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dotti105
08-16-2017, 02:31 PM
I had ordered eclipse glasses from Amazon Prime. The company can't deliver in time for the event!
Help!!
I've called all the local places I can think of.
If anyone has a source, please let me know! Thank you, Thank you!!
Jack9696
08-16-2017, 02:34 PM
I had ordered eclipse glasses from Amazon Prime. The company can't deliver in time for the event!
Help!!
I've called all the local places I can think of.
If anyone has a source, please let me know! Thank you, Thank you!!Just wait for the next one.
juneroses
08-16-2017, 03:00 PM
Call a local welding supply company (there are some) and see if they have a piece of #14 welder's glass.
NASA - Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html)
villagetinker
08-16-2017, 07:44 PM
See the post about mirrors and the eclipse, I posted about making a pinhole camera.
manaboutown
08-16-2017, 07:51 PM
Call a local welding supply company (there are some) and see if they have a piece of #14 welder's glass.
NASA - Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html)
:agree:
I am concerned a lot of fake glasses will be sold and used. People will damage their retinas, some permanently. If you cannot obtain the welder's glass VT's pinhole camera box is the way to go.
Chi-Town
08-16-2017, 09:37 PM
There is always this:
How to make a DIY pinhole projector for the total solar eclipse - CNET (https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-make-a-pinhole-projector-to-view-the-eclipse/)
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Polar Bear
08-18-2017, 08:41 AM
Yeah...I'm one of the procrastinators too!! Heheh. If anybody has any to spare, I'd gladly pay a reasonable price for a pair...maybe even borderline unreasonable!! :) PM me.
dotti105
08-18-2017, 10:24 PM
There are lots of us who are unprepared, it appears!
Polar Bear
08-19-2017, 08:01 AM
There are lots of us who are unprepared, it appears!
I've made my pinhole viewer though, dottie.:)
graciegirl
08-19-2017, 08:07 AM
I've made my pinhole viewer though, dottie.:)
I have observed how things are done in the "modern world" these days. I have no eclipse glasses so I plan to knock someone down and take them away from them.
JUST KIDDING.:evil6:
Topspinmo
08-19-2017, 08:12 AM
Even if you got eclipse glasses they need to have ISO safety number. Amazon has recall on some should of got email from Amazon? make sure the glasses have safety checked number, only takes 15 to 20 seconds to cause severe damage when moon shadow moving across. Google if you want the full scoop.
How to protect your eyes during the eclipse if you don't have the proper glasses, DON'T LOOK UP! Pinhole viewer works very well.
kstew43
08-19-2017, 08:33 AM
I seem to remember when I was a child that our neighbor gave us old film negatives from back when you had film developed.
I could be mistaken, but I think that is what we used?
villagetinker
08-19-2017, 08:43 AM
I also recall the developed fully exposed film, but I really do not remember the safety of using these. I do have welders helmet, with an adjustable filter, and I can use that, but my plan is to watch it on SCI-FI channel, they will have better viewing then I could ever get.
Lottoguy
08-19-2017, 09:22 AM
Scotch tape multiple old film negatives together. Just use them for a quick glance.
Henryk
08-19-2017, 09:48 AM
I have observed how things are done in the "modern world" these days. I have no eclipse glasses so I plan to knock someone down and take them away from them.
JUST KIDDING.:evil6:
Gracie, dear. Thanks for a hearty laugh to start my day!
Trayderjoe
08-19-2017, 12:26 PM
I have observed how things are done in the "modern world" these days. I have no eclipse glasses so I plan to knock someone down and take them away from them.
JUST KIDDING.:evil6:
Shoot, and here you had my hopes up. I figured we could work as a team, you distract and I grab and use my golf cart to escape the high speed chase......:gc:......
Villager Joyce
08-19-2017, 01:19 PM
I also recall the developed fully exposed film, but I really do not remember the safety of using these. I do have welders helmet, with an adjustable filter, and I can use that, but my plan is to watch it on SCI-FI channel, they will have better viewing then I could ever get.
VT, do you have comcast? If so, what channel?
We have science channel and syfy but not Sci-fi. Neither show the eclipse on the schedule.
John_W
08-19-2017, 08:06 PM
It's the Science Channel, on Directv it's channel 284. Go to your onscreen guide and change the date and time to Monday 11:00 AM and scroll through your channels, I'm sure Comcast would have that. It starts at 11:00 with Great American Eclipse Countdown to Darkness.
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