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Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts

Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts
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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 Steampunk book drive)
  • High voltage electro-static hand cannon (or lamp gun)
  • Tesla-pod chrono-static insulating field generator (or mobile device enclosure)
  • Altitude mask with integrated respiratory augmentation
  • Armored pith helmet
  • Mark I superior replacement arm with integrated Gatling attachment
McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.; October 2011
240 pages; ISBN 9780071762373
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ISBNs
9780071762373
9780071762366
007176237X