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Member: MissBetsy. Miss Betsy's Steampunk Monitor. If you visit the google library in these days, the librarian will find plenty of articles and depictions of so called "Steampunk Monitors".

Miss Betsy's Steampunk Monitor

In my imagination though, I envisioned the creation of a device that could show static but also moving pictures generated by means of computation and modulation of waves generated by my ingenious new invention.... (Any resemblance to devices used in "City of Lost Children" is purely coincidental). I also wanted to add "loudspeakers" (E.

Siemens et al.) to the device to present an even more pleasurable experience. The device will be able to reproduce sound and static/moving pictures and will be powered by another invention of mine , based on the works of my fellow researchers Nikola Tesla, using hyper-condensed steam applied to a turbine by the same name, Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta and Michail Osipovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, able to produce alternating current in the amount of 110 Volts. Steampunk. The ultra technological world born from hackers & maker culture has helped inspire a Jules Verne themed steampunk bazaar full of brass computer accoutrements, leather fly-boy goggles, and ray-guns made from candle holders that should help equip you well enough to fight off an attack from a wayward Eastern Block airship, a corset wearing phantasm from yesteryear, or just your everyday future warriors who refuse to acknowledge that an imaginary life in the past is better than living in the reality of today, or dare I say, the curious gaze of tomorrow.

Steampunk

The retro futuristic world of steampunk is thriving on Instructables, and with this guide, it can thrive in your life too. By request: My take on goggles.Often times after piloting my steam dirigible, I arrive at my destination only to find my eyelashes and eyebrows have collected a mass of gnats, fleas, and small birds. ... Well lets put it this way, ive always had this thing about traveling through time, and having a time machine.

Cheap and Easy to make Steampunk Keyboard. After looking at some of the fancy retro keyboards at Datamancer's Site and the nice tutorial over at the Steampunk Workshop, I really wanted to make one myself.

Cheap and Easy to make Steampunk Keyboard

Unfortunately, I lack the tools/space and money to get and cut brass, and I'm not confidant enough to do so with any other metal. Also, I did not like the idea of spending $60+ for two sets of old typewriter keys. Miss Betsy's Steampunk Keyboard. The steampunk fever finally got to me and I had to build my version of a steampunk keyboard.

Miss Betsy's Steampunk Keyboard

By now, you can find quite some pictures and "How-To's" about steampunk keyboards out there and of course each single one inspired me, if only maybe, with a little detail. So what is new then you might ask. Probably some choices of materials for some of the parts, the one or other manufacturing step and the installation of an USB illumination. Steampunk Mouse. I had a few tools, a nice basement to work in and being kind of a packrat should help too.

Steampunk Mouse

Not to forget a good friend with a full equipped workshop who would help me if everything else would fail. Unfortunately I didn't have any old mice laying around so I ordered two cheap ones ($5) from the Internet just in case I ruined one..... Steampunk Finger Stylus. I use a touchpad GPS regularly at work and lost the pen stylus a long time ago; it was inconvenient anyway trying to hold the stylus, GPS unit, and drive an ATV at the same time.

Steampunk Finger Stylus

So I made some finger stylussss? Stylii? From old water jug handles for work. Steampunk Lab - Powering Steampunk Innovation. Technology & Romance - Fashion, Style, How to make STEAMPUNK jewelry. Wikipedia defines Steampunk as “a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.

How to make STEAMPUNK jewelry

The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used-usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England-but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Steampunk Style Jewelry-Making Supplies - Fire Mountain Gems and. Anyone have instructions on how to make a steampunk necklace/bra. - Steampunk Key Necklace - by =Woncrievn on deviantART.

Steampunk fashion - getting started with steampunk jewelry-makin. So I have this box of copper findings that I've had for years. It was given to me by a woman who used them to make stained-glass. I don't know what their original purpose was but they look antique. I've always thought that I'll use them to make jewelry but never quite figured out exactly how. Some of the pieces look sorta steampunkish and I was thinking about drilling small holes in them and attempting to make some necklaces, brooches, medals, etc. How does one get started with steampunk jewelry-making?

Too bad the wings are facing the same direction: This is my favorite piece:

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