I had a wonderful (though slightly grueling) time taping this segment with Emily Goldberg and her crew back in August. We were extremely lucky that a whole bunch of things all seemed to happen at once and we were able to pack a huge amount into the segment!
I bought a VW Type-1 (Beetle) based 1929 SSK Mercedes Gazelle replica car on eBay. This is the perfect vehicle for Steampunkification as it has classic lines yet is not a classic itself. In other words no one is going to hurl flames at me when I 'punk it up a bit!
When I was a boy my father brought home from work a telegraph sounder replica kit. He was the director of the library for a local college and the sounder kit was one of several museum quality reproductions of 19th Century technology the library had acquired. The lovely brass sounder must have made a large impression, because I have wanted one for my own ever since.
In which your intrepid experimenter tries to copper plate Altoids tins and etch them in a salt solution. Toner transfer using magazine pages as media is also tried with some success.
In which your humble proprietor theorizes that; if he can etch into one side of a brass plate he may be able to etch completely through the plate from both sides. A fixture is constructed, current is applied, electrolyte boils and jewelery is made.
I have a Fender US Highway One series Stratocaster, which is a half decent guitar, but looks just like a million other Strats. I had been planning to replace the pick guard with a black mother of pearl guard but my experiments in electrolytic etching made me think I'd like to try something a bit more unique. Thus the Steampunk Strat was born.
Thanks for adding Sinister Research Facility. We make interesting things and we want to tell the world about them. Stop by and check out our redesigned page and new artwork. We also have our steam/breaks musical project at www. myspace. com/goodsoldiersvejk and our puerile, amateurish attempts at humour at www. myspace. com/deeplywrongfilms
Thank you Sir Jake for bringing your imagination into my world. l thoroughly enjoy you inventions and creations you have a great talent and look forward to following you exploits over the years to come..
Greetings to all of our esteemed Steampunk friends!!
The Airship Freudian Sloop will be hosting a fantastic online event very soon...
~THE GREAT RACE!~
If you are up for a good challenge and a great game...
If you can put together a very good team of fellow MySpace Steampunks...
If you are ready for an online journey, a mission, a RACE like you have never seen...
If you have your goggles and are ready to take on the WORLD -
IF YOU WANT THE COVETED TROPHY FOR YOUR TEAM AND YOUR PAGE
Then this race, THE GREAT RACE... is for YOU.
There will be more information to come very soon, so take this time to carefully consider which MySpace Steampunk friends you might want on your team; you will need determination, cunning and intelligence. You will need dedication and inspiration! And, of course, you will need the Internet...
For now, I will offer you this one tip: There may be between 3 and 5 MySpace pages to a team...
The Airship Freudian Sloop looks forward to hosting this spectacular event for you!
The spats were all hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Clockwork Santa soon would be there... May your holidays be filled with STEAMing cocoa and PUNKtual guests. A SPATastic Christmas to all and to all a globe-a-ma-phone in your well-stretched stocking.
