I do love me some Steampunk :) This is a fan that I built one weekend that has a steampunk flair to it.
This is sort of a cross between an instructable and a slide show. I did take some pictures during the build of my fan, but not enough to be a complete walkthrough. Odds are, you won't have the exact pieces that I used to make my fan anyway - so hopefully this will inspire you to see what you have available to make your own steampunk creation!
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I'm a packrat, of sorts. I do alot of poking around at fleamarkets in the area and I'll snag stuff that find interesting even if I don't have a need for it right away.
I had an old Brass Bladed Fan in my garage with some major damage. The armature and oscillator mechanism was broken off, and there was no switch. I used the motor housing, blades, and cage from this fan.
To this, I added a brass pump insecticide sprayer (c. 1910) that had been gathering dust on a shelf in my shop for several years. I also planned to use the cast iron base to a lamp that I've always liked due to the face images molded into the pattern.
I tinker with clocks, so I had some old mantle clock feet that I bought off ebay with other parts a while back. I had an old sewing machine motor and a router speed control that I didn't use, so they went into the parts pile as well.
I ordered 3 feet of #25 nylatron roller chain and a couple of #25 cogs from Small Parts Inc..
I went to Lowes, and bought an oak board and a length of brass braided water supply hose.
I had an old Brass Bladed Fan in my garage with some major damage. The armature and oscillator mechanism was broken off, and there was no switch. I used the motor housing, blades, and cage from this fan.
To this, I added a brass pump insecticide sprayer (c. 1910) that had been gathering dust on a shelf in my shop for several years. I also planned to use the cast iron base to a lamp that I've always liked due to the face images molded into the pattern.
I tinker with clocks, so I had some old mantle clock feet that I bought off ebay with other parts a while back. I had an old sewing machine motor and a router speed control that I didn't use, so they went into the parts pile as well.
I ordered 3 feet of #25 nylatron roller chain and a couple of #25 cogs from Small Parts Inc..
I went to Lowes, and bought an oak board and a length of brass braided water supply hose.
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Don't scoff too soon at the idea of an actual steam powered fan. Check these beauties out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiXhCixraUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDjEkOENzvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbxdui66DBY&feature=related
At least that is true in my case.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator5.htm
Win Guy
thanks for sharing.
cheers
I would like to build this at part of my future steampunk den but unfortunately I have not 1 single part to use for this :(
Using the brass insectizide sprayer for this was probably a mistake though, you could have gotten millions on eBay for it ^_-
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