Steampunk gear, gadgets, and gizmos : a maker's guide to creating modern artifacts / Thomas Willeford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willeford, Thomas, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Handicraft.

Models and modelmaking.

Implements, utensils, etc.

Technology in art.

Steampunk culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 222 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw Hill 2012

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Unleash Your Inner Mechanical Mastermind Welcome to the wondrous world of Thomas Willeford, aka Lord Archibald "Feathers" Featherstone, in which he shares his closely guarded secrets of Steampunkery. Filled with do-it-yourself projects, Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts shows you how to build exquisite, ingenious contraptions on a budget. Learn from Lord Featherstone as he distills his wealth of hard-learned skills, describes how to use the readily available tools of the modern mad scientist, and expounds on the art and philosophy of scavenging unique components and raw materials. The perfect companion for the hobbyist and advanced machinist alike, this inventive volume will guide you through the creation of your very own infernal devices. Get steamed with these provocative projects: Aetheric ray deflector solid brass goggles Calibrated indicator gauges Ferromagnetic self-scribing automated encyclopedia (or, the Steampunk book drive) High voltage electro-static cannon (or, the lamp gun) Tesla-pod chrono-static insulating field generator (or, the mobile device enclosure) Altitude mask with integrated respiratory augmentation Armoured pith helmet Mark I superior replacement arm with integrated Gatling gun attachment Visit the companion website, www.mhprofessional.com/steampunk, for videos, images, and more bonus content!

Contents:

Part the first: Full steam ahead. What is Steampunk? Tools of the modern mad scientist The art and philosophy of scavenging Gear mining or, how to dissect a cuckoo. Part the second. Getting steamed: projects for makers, modders, and assemblagers. Aetheric ray deflector solid brass goggles Calibrated indicator gauges Professor Grimmelore's Ferromagnetic self-scribing automated encyclopedia (or, the Steampunk book drive)Dr. Visbaun's high voltage electro-static hand cannon (or, the lamp gun)Tesla-pod chrono-static insulating field generator (or, the mobile device enclosure)Altitude mask with integrated respiratory augmentation as issued to H.M. Royal Aeronautical Corps Voortman's armoured pith helmet, from London's finest purveyor of defensive and deflective haberdashery Professor Grimmelore's Mark I superior replacement arm with integrated gatling gun attachment. Part the third. Hastily scribbled laboratory notes. This way lies madness Dramatis personae For the brilliant but mathematically challenged mad scientist Final thoughts Patterns from Chapter 5

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613340009

9781283340007

1283340003

9780071762373

007176237X

OCLC:

1021185707