Eclipse glasses - where are they?

gawa75

With the solar eclipse on Friday just after 9am, anyone know where we can buy the eclipse-safe glasses?

:cool:

warmhands.coldheart

Replacement glass for a welding mask would be sufficient.

I hear it's going to be very cloudy anyway so will probably be a waste of money as we wont see it...

gawa75

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Replacement glass for a welding mask would be sufficient.

Ah thanks very much for that info. I'll just go and find that welding mask that I was bought for Christmas but haven't had chance to use yet. It's probably under the stairs somewhere ... :think:

donnac2558

I haven't seen any about.

But its suppose to be cloudy tomorrow.:( I usually just put my sunglasses on.:p Well I did for the last one.

warmhands.coldheart

gawa75 wrote: »

Ah thanks very much for that info. I'll just go and find that welding mask that I was bought for Christmas but haven't had chance to use yet. It's probably under the stairs somewhere ... :think:

It'll be next to the Juicer and Bread Maker that is NEVER used !!

thetope

I have heard that there is a pair supplied with this month's edition of the sky at night magazine (£5) but has anyone seen any other newspapers or local suppliers?

warmhands.coldheart

replacement welding glass is usually £3 or £4 from a local supplier if anyone can't find glasses... Just saying like !!!

Cotta

In other news today I just wanted to wish Warm Hands good luck in his new job as a welding supplies salesman.

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

In other news today I just wanted to wish Warm Hands good luck in his new job as a welding supplies salesman.

:rotfl: Actually I sell Bread Makers and Juicers...:D

I honestly don't..... I'm just making a moneysaving suggestion!!!

RikM

Apparently, the film from inside a CD will work... getting the sucker out might be interesting, though.

Personally, I used it as an excuse to buy a fader filter for my camera, which worked out the same as two pairs of (cardboard!) eclipse glasses sold online.

The easiest/cheapest approach is to project the image through a pinhole, or a scope / binoculars, onto paper. I've done that in the past and it worked well. Even a simple magnifying glass will work (but don't burn the paper while you focus it...)

tara747

gawa75 wrote: »

Ah thanks very much for that info. I'll just go and find that welding mask that I was bought for Christmas but haven't had chance to use yet. It's probably under the stairs somewhere ... :think:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Cotta wrote: »

In other news today I just wanted to wish Warm Hands good luck in his new job as a welding supplies salesman.

:rotfl::rotfl: