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oneshooter

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64. Go to a welding supply house and buy a #12 or darker welding lens.

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Mon Aug 21, 2017, 12:32 AM

Aug 2017

Take a piece of cardboard and cut a hole 1" smaller than the lens, Tape lens over hole.

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I couldn't get eclipse glasses at Walmart, Best Buy or 7Eleven. [View all] LAS14 Aug 2017 OP

No matter what you hear DO NOT PUT DROPS OF SPF 90 directly in your eyes NightWatcher Aug 2017 #1

Catch the next one itsrobert Aug 2017 #2

Go to a university, museum or library near you. Check if they are giving away eclipse glasses. Madam45for2923 Aug 2017 #3

Impossible at this point JI7 Aug 2017 #4

Watch it on the Science Channel tomorrow LIVE. democratisphere Aug 2017 #5

I have an extra pair. we can do it Aug 2017 #6

That's sweet of you! :-) LAS14 Aug 2017 #9

You will get a better, big view by watching it on TV. nt NCjack Aug 2017 #7

Loew's? GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #8

I'm not near totality. Just 60%. That's probably why no one is carrying them. LAS14 Aug 2017 #15

I got mine at Lowe's several weeks ago LeftInTX Aug 2017 #21

I am right at the edge, and I am shocked at how few places here carried them. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #22

But really, if one should take a 1 second "peek" are you really going to be blinded? Purveyor Aug 2017 #10

That's what I wonder. I'm sure I've peeked at the full son over the course of my life... LAS14 Aug 2017 #14

Well, I'm going to "peek" and I'll report back if I can find my way to the keyboard. Learned to Purveyor Aug 2017 #20

You can't "see" the eclipse LeftInTX Aug 2017 #27

I can say with certainty canetoad Aug 2017 #33

OK, heres what you do, he said. Neil deGrasse Tyson elleng Aug 2017 #11

I have eclipseglasses but I will do this too. Sounds great! Madam45for2923 Aug 2017 #42

You can do that by making a pinhole in a flat piece of cardboard tblue37 Aug 2017 #53

A colander? Want that strain your eyes? GusBob Aug 2017 #59

Don't apologize. Puns are a sieve-ic duty. unblock Aug 2017 #61

It's a pastability. Chellee Aug 2017 #62

There are other ways... Lars39 Aug 2017 #12

Yeah, I guess I'll eat all the Cheerios and make a pin hole box. But... LAS14 Aug 2017 #16

Damage is permanent... Lars39 Aug 2017 #19

Many videos on youtube bobbieinok Aug 2017 #17

Try national or state parks csziggy Aug 2017 #13

Try animal shelters .. Hieronymus Aug 2017 #18

This has got to be the most Texasgal Aug 2017 #34

It was was suggested on MSNBC. Hieronymus Aug 2017 #63

Are there any places near you where people may be congregating to watch? Lisa0825 Aug 2017 #23

We passed through Central Oregon and saw signs from some Native American tribes that.... Tikki Aug 2017 #35

I just read about using the selfie setting on your phone - and using time lapse function. phylny Aug 2017 #24

Not for the phone. Warpy Aug 2017 #29

The sun will still "appear" round during a partial eclipse LeftInTX Aug 2017 #30

I don't think that would be safe DesertRat Aug 2017 #46

Not worth the risk KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2017 #25

I agree. It's a pinhole in a piece of paper for me Warpy Aug 2017 #31

Go to your local library and offer a kid $100 for his or hers. Blue_true Aug 2017 #26

Chechnya fire stations...some are giving them away CanonRay Aug 2017 #28

Makeshift cereal box projector? Nepetalactone Aug 2017 #32

Thanks for the helpful post! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #65

Find a welding supply shop, or possibly Home Depot or Lowe's Sailor65x1 Aug 2017 #36

Lowe's and Home Depot don't sell Shade 12 or 14 in stores. LeftInTX Aug 2017 #38

If you're willing to pay $110 or more ornotna Aug 2017 #41

Home Depot actually has a few of those in stock at local stores LeftInTX Aug 2017 #43

Buy it now and pick it up in the store in the morning ornotna Aug 2017 #45

Where are you? brooklynite Aug 2017 #37

Welders glass #14 lapucelle Aug 2017 #39

Colleges and libraries gave them out here for free. Try a science club sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #40

HERE- a video from the Boy Scouts DesertRat Aug 2017 #44

Build a cardboard box as we did when we were kids Hamlette Aug 2017 #47

Didn't Amazon issue a recall because some of the glasses they sold were not safe Marie Marie Aug 2017 #48

I ordered some on August 3 and they never came. Flaleftist Aug 2017 #49

Welding/Metal Fabrication shops near you... Tortue Aug 2017 #50

Try An Observatory Or Science Museum Near You Atlstandard Aug 2017 #51

Make a cardboard pinhole camera. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #52

Go to a store that sells welding stuff GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #54

Just heard on my local news: Cracklin Charlie Aug 2017 #55

This page tells his to project the image using just two pieces of white cardboard, tblue37 Aug 2017 #56

This page tells how to make a cereal box projector--Not much harder than re 2 tblue37 Aug 2017 #57

Find someone smaller than you and steal their glasses. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2017 #58

do you have binoculars? nini Aug 2017 #60

Go to a welding supply house and buy a #12 or darker welding lens. oneshooter Aug 2017 #64

Thanks to all. I'm building a Cheerio box viewer. Probably... LAS14 Aug 2017 #66