Steampunk-look Altoid Tin
Intro: Steampunk-look Altoid Tin
I don't know whether I quite understand what makes something "steampunk", but one of the common characteristics seems to be the use of metallic finishes (especially copper and brass) rather than the modern paint & plastic look. Well, you can get Aluminum TAPE in most hardware stores, Copper TAPE in better garden shops (snail deterrent), and brass "shim stock" (foil, in thickness up to "pretty thick"), so it seems to me that you can potentially make things somewhat steampunk-like pretty easily, by applying tape and foil to "ordinary" objects.
In this example, I use some copper tape to make an altoids tin look more steampunk-like. (I guess the other thing I've noticed is that there should a relatively high degree of customization, so this is probably
only partway to being a complete steampunk-like project, if I'm headed in the right direction at all.
(Of course, I imaging for "real" steampunk, you're not supposed to cheat like this at all; if you can't machine your altoids-style box out of a solid block of copper, you should at least fold it yourself out of sheet metal. Still, I like to cheat!)
In this example, I use some copper tape to make an altoids tin look more steampunk-like. (I guess the other thing I've noticed is that there should a relatively high degree of customization, so this is probably
only partway to being a complete steampunk-like project, if I'm headed in the right direction at all.
(Of course, I imaging for "real" steampunk, you're not supposed to cheat like this at all; if you can't machine your altoids-style box out of a solid block of copper, you should at least fold it yourself out of sheet metal. Still, I like to cheat!)
42 Comments
shooby 15 years ago
taj1994 9 years ago
Well, the Victorian era was from the 1830s to 1901, so the tins wouldn't have been too hard to make, even back then. They would just need to use a press to stamp the parts out of sheets of metal
Robotrix 15 years ago
jiffyheart 14 years ago
Cheers!
Robotrix 14 years ago
shooby 15 years ago
icecreamterror 14 years ago
your so far off the mark there. The Victorians were the inventors of disposable tin packaging, just look at snuff and tobacco tins of the era, may were identical to the contemporary Altoid Tin.
srilyk 15 years ago
Kazeem 15 years ago
shooby 15 years ago
srilyk 15 years ago
shooby 15 years ago
ldhenson 15 years ago
westfw 15 years ago
- I'd say this really isn't Steampunk.
Of course not, and I said as much in the comments. It's a hint toward easily creating things with a "steampunk look", at best...dudes 10 years ago
noxvox 15 years ago
westfw 15 years ago
lredshoes 12 years ago
kylara70 14 years ago
http://www.eyeletoutlet.com/
The next link has the ones I thought of for steam-punk or old fashioned style
http://www.orientaltrading.com/craft-and-hobby-supplies/scrapbooking/eyelets-a1-388824-2-1.fltr Second row, second item.
In both pictures you can see the shank would have limited usefullness for thicker items. However, the measurements they are giving is the diameter. I am sure you could find eyelets with longer shanks as well, just have to look.
kylara70 14 years ago