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Here is how to make a Steampunk pen knife, this isn't a modification on an existing pocket knife, rather these are instructions on how to make one from only basic materials. This knife includes scissors, philips screw driver, imperial ruler, two sizes of flat screwdrivers, bottle opener, old fashion jar opener, can opener, file, wood saw, scribe and knife.
special note I have updated this with an additional step and the main image has been changed slightly, as a result of this some of comments apply to first 8 steps.
special note I have updated this with an additional step and the main image has been changed slightly, as a result of this some of comments apply to first 8 steps.
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tools list
1 files
2 awl
3 dremmel with cutting disk
4 scissors
5 pliers
6 wire cutters
7 hammer
8 drill bits and milling bits
9 double edge tape
10 Screwdrivers
11 circle guide
12 blow torch
13 hack saw
14 taps, dies
15 hand held drill
16 rasp
17 vice
18 printer
19 basic photo editing soft ware
20 computer (although it's a bit of a given if you're reading this now)
optional tools
1 band saw
2 belt sander
3 drill press
materials
1 steel bar 1/8.............................. $2
2 brass sheet 1/16 .......................$12
3 rosewood 1/4 .............................$5
4 Phillips Screwdrivers...................$2
5 brass rod 1/8 ...............................$4
6 brass tube 3/16 od 9/64 id.......$1.5
7 four small screws..........................$0.5
8 two nuts and two bolts.................$1
9 file....................................................$4
total.....................................................$32
keep in mind that the price of the parts will vary depending on where and how you get the parts the list given is what I had to pay and I had some discounts for example the green steel bar was on the curb destined for the trash, the bolts were part of an useless attachment on my bicycle and the brass was floor scraps from a sheet metal shop, for $12. Even though some of these were free for me I still put what it would cost. To get the parts the best place to get them from is a local metal shops in a phone book ,the rose wood can be found in a music store for a guitar finger board, if you can't find it then go to a hardware store and get a wood such as maple or mahogany, if you cant find a metal shop locally then go to http://www.onlinemetals.com/ and all the remaining parts can be found at a hardware store.
1 files
2 awl
3 dremmel with cutting disk
4 scissors
5 pliers
6 wire cutters
7 hammer
8 drill bits and milling bits
9 double edge tape
10 Screwdrivers
11 circle guide
12 blow torch
13 hack saw
14 taps, dies
15 hand held drill
16 rasp
17 vice
18 printer
19 basic photo editing soft ware
20 computer (although it's a bit of a given if you're reading this now)
optional tools
1 band saw
2 belt sander
3 drill press
materials
1 steel bar 1/8.............................. $2
2 brass sheet 1/16 .......................$12
3 rosewood 1/4 .............................$5
4 Phillips Screwdrivers...................$2
5 brass rod 1/8 ...............................$4
6 brass tube 3/16 od 9/64 id.......$1.5
7 four small screws..........................$0.5
8 two nuts and two bolts.................$1
9 file....................................................$4
total.....................................................$32
keep in mind that the price of the parts will vary depending on where and how you get the parts the list given is what I had to pay and I had some discounts for example the green steel bar was on the curb destined for the trash, the bolts were part of an useless attachment on my bicycle and the brass was floor scraps from a sheet metal shop, for $12. Even though some of these were free for me I still put what it would cost. To get the parts the best place to get them from is a local metal shops in a phone book ,the rose wood can be found in a music store for a guitar finger board, if you can't find it then go to a hardware store and get a wood such as maple or mahogany, if you cant find a metal shop locally then go to http://www.onlinemetals.com/ and all the remaining parts can be found at a hardware store.
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It would be cool to put only period tools in.
Phillips screws although superior weren't invented yet.
A straight shaving razor would be, even if it were difficult to use and maybe even downright dangerous.
I like the idea someone posted about including a clock key.
Steampunk is fiction after all so go ahead and add bluetooth :)
Or a homemade rubber band ball?
It's clearly very wrong to claim that steampunk is only about hand-made quality. There are BOTH handmade things that are decidedly not steampunk, and classic steampunk things that are decidedly not handmade (railroad rails anyone?).
Yes, hand crafting is one efficient way to make something lean more toward steampunk, but without other elements, it will not make the cut. (And I do not see really any of those elements here. Materials would count, but pretty much every pen knife in the world is made of wood and metal...)
Also, I challenge your notion that just because something isn't a crisply defined category, it must therefore be a useless category, or that we must be missing something. I don't happen to believe that ANY naturally evolving category in language is a crisply defined category... And I don't think there's anything wrong with that or suspicious about it.
Even stuff that you think is super well defined, like the category "chair" is almost always very fuzzy. "Has legs?" well no, not beanbag chairs. "You can sit in it?" Well no, not a dollhouse chair. "One could theoretically sit in it if they were the right scale?" Well no, not this chair http://www.designboom.com/history/stilllife/01.jpg And then what about benches or stools? They have legs, and you can sit in them. In fact, if you made it the right shape, I'd say you could probably make a piece of furniture that would only seat one person that people would call a "bench," just from the carpentry style. What about a picture of a chair (a la Magritte's "this is not a pipe.")? A chair that doesn't exist, but which you are designing in your head? A metaphorical chair (e.g., Jesus sits on the right hand of God)? What if I sit against a wall with my knees at 90 degrees and claim I'm on a chair, does that count as an imaginary/air chair? What makes it a chair (it doesn't even have material substance...)? What about this chair? http://radarjam.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/chairman_mao.jpg
If we are that far off of having a definition of common household nouns, then I think it's a pretty silly and uphill battle to try and pin down a definitive description of steampunk. It should be good enough to list things that characterize it.
Well I am sorry but I would not sell this for any less then $500 CAD because it is vary labor intensive, and takes about 40 hours to make. With that in mind I am not working for $ 0.45 CAD an hour. The reason why factory made pocketknives are cheap is because they have expensive specialty tools such as a die cutter and are made in countries where people will work for $0.45 an hour.