tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79193669599221581832024-03-14T03:07:21.596-07:00GreensteampunkThis is where I will be keeping my steampunk stuff. As I have been a steampunker longer than I have known the term, and long before I had this blog there will be a lot of catching up to do. So, much of this will be anti-chronological.
In celebration of all we have inherited from Countess Ada and Sarah Guppy.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-59260280895258313912010-04-06T03:34:00.000-07:002010-04-06T03:34:39.977-07:00Saving Bletchley Park | Links & Press<a href="http://www.savingbletchleypark.org/Links-and-Press.html">Saving Bletchley Park Links & Press</a><br /><br />Come on my steampunk friends, link up with Bletchley park to save the heritage and honour the women and men who worked there.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-39518769257719636502009-08-22T16:39:00.000-07:002009-08-22T16:49:56.355-07:00The Airship songOriginal sheet music at <a href="http://libraries.mit.edu/music-files/cometakeatrip.pdf">http://libraries.mit.edu/music-files/cometakeatrip.pdf</a><br />And mpg version so you can singalong at <a href="http://libraries.mit.edu/music-files/sound/cometakeatrip.mp3">http://libraries.mit.edu/music-files/sound/cometakeatrip.mp3</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">"Come take a trip in my airship"</span></strong><br />by Ren Shields and George Evans<br /><br />I love a sailor, the sailor loves me,<br />And sails every night to my home<br />He's not a sailor that sails oer the sea<br />or over the wild briny foam<br />For he owns an airship and sails upon high<br />He's just like a bird on the wing<br />And when the shadows of evening draw nigh<br />He'll sail to my windon and sing<br /><br />Chorus:<br />Come take a trip in my airship<br />Come take a sail 'mong the stars<br />Come have a ride around Venus<br />Come have a spin around Mars<br />No one to watch while we're kissing<br />No one to see while we spoon<br />Come take a trip in my airship<br />And we'll visit the man in the moon<br /><br /><br />One night while sailing away from the crowds<br />We passed thought the milky white way<br />Just idly sailing and watching the clouds<br />He asked me if I'll name the day<br />And right near the dipper I gave him my heart<br />The sun shines on our honeymoon<br />We swore from each other we never would part<br />And teach all the babies this tune<br /><br />ChorusNina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-65001478427058158032009-08-22T16:19:00.000-07:002009-08-22T16:24:10.250-07:00Dreams of Steam, Edinburgh event<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietD0Hc2Bc2odZmPLezLMkCTG6cHgVKtAfHPa9bj0dMLD-Jv-iq72f4eKA3QfiPkvm6gcXVcyWyMTEHSTpyZciNdShfLVsotdA3GbvLgHbXdB5gUiPh9s0_Go_9xXPUwsJixQHc4dMxpNQ/s1600-h/Thomas+Truax+and+hornicator.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372932944782591026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietD0Hc2Bc2odZmPLezLMkCTG6cHgVKtAfHPa9bj0dMLD-Jv-iq72f4eKA3QfiPkvm6gcXVcyWyMTEHSTpyZciNdShfLVsotdA3GbvLgHbXdB5gUiPh9s0_Go_9xXPUwsJixQHc4dMxpNQ/s320/Thomas+Truax+and+hornicator.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jjxi7Z_e-Eg8Zd-CtICQ97pwgEcPKYhH0jYPpzkmavnamceS_jLSl4Y_BNvwtzrPfJSIAQI3WIDcnidq_EkX_r_4nD-I186e7210EbCo2K99F7Cw5dLgp_V4a1UmgVbu5Xp4vnJu2hA5/s1600-h/Flying+ace+strikes+a+pose.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372932941071243442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jjxi7Z_e-Eg8Zd-CtICQ97pwgEcPKYhH0jYPpzkmavnamceS_jLSl4Y_BNvwtzrPfJSIAQI3WIDcnidq_EkX_r_4nD-I186e7210EbCo2K99F7Cw5dLgp_V4a1UmgVbu5Xp4vnJu2hA5/s320/Flying+ace+strikes+a+pose.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6tFYh31kBMNXjE_0_pDdj4X02pfKFLHMm_-X4JmJWGVbcki8LZv8F1Bjt4edcq_8Wb3svOXyUsa4VfaCOHjHLn0TTMISdtp92VOS_MHDq47ODMZlWiZKPnWlBqVGa-R7pjMwp31jDFxk/s1600-h/AP.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372932929114645874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6tFYh31kBMNXjE_0_pDdj4X02pfKFLHMm_-X4JmJWGVbcki8LZv8F1Bjt4edcq_8Wb3svOXyUsa4VfaCOHjHLn0TTMISdtp92VOS_MHDq47ODMZlWiZKPnWlBqVGa-R7pjMwp31jDFxk/s320/AP.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyTASYVd-nE4fN-HNPTXjFwsDHpkO7iO9OWNhIywlmzf-JNRvofhjNk3GPWmB2tepXHPjV284MEn8zhVLGV-xI4KvM_V6sqe2pDaNd2MsDP-75KLNgQoU361Tq-xvKjc9-ToSpxUHayQk/s1600-h/3+stern+ladies+of+GUeSS.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372932924297932226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyTASYVd-nE4fN-HNPTXjFwsDHpkO7iO9OWNhIywlmzf-JNRvofhjNk3GPWmB2tepXHPjV284MEn8zhVLGV-xI4KvM_V6sqe2pDaNd2MsDP-75KLNgQoU361Tq-xvKjc9-ToSpxUHayQk/s320/3+stern+ladies+of+GUeSS.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Dreams of steam organised Edinburgh's first ever steampunk event, during the Edinburgh fringe festival. Themed on the arrival of the R1001 airship, the evening was a sell out success, with wonderfully accoutred audience crammed in to hear a fantastic evening of variety entertainment, from the Imperial Broadcasting Service's output to Thomas Truax, Amanda Palmer and others.