LED vacuum tube mod
This little tutorial by Jingle Joe shows you how to light thermionic valves (a.k.a. vacuum tubes) with superbright LEDs. Thermionic Valve LED Mod
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Sew your own aviation goggles
Patrick Wilson made a template from his father’s WWI aviation goggles and made from it generated his own pair. He shares the template and plans below. Scale drawings of my father’s aviation goggles (WW1)
Steampunk sonic rifle prop
Sonification Rifle by *VladislausDantes [Thanks, Patti!]
Dale Mathis’ wicked-cool gear desk
An “executive desk” with working gears inside of a glass top. The artist also has a coffee table with similar clockwork innards. The Art of Dale Mathis [via]
Vernian synth-modular in etched brass
Jake von Slatt sends word of this elegant example of analog synthesis in brass. Brought real by a maker named Peter, who describes his strategy for the build – I don’t have any plans to add a keyboard to the setup anytime soon. Being an electronic instrument the control interface is somewhat arbitrary. I feel […]
More pics of the Brass Lion
Over at the Steampunk Workshop, Jake von Slatt has more pics of the Brass Lion recumbent steampunkified trike. The Brass Lion – Steampunk Recumbent Related: Brass Lion recumbent tricycle
Steam Driven symphony
While poking around on YouTube, I stumbled upon this video of a steam symphony held at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2005. I don’t think we’ve blogged about it before. Steam Driven: An audio visual symphony generated through the movements and sound of a 16 tons Corliss steam engine and interactive digital technology.
