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Technical Links
Jake’s Other Websites: School Bus RV Conversion and other Projects Bicycle Related Projects Etching Resources: Gootee, Thomas P. Easy Printed Circuit Board Fabrication – Using Laser Printer Toner Transfer Green, Cedric. Green Prints -Etching without Acid PCB Tutorial – Magazine Pages for Toner Transfer Laser Printer Fuser Mod for
Steampunk Links
Hieronymus Isambard von Slatt’s favorite Steampunk sites featuring news, literature, invention and mad science.
Dave Veloz’s Mac Mini Mod, Monitor, & Keyboard
There is nothing in the world that I like better then receiving pictures of things that people have been inspired to build by my projects. When I opened my mail and discovered these photos I squeed like teen on LJ! In interviews I've often described Steampunk as the intersection of technology
Steampunk Car Project – Dashboard, Wiring, Lights
Dashboard, Wiring, Lights This car sat out in the weather for many years, as a result the interior is shot, the side panels and carpet are terribly mildewed and the spores have been giving me a headache so I put on the powered respirator and stripped it all
Molly ‘Porkshanks’ Friedrich’s Dieselpunk Headphone Mod
Guest artist Molly porkshanks Friedrich shows us how to update a pair of vintage headphones for use with an iPod or MP3 player. Greetings strangers and friends alike! I was emailed by Jake a little while back asking me if I would be interested in taking a turn as
A Victorian RV – Construction
Construction: Step one is the removal of all of the seats. I invited a bunch of friends over for a mid-winter barbeque and we finished in a couple of hours. An angle-grinder with a cut-off disk made short work of the rusted and frozen bolts and let us get the seats out
A Victorian RV
Bus Tour: In 1982 I was a sophomore at a small college in the Midwest. It was the beginning of second term and I was again standing in line at the on-campus book store waiting to pay for a too-heavy stack of text books. The line was not moving
Steampunk Car Project – Initial Survey
Late in 2007 I spotted this car on eBay with a "Buy it Now" price of $1500 and, well, bought it then. Its a 1929 Mercedes Gazelle SSK replica made by Classic Motor Carriages. CMC made these cars in the late '70s and early '80s. In fact, I remember
Car Carrier Trailer
If you’ve visited here before you know that one of my long term projects is to built a fully road-able steam powered automobile. In addition to requiring a great deal of research, such a project requires tools. I will need machine tools such as a lathe and a milling
Halloween Decorations 2007
Flying Crank Ghost !! Here’s a daylight movie of our implementation of the PhantasMechanics Flying Crank Ghost: And here’s a night time shot: Field Trip to Hell !! Pictures of our complete Hallowe’en setup are coming but I thought I’d share with you the main attraction this year. Our