 has just been leaked when Lance Armstrong sported a special pair at the recently concluded Tour de France. The rumors are that these most elite pairs in the Oakley Elite lineup may fetch nearly $4,000.As cool as they might be, I will never have that much money to devote to sunglasses.
However, I am a carbon fiber fiend and need a fix, so I thought that I would try to make my own carbon Oakleys. The Juliet is far and away my favorite, so it’s a good place to start.
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August 10th, 2009 at 8:05 am
[…] a roll of carbon fiber, some epoxy, a jewelers saw and a dremel tool, I got to it. You can see the blow by blow process in this post, but suffice it to say that it took me about 5 months to get this project completed. I don’t […]
August 24th, 2009 at 9:52 am
[…] the relative success of my first attempt at producing a pair of completely carbon fiber sunglasses, I am startging work on my next pair. I learned a variety of things in producing the Carbon Juliet […]