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>You can see pix and clips at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8946321@N07/sets/72157622111459682">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8946321@N07/sets/72157622111459682</a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-1859488787288368452009-08-22T16:15:00.000-07:002009-08-22T16:18:56.626-07:00Glasgow by Gaslight event<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcbevY9laZJgR2DilFhdtOR3OBmtl1lXcY3de2G3Ry0dyh46r76HEk8LmhsDCHfgFKfnykY9y7jER9uppe0RKRlhdw3nnUrtgIMpEhvmxfl-F195wcCtfnSzEcsLOOHmenEhoq3-ROiNh/s1600-h/greensteam+stall+1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372931567057715474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcbevY9laZJgR2DilFhdtOR3OBmtl1lXcY3de2G3Ry0dyh46r76HEk8LmhsDCHfgFKfnykY9y7jER9uppe0RKRlhdw3nnUrtgIMpEhvmxfl-F195wcCtfnSzEcsLOOHmenEhoq3-ROiNh/s320/greensteam+stall+1.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbl4dt5Iuov2UVIaTOSG9XM5H5XMwYkaYqojZbwoPAJjzUmrYlClW-GkHpzI6F-nH8ALWxs-MZqermAEfQhJ_0HvtzSK7qXjCadeaUKxox05xMXi3SJNymLlZRiRAZBut_xbV6AEsuKEa/s1600-h/audience.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372931562293658690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbl4dt5Iuov2UVIaTOSG9XM5H5XMwYkaYqojZbwoPAJjzUmrYlClW-GkHpzI6F-nH8ALWxs-MZqermAEfQhJ_0HvtzSK7qXjCadeaUKxox05xMXi3SJNymLlZRiRAZBut_xbV6AEsuKEa/s320/audience.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpqx7F6SAKV_Z61mQq6053ZKySayO4eKa-UxPXaLBbmCzsAnF0wf5VYJH8vwzHx_HWVQgiJs0WWWKJPyPDSPiad_iNYGU-O7n1sv7rfhGcff3CFwA1goSH2OwbldQybCJTQSFBouGOuoF/s1600-h/stall+and+freud.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372931557823881938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpqx7F6SAKV_Z61mQq6053ZKySayO4eKa-UxPXaLBbmCzsAnF0wf5VYJH8vwzHx_HWVQgiJs0WWWKJPyPDSPiad_iNYGU-O7n1sv7rfhGcff3CFwA1goSH2OwbldQybCJTQSFBouGOuoF/s320/stall+and+freud.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Scotland's first steampunk event was the GUeSS event, Glasgow by Gaslight, in the Britannia Panopticon. A great day of public entertainment, stalls to buy paraphenalia and food. We raised lots of money for the Panopticon's renovation fund and even some for the GUeSS.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-12979518573617484572009-07-18T10:19:00.000-07:002009-07-18T10:28:01.349-07:00As if I had nothing to do, I have now signed up to the Retrofuturist Society's Blog <a href="http://forum.retrofuturist.org/">http://forum.retrofuturist.org</a> . Quite small compared to, say Brassgoggles, but of good taste and interest. From there I quickly found myself at a site of amazing fascination which I can reccommend to anyone with an afternoon to spare:<br /><a href="http://davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm">http://davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm</a> This site takes us through a host of categories of what the future was predicted to turn out like and compares it with what actually happened. Food for instance was predicted to be generally horribly even more processed than it already is. Some other pages had me weeping with laughter.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-70533573883770950012009-05-31T15:23:00.000-07:002009-05-31T15:26:30.113-07:00PaleofutureThe future that never was - a great blog where the host has lovingly assembled over a century of predictions that fell at the first hurdle.<br /><a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/category/1880s">http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/category/1880s</a><br /><br />Loads of great illustrations including many from Albert Robida of whom I had not previously heard but whom I shall seek out forthwith.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-48762876271977398582009-05-25T14:17:00.000-07:002009-05-25T14:43:06.420-07:00White Mischief Steampunk event: Journey to the centre of the earth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6BX1Rk0sJyMeLikl9-7tJL-BNNbePq3lurGs9z9fpSK5GgXjK7_ixV5Yizryufwh04BdfD8axCwH2pqsxGiEbspbZgJs1dQcmP9uiea4u35fHnXLU2WQxi4ClaL8NK7vVjBmmHTQYVP1/s1600-h/claire+x+gavia.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339880092173558834" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6BX1Rk0sJyMeLikl9-7tJL-BNNbePq3lurGs9z9fpSK5GgXjK7_ixV5Yizryufwh04BdfD8axCwH2pqsxGiEbspbZgJs1dQcmP9uiea4u35fHnXLU2WQxi4ClaL8NK7vVjBmmHTQYVP1/s320/claire+x+gavia.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4PXH7YybeYI7WHjQH9W_P-0rQHyOqyZDdNhzi5uKjxjDVfB-MWrOJ8X-ZPqEzCYP6MyOWm27notZmZef_SxsLfLs1lVc6ZY0B5gLCfcB3IbG1fZgWp30sxlHoIjHbJejxikjg0qI3Xry/s1600-h/P5230638.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339880085462033154" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4PXH7YybeYI7WHjQH9W_P-0rQHyOqyZDdNhzi5uKjxjDVfB-MWrOJ8X-ZPqEzCYP6MyOWm27notZmZef_SxsLfLs1lVc6ZY0B5gLCfcB3IbG1fZgWp30sxlHoIjHbJejxikjg0qI3Xry/s320/P5230638.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMP38sQgssZvUfAjPM1ZxWG5lQTJcMzaITmP81Ifd45Dmt2AjWCOlACUaeJc36-Z4NjEWJ3xoL4F98nZ-IabUnckiNOqoJbjkmpcZx67ZbCx_HCZQA2QmaCf406hbUKtcU59Vp2GS6Vzey/s1600-h/escapologist.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339880083655339298" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMP38sQgssZvUfAjPM1ZxWG5lQTJcMzaITmP81Ifd45Dmt2AjWCOlACUaeJc36-Z4NjEWJ3xoL4F98nZ-IabUnckiNOqoJbjkmpcZx67ZbCx_HCZQA2QmaCf406hbUKtcU59Vp2GS6Vzey/s320/escapologist.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I went down to London for the White Mischief steampunk event at the Scala, Kings cross. The theme was Vernian again: Journey to the centre of the Earth. I didnt take many pix but there are some other people's pix on Flickr if you search for White Mischief.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Another great event with the usual eclectic mixture of audience and performers. I particularly liked The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/blamedfornothing">http://www.myspace.com/blamedfornothing</a> as I had missed seeing their History of British Industry at the Edinburgh festival. They really put the punk into steampunk and also the steam - a great song about the famous Stephenson and Stevenson families and also a funny one about Charles darwin.<br /><br /></div><div>Other features were trapeze artists, the Illumini, an escapologist (but not as good as the old guy who used to be at Tower Hill doing such things), some amazingly unerotic burlesquers, and the Correspondents - I dont know how it is possible to dance and sing so fast for so long - surely chemical help must be involved. Costumes of the audience lots of fun as always.</div><div> </div></div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-39714980487858514112009-05-25T14:02:00.000-07:002009-05-25T14:12:00.955-07:00more airshipsHere are some great film clips of the Hindenburg: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SF146">http://www.archive.org/details/SF146</a> and its terrible disaster: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/hindenberg_explodes">http://www.archive.org/details/hindenberg_explodes</a>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-85350657417903782602009-05-10T13:28:00.000-07:002009-05-10T13:55:22.200-07:00How to build your own airshipWell no. My engineering degree in no way qualifies me to do the above, but I have been enjoying some fun websites on the topic, which I will share with you:<br /><a href="http://mike.whybark.com/archives/001834.html">How to build a zeppelin</a><br /><a href="http://www.currell.net/models/vickers.htm">Card model </a>of the Vickers transoceanic airship<br /><a href="http://www.myairship.com/building/index.html">Experimental airship building</a> - many scary warnings<br />and a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxtfsxsN7Gw">Youtube vid </a>on how to actually do it so you can see how hard it isNina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-1052805345058162842009-03-10T15:39:00.000-07:002009-03-10T15:46:32.444-07:00Steampunk weekend away<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ_W6lZolo2bqgx0BW_Y6lIecO3j5uvUp7WNtEnc0pc7aBDWYarrfdj4qEiGbjgYHxDAH-U1wLSjW7OTLqgNvCI3902hSD4FYpta4akUWOpIC6Rv9uOazwWFFgscjs8cnw2Dm96aiAjAM/s1600-h/colour_jpg_logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311693503490871778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJ_W6lZolo2bqgx0BW_Y6lIecO3j5uvUp7WNtEnc0pc7aBDWYarrfdj4qEiGbjgYHxDAH-U1wLSjW7OTLqgNvCI3902hSD4FYpta4akUWOpIC6Rv9uOazwWFFgscjs8cnw2Dm96aiAjAM/s200/colour_jpg_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Yippee! Major Tinker is putting on a whole weekend of steampunkery: the UK Steampunk Convivial. It is to be in Lincoln and you too can see more about it at <a href="http://steampunk.synthasite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://steampunk.synthasite.com/</a> . We are definitely hoping to go as it looks LOADS of fun.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV32zomeEh92whwvf1jkR4RkYRa0puyJXfsHgHKVloGvuDm0voQyrF_IfssiEHx9gqCjShqeJ6epwtR4Jyc6XDMm1t4oN3wSedaxOKSfXc7PrV_vVpPCjda5ESrU0RO5a1mhkvonQIdhM2/s1600-h/ant_polish_210x85.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311693748589103490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV32zomeEh92whwvf1jkR4RkYRa0puyJXfsHgHKVloGvuDm0voQyrF_IfssiEHx9gqCjShqeJ6epwtR4Jyc6XDMm1t4oN3wSedaxOKSfXc7PrV_vVpPCjda5ESrU0RO5a1mhkvonQIdhM2/s200/ant_polish_210x85.gif" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Also came across this extraordinary site <a href="http://www.doctorwhen.co.uk/">http://www.doctorwhen.co.uk/</a>. the adverts are laugh out loud.</div><br /><br /><br />Meanwhile very very busy trying to get all ready for the McMADSAT event I am running this coming weekend. Some steampunkers will be there and if you are reading this before 14th March 2009 and know any steampunkers in Scotland please get in touch urgently as the gentlemen of the press are keen to make your acquaintance. <div><br /></div><div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-44849181405638468672009-02-19T16:21:00.001-08:002009-02-19T16:21:55.616-08:00Amazing super extreeeeeeme steampunk modding.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkfrankenstein/sets/72157613742317324/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkfrankenstein/sets/72157613742317324/</a>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-65572047661955031862009-02-17T15:58:00.000-08:002009-02-17T16:02:30.746-08:00lovely Russian voltmeter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9l6Ad0pcKybwh2W32vFTTLe9YXXZBorR2CP2SOAFfbqFqaK8P5EpYpxxocmwNY8516MeiSH-JvI_tOitipBqK1VzPW1jomQmE9cMGFGxsFsNJOmV63nFs69fWOYomqXPnfw3RaOGGSgD/s1600-h/russian+voltmeter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303920804348475058" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9l6Ad0pcKybwh2W32vFTTLe9YXXZBorR2CP2SOAFfbqFqaK8P5EpYpxxocmwNY8516MeiSH-JvI_tOitipBqK1VzPW1jomQmE9cMGFGxsFsNJOmV63nFs69fWOYomqXPnfw3RaOGGSgD/s200/russian+voltmeter.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I was in the Electron Club (Glasgow Geek central) today, collecting up a huge pile of dead keyboards for the projects we will be taking to the Make And Do Show And tell event i am organising, and there was this sweet old voltmeter sat sitting on the window ledge looking out into Sauchiehall Street.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Isnt it great?I did point out to the guys that this really deserved to be better loved.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><br /><div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-60467546751349149652009-02-08T10:41:00.000-08:002009-02-08T10:44:13.722-08:00flying helmet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuudjUYamvTdONqjC97cu5QDdG7UCibD4OBW5heOdoIpG6z8Xw0R8bPQayvcBEdJgBkJiHefupOMGMG33i6clW5w1QZSF1QW8ULcDJMwo77MG71HnUs1ZSsNMELAmavEEX_bX5jXWF5zlU/s1600-h/finished+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300498955025146386" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuudjUYamvTdONqjC97cu5QDdG7UCibD4OBW5heOdoIpG6z8Xw0R8bPQayvcBEdJgBkJiHefupOMGMG33i6clW5w1QZSF1QW8ULcDJMwo77MG71HnUs1ZSsNMELAmavEEX_bX5jXWF5zlU/s200/finished+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today I indulged myself by making a flying helmet to go with my flying goggles. </div><br />See it at <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk_Flying_Helmet_with_goggles_and_headphone/">http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk_Flying_Helmet_with_goggles_and_headphone/</a>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-84793757084489518022009-02-08T10:29:00.000-08:002009-02-08T10:41:48.859-08:00sundials nocturlabes and motors<div>Sundials : I love this french blog <a href="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cadrans.solaires/cadrans/cadran-jean-michel-ansel.html">http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cadrans.solaires/cadrans/cadran-jean-michel-ansel.html</a> about sundials around the world. There are english subtitles too. I was also very taken with his trip to a sundial park in Britanny and had no idea there were such things as sundial parks: <a href="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cadrans.solaires/cadrans/originaux-parcs-france.html">http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cadrans.solaires/cadrans/originaux-parcs-france.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I am going to make a nocturlabe next as I had not previously come across them and want to try one out next time there is a clear sky</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6h_o1eoOPTyhrEQGzOauhgBdvjgbXmhTm-aWXaaxhfk0ldqZN5FyAtEo4-v4hclGiLTmhQPi33yVQGMl3KEu92GwaRGsv81uCqnQwuyyuNyx5xH5p0BrrgYqJpNHH3BPOVkjhrRnSllE/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300498108488415762" style="WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6h_o1eoOPTyhrEQGzOauhgBdvjgbXmhTm-aWXaaxhfk0ldqZN5FyAtEo4-v4hclGiLTmhQPi33yVQGMl3KEu92GwaRGsv81uCqnQwuyyuNyx5xH5p0BrrgYqJpNHH3BPOVkjhrRnSllE/s200/untitled.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzRhUcSoeJhixW8LcU9fdulURP0fb8ldmXBGRYrIeDF72H2gFuDG6pGqVkPDsYWwjmcdCFibas-Rl_UnopmXx6kPPxdpMPTHC-rosVefmGH_B6RToOjNduzBc9ptoXvuH8GYbBxZvJwwG/s1600-h/noct.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300498116352723202" style="WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzRhUcSoeJhixW8LcU9fdulURP0fb8ldmXBGRYrIeDF72H2gFuDG6pGqVkPDsYWwjmcdCFibas-Rl_UnopmXx6kPPxdpMPTHC-rosVefmGH_B6RToOjNduzBc9ptoXvuH8GYbBxZvJwwG/s200/noct.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>See also this amazing french auctioneers which sells technological wonders, old electric items and so on. <a href="http://www.insoliteobjet.com/nouveautes/nouveautes.html">http://www.insoliteobjet.com/nouveautes/nouveautes.html</a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-53840850628748382442009-02-02T14:50:00.001-08:002009-02-02T15:55:59.842-08:00The Mechanical Offline Blog goes Online<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNcEfb-hX4FUiK5VcAaGHx4uuJLznd-K7trHeBCWYo6IxxYgDJFDEdhRh6PYBXzwIpbC6VbEj_hNc0f2G2dXcux7yJeYTTSszYmo_wGV7no9-jfzfSWbiXvbKK6zVoxxHXR57LbmM9O-N/s1600-h/reshuffle3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298342077957275762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNcEfb-hX4FUiK5VcAaGHx4uuJLznd-K7trHeBCWYo6IxxYgDJFDEdhRh6PYBXzwIpbC6VbEj_hNc0f2G2dXcux7yJeYTTSszYmo_wGV7no9-jfzfSWbiXvbKK6zVoxxHXR57LbmM9O-N/s200/reshuffle3.jpg" border="0" /></a>I took the wonderful Mechanical Offline Blog to the "January Reshuffle" a the Pearce Institute, Govan (Glasgow Scotland) at the weekend and it was in use by adults and children pretty well constantly from noon to 5pm.<br /><br />Naturally, you have to have been of a certain age to have seen one before and know its ideosyncracies but its appeal seems ageless.<br /><br />To those who wish to replicate this concept, I will eventually put a retrospective Instructable up but the basics are that you need a beautiful old mechano-movable-type manual printing machine, a very long roll of paper and a frame work to allow the paper to go up <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fAVp_x7AOW3QEZeDjzYHMQuXwjmOEw_1R9FxdtquXhl7m5lC2LyGenKpafa_5uoAEG2ih29J6YhiniuXt0r2cGd48sepG8u52NOvbY6wfMhxEmi1B3dOo3fsNvxDhQ8tocwIH7knVzdt/s1600-h/reshuffle2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298342075436935762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fAVp_x7AOW3QEZeDjzYHMQuXwjmOEw_1R9FxdtquXhl7m5lC2LyGenKpafa_5uoAEG2ih29J6YhiniuXt0r2cGd48sepG8u52NOvbY6wfMhxEmi1B3dOo3fsNvxDhQ8tocwIH7knVzdt/s200/reshuffle2.jpg" border="0" /></a>and over so the public can see what their friends wrote.<br /><br />Below are some images of the actual typing and below them I have transcribed the actual texts in the next blog, so you can see the poetry that emerges, both intended and otherwise. Some might almost be a cross between ee cummings and the Scottish Makar Edwin Morgan (If only!!)<br /><br />Many users were pre-literates, but let that stop no one from expressing themselves visually if not literately.<br /><br />I cannot help wondering about the prevalence of the jemjems.....<br /><br />[please excuse the terrible formatting of the pictures below, i cannot seem to get it to do what i want and its terribly late and my bedtime]<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hpWoTQfbMzk8k3pYEunAYRb387QlMYkkqDGvEJgWRt79DCQu1GUniMkVK4DuOGCVS3oU3387a_ifhTocnTCpqPUSVDjo3l8VPgPFp9-GDELEkqYk50cgjqbBDP0a82mgXAYmYtX6GJJp/s1600-h/P2010073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298339040757746098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hpWoTQfbMzk8k3pYEunAYRb387QlMYkkqDGvEJgWRt79DCQu1GUniMkVK4DuOGCVS3oU3387a_ifhTocnTCpqPUSVDjo3l8VPgPFp9-GDELEkqYk50cgjqbBDP0a82mgXAYmYtX6GJJp/s200/P2010073.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298341662441783250" style="FLOAT: left; 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I am particularly taken with the home made analogue computers, in the style of the excellent Mr Babbage and Countess Lovelace of the immortal memory.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-89440477601221577002008-12-14T02:33:00.000-08:002008-12-14T02:38:29.709-08:00Thomas Truax in GlasgowI joined a select few to hear Thomas Truax play his amazing steampunk instruments in the basement of the Twisted Wheel in Glasgow last night. Not actually really a steampunk event as such. I took my goggles but no one else was in steampunk regalia sadly.<br /><br />I enjoyed the event but it was very short, sadly and could have done with better promotion. Having said that, however, the city seemed comparatively deserted for a Saturday evening, so perhaps the small audience was a problem right across venues in town.<br /><br />He has his two CDs with him so you can save yourself the postage if you can get along to his other dates.<br /><br />His other dates are:<br />14 Dec, Sun, Edinburgh, Hobo at The Bongo Club, 37 Holyrood Rd<br /><br />15 Dec, Mon, Sheffield, Grapes 80 Trippet Lane<br /><br />16 Dec, Tues, Hull, Adelphi 89 DeGrey<br /><br />Please support him if you can!<br /><a href="http://www.thomastruax.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thomastruax.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thomastruax" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/thomastruax</a><br /><a href="http://www.slrecords.net/" target="_blank">http://www.slrecords.net</a><br /><a href="http://www.bebo.com/thomastruax" target="_blank">http://www.bebo.com/thomastruax</a>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-24606089814532891652008-11-09T14:27:00.000-08:002008-11-09T14:44:48.988-08:00Panoramas of steampunkery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1S_e5XP5n_tyZht-k7ykNc2sfDQL6g1l_bEkCFpP6QNaHS_vDMT-eXIrqz1RqOJAEm2QW0FvE-D_WNkarX8y_lUFF-WCRwtTvVhZsEzYuRSdt4wU5vG7j1ZAfg4LyHkLC70G3Rg-1yTh/s1600-h/untitled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266791949105619394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1S_e5XP5n_tyZht-k7ykNc2sfDQL6g1l_bEkCFpP6QNaHS_vDMT-eXIrqz1RqOJAEm2QW0FvE-D_WNkarX8y_lUFF-WCRwtTvVhZsEzYuRSdt4wU5vG7j1ZAfg4LyHkLC70G3Rg-1yTh/s320/untitled.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I am in a group (Clyde Heritage Trust) that is trying to save Glasgow's engineering heritage before it is all totally gone. I have already taken loads of pictures at the Reids gears factory of stuff (which you can see at Flickr) we would like to rescue and the Trust has been lucky enough to get a very talented photographer (Bill Ward) to take fully-rotatable panoramas to record some of the items we are interested in. Do leave a message if you are in Scotland and would like to be involved in setting up the museum we need to save our engineering past from going to be melted down.</div><div> </div><div>You can see Bill's work at <a href="http://www.billward.eu/">http://www.billward.eu/</a> I particularly reccommend the Victorian Toilets and the Crane (<a href="http://www.billward.eu/crane/start_crane.html">http://www.billward.eu/crane/start_crane.html</a>)</div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-11679111857394862412008-11-06T02:56:00.000-08:002008-11-06T03:15:09.286-08:00steampunk music<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsYQAQH30x467TMbh_k3Ul3fwI2z2fATL6sB_ld-Cin6iq_XXiD-WyUTvaHPjfPOudWXqxpwksLYQKGLd3f2L9lX5lwSv_rToVpcj0Jd6mmtxXoMWlKaMgRA-YjHTJIZdWHsLaLM3a_ax/s1600-h/hornicator.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265497366985793186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 102px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsYQAQH30x467TMbh_k3Ul3fwI2z2fATL6sB_ld-Cin6iq_XXiD-WyUTvaHPjfPOudWXqxpwksLYQKGLd3f2L9lX5lwSv_rToVpcj0Jd6mmtxXoMWlKaMgRA-YjHTJIZdWHsLaLM3a_ax/s320/hornicator.bmp" border="0" /></a>Thomas Truax is touring and I am hoping to catch him and his bizarre instruments when they are in Scotland. Hornicator seen here. I am ambivalent about the cannibalising of a horn from a windup as I really think all the bits should remain as a windup, but this is still a lovely electrosteam mashup. Looking forward to seeing it live.<br />10 Dec, Wed, Inverness, Market Bar; 11 Dec, Thurs, Aberdeen, The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, AB10; 13 Dec, Sat, Glasgow, Twisted Wheel, 73 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3BZ; 14 Dec, Sun, Edinburgh, Hobo at The Bongo Club, 37 Holyrood Rd; 15 Dec, Mon, Sheffield, Grapes16 Dec, Tues, Hull, AdelphiLatest tour updates at: <a href="http://www.thomastruax.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thomastruax.com</a><br /><br />I couldnt get down to London for the White Night Halloween party but hear it was great. Having to make do with pix at flickr etc.<br />We are working on a small zeppelin made from dead umbrellas. Having done the sums we reckon it is big enough to carry its own weight and a small electric motor plus batteries, but we havent figured out how to keep the helium in it or indeed how to even get helium without buying a hideous kiddy balloon.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-87679687088585682852008-10-18T13:43:00.000-07:002008-10-18T14:20:02.057-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4TLchgp_LLwobGvD_djeaZ2zeO-yL7pvMYfttLSa4zc2DL2sBBHot0yYrnNrzshZH27_NKdkxJED2zTIMkbvvQCNvLHEOY9fTb4DD5Y75XHZJHnl5HWwMZlnI1yDxEtWjf0HO-mrbmlH/s1600-h/ThomasTruax276.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258597547286382578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4TLchgp_LLwobGvD_djeaZ2zeO-yL7pvMYfttLSa4zc2DL2sBBHot0yYrnNrzshZH27_NKdkxJED2zTIMkbvvQCNvLHEOY9fTb4DD5Y75XHZJHnl5HWwMZlnI1yDxEtWjf0HO-mrbmlH/s320/ThomasTruax276.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Guardian newspaper catches up with reality but misses several of the essentials. Nice kindly article last week: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/17/popandrock2">http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/17/popandrock2</a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrT1wA8JwdZ1I8J4iJtaVU-ia5FtfV2yF03o0IXOFgujp5WbuhXFsZVTev04gIIIBsC9ixiIemdtFG4Yprg12xXo7cogGJ88iuB2dp-M1a6dRlhUBDEyN18b9D_ZQ69h2hDkyipO26xbvo/s1600-h/P6070018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258598752747583506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrT1wA8JwdZ1I8J4iJtaVU-ia5FtfV2yF03o0IXOFgujp5WbuhXFsZVTev04gIIIBsC9ixiIemdtFG4Yprg12xXo7cogGJ88iuB2dp-M1a6dRlhUBDEyN18b9D_ZQ69h2hDkyipO26xbvo/s320/P6070018.JPG" border="0" /></a>But scarcely any mention of the essential technologies, such as modding etc. Nor would you have gained any real idea that this is a great cross-generational style. I went to the June White Mischief and (mid-50s) was by no means the oldest. Complete age range from 18-70+ I would say and all enjoying ourselves and getting into the fun and serious business of dressing the parts.</div><div>This picture shows us getting ready to go out.</div><div><br /></div><div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-72562164865619154712008-10-14T09:43:00.000-07:002008-10-14T09:58:25.011-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh758hY_E1z8emIzTzhpFaoMR6GoAgXeqpekqhAYeO6rKvtQxVsRzLTj2NSnvzkqXF9xkKsFaBg4vTcLdWNYx35-qPrb_uS5ynf8dHh8RL-BeuRXovHdyJDWuIEyzt3m-XYfTM3ug9Arzya/s1600-h/PA110307.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257051867235737234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh758hY_E1z8emIzTzhpFaoMR6GoAgXeqpekqhAYeO6rKvtQxVsRzLTj2NSnvzkqXF9xkKsFaBg4vTcLdWNYx35-qPrb_uS5ynf8dHh8RL-BeuRXovHdyJDWuIEyzt3m-XYfTM3ug9Arzya/s320/PA110307.JPG" border="0" /></a> I took son to Weald and Downland museum for a whole weekend of bronze age sword making. Just brilliant. However no pix of that since the technique is (quite properly) the intellectual property of the instructor who worked out how it had to be done to get the authentic results. The swords still have to have their handles and the finished articles will have their portraits here in due course.<br /><br />There was however a nice steam traction engine trundling quietly about the place.Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-49141374780397679932008-10-07T14:49:00.000-07:002008-10-07T14:58:15.534-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AxtURChq8eZ2oJBJBG0-tOquveoSrOMz3QOG8OXq-e0CE6F2BQseuMKqS9pfiS_XVCa7u87BwQv8u8evhQQqADEpag5-9zJmCxz_1zTbDvzMe3o53OOZtjHrfCd08HpnjRYVjMshhrIJ/s1600-h/the+last+petrol+pump.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254533084980378898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="352" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AxtURChq8eZ2oJBJBG0-tOquveoSrOMz3QOG8OXq-e0CE6F2BQseuMKqS9pfiS_XVCa7u87BwQv8u8evhQQqADEpag5-9zJmCxz_1zTbDvzMe3o53OOZtjHrfCd08HpnjRYVjMshhrIJ/s320/the+last+petrol+pump.jpg" width="317" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>I have been making a point of going into city centre back lanes and entrances that are open. In nearly all cases I have been walking past these for the whole 20 years I have lived in Glasgow. Many of them are revelations. Some of horror and squalor, filth and graffiti etc. But others have wee gems like this old petrol pump.</div><br /><p>This is within 50 feet of the City Chambers, in the back alley that goes behind the Housing Benefit office. There is the social work car pool and lots of these white ceramic bricks but also this amazing ancient petrol pump. I like to think of it as the last one, selling zero gallons, hence the setting on the counter at the top. It could actually be an object of beauty if cleaned up a little. I wonder if i could make them an offer they couldnt refuse?</p><p>I will be putting more pix on flickr.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid371_Vu2kkOSsUqmbpTDpHX2XBIMz3012jtLww7dSos3uDJ8WZgtYEltMV11AyfVChAR52omC-Wov0bDyfNbxydfRM_MVSf6yxG9OQGlMwt055EJzitImngPeLrrUWfXIrEs5js0YcNLb/s1600-h/zero+gallons.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254533713995644882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid371_Vu2kkOSsUqmbpTDpHX2XBIMz3012jtLww7dSos3uDJ8WZgtYEltMV11AyfVChAR52omC-Wov0bDyfNbxydfRM_MVSf6yxG9OQGlMwt055EJzitImngPeLrrUWfXIrEs5js0YcNLb/s320/zero+gallons.jpg" border="0" /></a>The entrance to the lane is surprisingly rural:<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAww-yBCA_UnTtUaRpvJCbWv2QvMqV82z93a61js_DVK8BDyrfov8FQFlLl0nH9o7rA3NnQn51TX7RSHLGZk0RQonJOSxpR426yPCr4kzAK2k4XXAdjr-xuoswSGhh7Ap6L4ojUdrXAc3y/s1600-h/rus+in+urbs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254534136728334658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAww-yBCA_UnTtUaRpvJCbWv2QvMqV82z93a61js_DVK8BDyrfov8FQFlLl0nH9o7rA3NnQn51TX7RSHLGZk0RQonJOSxpR426yPCr4kzAK2k4XXAdjr-xuoswSGhh7Ap6L4ojUdrXAc3y/s320/rus+in+urbs.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-57360129440739819022008-09-29T14:17:00.000-07:002008-09-29T14:25:59.969-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0qX90Pvrm_Mi136ac51sj7WjWGx2pDPqvqsh4ktgtQVDQCpn7CcvrO02B67JRtExBdNCRSdQSZDgpuSv0Q-7FUwbhJCpIQxu5ybRz0V8_0YYYohCa_iU0b7kWiChaKdT6EVVI8yZygUW/s1600-h/bellpull.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251555886578967378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0qX90Pvrm_Mi136ac51sj7WjWGx2pDPqvqsh4ktgtQVDQCpn7CcvrO02B67JRtExBdNCRSdQSZDgpuSv0Q-7FUwbhJCpIQxu5ybRz0V8_0YYYohCa_iU0b7kWiChaKdT6EVVI8yZygUW/s320/bellpull.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1EomlT8VU2PRUui4guZhbTURdYTVTOw1eUvskj_zW-woNIpytRj09g63JaGl2tInHOYpyiefNHjyornN8G2NYYFkFXqnE9jpotJJxVnE797DFMTeesfV1t7QYbRgREm5P_LNYhQGI5P4/s1600-h/block2.JPG"></a>I finally got around to finishing the installation of the bellpull mechanism today. September weekend holiday and the weather was vile, so a good opportunity to get it done. The flat has had a horrid dingdong "Avon calling" type chime although the bellpush was the original brass one, ever since Ally bought the flat in early 1980s. However we now have a nice bellpull, which says "Waste" on it, just to confuse the unwary.<br /><br /><br />It now has a brass pull, huge wooden pulley and makes a pleasant tinkly sound from a small brass goat bell.