Make Money — Eyeglasses

Make Money — Eyeglasses

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Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.

$89.95

Single-vision glasses to correct myopia, from optician.

$1.00

Pinhole glasses made from two half-dollar coins, plus a piece of salvaged brass rod.

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Tom Parker

Tom Parker is an author who lives in Ithaca, N.Y., and works for Cornell University. When he is not tinkering with junk, he's a flight instructor and flies a 1956 Cessna 180 bush plane.

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