MAGNIFYING Glass

My son loaned me his microMACRO game. It’s pretty cool, like Where’s Waldo on steroids. I found that the tiny images were hard on my aging eyes, so I made some wide angle magnifying glasses using cheap fresnel lenses. They work great. Perfect for my task at hand.

It occurred to me that these cheap, light, wide angle magnifiers would be of general interest and use so I am sharing my files with you all.

1 - 120 mm x 180 mm Fresnel Lens - Amazon

I designed these models so that they would fit on most 3D printers out there. You can see that the Frame is split into three objects and the Lens Holder two objects. If your print bed is large enough to print the whole frame you can treat the model as a single object in your splitter and not print the Frame Joiners. Same with the Lens Holder.

I printed the above on my Bambu A1 Mini so I had to split them up and treat all of the objects as separate.

Print Resolution: .2 mm

Infill: 20%

Perimeters: 5

Filament: AMZ3D PLA

Colors: Mauve

Notes: Print the parts in their default orientation.

You will need to print the following parts:

1. 1 - Frame
2. 2 - Frame Joiners (if Frame printed in two parts)
3. 1 - Lens Holder
4. 10 - Lens Holder Joiners

The magnifier basically just snaps together. No glue required.

1. Assemble the Frame with the Frame Jointers and attach the handle (if necessary).
2. Place the fresnel lens into the Frame.
3. Place the Lens Holder into the Frame on top of the lens.
4. Secure the lens and Frame Holder to the Frame with the ten Lens Holder Joiners (tabs).

My two year old grandson laughed and laughed when I did this. Priceless.