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You can see the full details at Instructables: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk_mechanical_bellpull/">http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk_mechanical_bellpull/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipu_9CPGKqB9Ktx2xsIVBJWm2Ufuc2fDzEWo0YQKjIvb8pRErHMCwXl3zrh-lCE4UGV8_Uzwj-cpYvXkY1LgXJEiEmC_4CxzGW26uHFADIgcwEkttk-TjeweNxMU8mboySz_K8JvPK_k0G/s1600-h/block2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251557169866030370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipu_9CPGKqB9Ktx2xsIVBJWm2Ufuc2fDzEWo0YQKjIvb8pRErHMCwXl3zrh-lCE4UGV8_Uzwj-cpYvXkY1LgXJEiEmC_4CxzGW26uHFADIgcwEkttk-TjeweNxMU8mboySz_K8JvPK_k0G/s320/block2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-15760748378227164582008-09-27T10:25:00.000-07:002008-09-27T10:37:40.486-07:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7tAMOh35a3USc4QltdBHAM_Iib2B7uoQGE_AzBQGT7nTUMcUotttSaVleAVWts2vTUXrqZdVcjjJPqTbEnBKk6_TIjWz6-hXT0sQFoxyVqDJG1EvKe1Fb_T0IovR9WygfU-As8UTYEEr/s1600-h/odd+machine.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250755598449826978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="360" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7tAMOh35a3USc4QltdBHAM_Iib2B7uoQGE_AzBQGT7nTUMcUotttSaVleAVWts2vTUXrqZdVcjjJPqTbEnBKk6_TIjWz6-hXT0sQFoxyVqDJG1EvKe1Fb_T0IovR9WygfU-As8UTYEEr/s320/odd+machine.JPG" width="316" border="0" /></a>F<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiizH7c_1GoQlCHtgv_O4bSxfwWwETBayBbjHQ2kNedlt7sRcS-nlcz4f-m30KbQPTDy-JDjrKyf0_o5Pk2DjZtMvt41LO3etClsUC7lqlm8Z4Sf33tdtjdP5XTu7f76IuDR7Ogf3DDdR/s1600-h/odd+machine.JPG"></a>ascinating morning noseying round Reids Gear Works in Linwood, Scotland. The firm is shutting down after 4 generations and the Clyde Heritage Trust hopes to retrieve items not going to auction and also to get at least some of the buildings listed. Very few industrial buildings are listed in Scotland, compared to other types of buildings and this is a very rare example of a complete original that still has many old fittings and furniture.<br /><div><br /><div>I have no idea what this object is so if anyone has any idea, do let me know. It seems to have no means to connect it to any power or water or anything but must do something.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The factory specialises in making gears some of which are enormous, also winches and capstans. They first make a very accurate pattern in wood which is used to make the sand mould for casting, then the casting is drilled, milled, ground etc to the correct precision.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXZ2P2bBWAGs7GXO_1rpXHsucMEaQQLVAmPSXS2oKVDim_Y3Srz_orXJ8RuI9ye5l1QR3GsWw8yLAcR1d8s0Aov4VOLBFRnrBS0tiefvZbXUxjDj-j64HN2ncojRzfkL5Xw61hKPYKv49/s1600-h/patterns+and+gear.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250756463836503714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px" height="254" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXZ2P2bBWAGs7GXO_1rpXHsucMEaQQLVAmPSXS2oKVDim_Y3Srz_orXJ8RuI9ye5l1QR3GsWw8yLAcR1d8s0Aov4VOLBFRnrBS0tiefvZbXUxjDj-j64HN2ncojRzfkL5Xw61hKPYKv49/s320/patterns+and+gear.JPG" width="344" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>I took loads of pics which you can find at Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8946321@N07/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8946321@N07/</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919366959922158183.post-81491537010448020922008-09-26T13:48:00.000-07:002008-09-26T14:00:06.104-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXGYfuLC3i79PJVqPhuNV4jZvXDVh2q_sCbeGfBv27p9yrpSDK-lOk-QFyvV4yl70Pf4DD8VTh96oRtyJpvtR5jFd0GrXSBfa3SB6p_VXwtDFcfp7EP2uY-dm5SUfBw6lSNmTwyX9VWCN/s1600-h/smile2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250435329282624050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXGYfuLC3i79PJVqPhuNV4jZvXDVh2q_sCbeGfBv27p9yrpSDK-lOk-QFyvV4yl70Pf4DD8VTh96oRtyJpvtR5jFd0GrXSBfa3SB6p_VXwtDFcfp7EP2uY-dm5SUfBw6lSNmTwyX9VWCN/s320/smile2.JPG" border="0" /></a> We had a quiet week on the Isle of May this summer. Due to the terrible weather the daily tourist boats hardly came out and we actually had the island entirely to ourselves for a couple of days, which is always lovely. A few years ago the powers that be exerted themselves in a piece of gratuitous vandalism and demolished one of the wartime buildings (Indicator loops hut) in Fluke Street, resulting in a substantial pile of broken brick, which is very slowly being used as hardcore for paths and so on. I did some modest rearranging of the various coloured bits to make this smiley facing the principal keepers house on Fluke Street. My family never noticed so I wonder if anyone else has yet. I admit it is a bit like those tests for colourblindness.<br /><br />You can see all about what the building was like at <a href="http://indicatorloops.com/mayisland.htm">http://indicatorloops.com/mayisland.htm</a> The authorities claimed it was hazardous but I reckon it was built to be bombproof pretty near and showed no signs of deterioration. It just didnt fit their image of prettiness perhap.s<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYztEbm5QUSGrt5i6rCD_YTr9t6sTUQGNW-pY13Zp3OB2HAqjZKAYMSMHSic0SknT-aMV0C92DH3QEciTJ8izznGaNMas0Ikak5Anqu7ce5lkDTf6adTjloTz9hk7iX17GeVU52M0V4AD/s1600-h/IMG00051.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div>Nina Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com0