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 Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:09 pm
So, fellow guildmembes, since I tend not to post in intorduction threads (Because I know I never read them) So I have decided to make this topic to introduce myself (and also, to start a disussion! Two birds with one stone they say.) Hello, I am Horatio Crane. Well then, wasnt that just dandy? Now, to the point of the topic. Are any of you, fellow steamfans, engineers? Do you build your own Steampunk inspired contraptions? Or even just sculpture? I used to be into metal working and the like, until I moved away, unfortunately needing to get rid of much of my equipment to make room in my new home (Oh, how I long for my perfect lathe) Maybe building seems like fun to you, but you don't know how to commence? Well, I will post some interesting How to links that I am sure you have seen bfore (Be this the case, simply let me know and I will be glad to remove them) How To- The Steampunk Workshop-The wonderful inventions of Heironymus Von Slatt Brass Goggles-The How to section of a wonderful blog about all things Steampunk
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:34 pm
I'm actually very interested in Steampunk Engineering. I don't have any experience in metal working however, and I'd have to make my own parts for the contraptions I'm planning. For instance, I want to make a pocket watch that turns into a gear itself, which can be used as a key component in a larger machine. x3 I'm not very good at drawing however, so most of my ideas are really bad doodles. xD
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Sir Regulus Lyonhart Crew
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:21 pm
welll not so much steam stuff, but my dad and I build brigandines and leather armor
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:01 am
I'm not an egineer as such, although I do like tinkering about with things, dissembling them to find out how they work etc. I need to find a nice clock full of lovely cogs biggrin Once I have that, I may just mess about with them, they'd make nice jewellery etc.
I also do rather love Lego Technic XD It's so ful creating crazy mechanisms with it, although the geariness of the technic available now has declined significantly in most products.
But as far as actual engineering goes I don't really do much, especially with only being a teenager at all, my chances to engineer have been rather slim.
I intend, however, to do an Engineering Sciences degree at Oxford (if I'm lucky wink ), and see where that leaves me.
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High-functioning Werewolf
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:05 pm
I'm not an engineer, but I do a lot of building (I'm a puppetry and childrens' theatre major in college, which requires a blend of technical and artistic theatre). I also like to make art out of found objects like wire, promotional CDs, fabric and the like. Haven't done much of that recently, unfortunately.
I do very little metalsmithing anymore and I miss it terribly. When I did it, it was mostly in soft metals (copper, sterling, brass, etc....brass being my favorite of all of them.... not too hard or too soft), but I want to learn to blacksmith and weld like nobody's business.
Thanks so much for that link! It gives such a simple explanation of etching and plating, I may just have to set up a lab for such things in my garage *plots maniacally*. The only thing I don't like is that he uses black paint as a metal finish instead of liver of sulfur or brass black. Guess I'm just a purist that way....*geek*
Edit: @Vanghar: I'm not sure what gauge of metal it is you're looking for in a cog, but the smaller the clock is, the more delicate the cogs will be. And of course, the newer it is, the fewer it will have. Occasionally you can find a cheap wind-up watch in general stores or even antique shops- those would be chock full of what you're after. I've actually found that the insides of combination locks are GIANT heavy-gauge cogs and work quite well as pendants and other decorations. With those it's a matter of smashing them open, though
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:37 am
I go to a real-life engineering school (for the most part). I think about 50-60% of our students here are majoring in some form of engineering. I started off as electrical (now I'm economics, don't ask)... I remember there was a bronze bust of Nikola Tesla in the electrical engineering building. biggrin I'm really interested in steampunk engineering. I really want to know how to build my own steam engines. There is a really neat set of books by Marshall Monroe Kirkman called The Science of Railways. It's a 12-volume set (with at least 3 supplemental books) that concentrates on every aspect of the railway industry, from running the dining cart to the details of the steam engine itself. I've been able to find an internet archive of some of the material, available here: http://www.archive.org/index.phpJust type in the search engine "science of railways" and it will come up. You can download it in PDF or TXT or some other things that I'm not sure what they are, but it is quite an item to take a look at. heart Building pocket watches would be pretty fun too...
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:15 pm
I myself only dabble. I'm busy working the kinks out of a mechanism for a longcase clock made almost entirely of LEGOs. The basic mechanism is quite simple, but I'd also like it to strike the hour on a sounding spring.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 3:50 pm
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