Getting Steamed
Where was I all Steampunk's life!
A new adventure is afoot for me...Steampunk! Where have I been that I've only discovered the wonder, excitement and adventure of Steampunk a little less than a year ago. I'm happily and irretrievably hooked.
Below are a few projects completed and a few in progress. I love the Steampunk ray gun side of things for sure as you'll see, but really, anything to do with making Steampunk objects from scratch or modifying objects...well that is right up my alley.
Silver Ray-Gun
August 31 2013 (In progress)
I will add more photos when I take it apart and label what
each piece was before becoming part of the ray-gun.
The Quion Detector
Brass clock gears, with a brass crank shaft metal
soldered on. All bolted into an old leather lens case.
Made the motor mount out of an old bicycle bell mount.
Drilled out the old thread post added a new brass bolt,
then drilled out a hole across from it and added the
second bolt. It's now an adjustable motor mount, which
helps in centering the motor over the gears below it.
Close-up
Things are getting tight inside the leather case, but success
in adding the motor, batteries and wiring. On the side
you can see the crank shaft and the crank housing top is
from an old Persian spice grinder. I mad the bolt studded
crank casing from a sheet of flat brass plating.
Crank case housing close-up
Just finishes metal soldering the brass cage ball to a
half circle of brass plate. I am about to bolt the
other brass plate half to half of the case and then attach
the lid over the motor and gear compartment.
Note the wood on half the lid underside,
the brass ball cage with soldered plate
will then be screwed into the wood from
the top side.
Close up
Side view of completed Quion Particle Detector
The Quion Particle Detector lights up when ever it
detects the presence of Quion Particles
Victoria Steam Expo IV 2013
A few photos
These two on either side of me are the parents of the girl above.
Quion Powered Ray Gun
Quion Powered Ray Gun, with lights and sound.
Made from 10 separate objects I'd collected.
I'll put up the finished and detailed photo of this later.
Bellow are some of he bits and pieces for the Quion Powered Ray Gun
Below is a modified kids spy toy, with fun modifications
This device is a Quion Particle Collector
The next in progress object is a lamp, the base which will be part of its genesis is below.
But I'm still thinking it could also be a base for a barometer too. Time and objects found along the way will determine that. The base is below.
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I an building a scale model of a dirigible I dreamed up. I am currently gathering up more needed bits and pieces. I have my steam boiler under way, its made from diverse things, such as: brass rod; a brass candle stick holder top for the smoke stack; and incense holder base; the top and bottom ends from an old brass bulb holder assembly, brass pipe bits and more. The gondola base can be seen in the background. It's not a great photo, but it'll have to do for now.
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