Saturday, January 28, 2012

Steam Punk... circa 1861 When It Was Real....

"A trainwreck in maxwell" sent me a link to a neat post over at "truebluesam"'s place where he posting this amazing piece of artwork:




This is a accurate 1/16 scale operating model of the engine which powered the
Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor. It was invented and built by John Ericsson in 1861
and was extremely compact for it's 300 horsepower at that time.
Only one engine was ever built exactly as displayed, and it was retrieved from the ocean floor
by the US Navy in 2001, and resides in the Mariners Museum ,Newport News VA, for conservation work. The model required over 3000 hours to build and all pieces including fittings and fasteners were made from scratch .
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12 comments:

  1. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Neat. There are a ton of steam engine plans out there. I picked up a materials kit for a simple Oscillating Steam Engine but the fun shop stuff always seems to get pushed off to the side. Elmer Verburg's designs always caught my eye. Of course most hobbyists use compressed air rather than steam, much safer that way. To say nothing of the regulatory maze you have to decipher as to if/when you need to get approval, inspection and/or certification.
    http://web.archive.org/web/20100921011845/http://tomwade.me/tw/machinist/elmer/
    http://www.john-tom.com/html/ElmersEngines.html

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  2. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    I don't know if he still holds the record or not, but here's a dinky steam engine
    http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/smallest/smallest_steam_engine_made_by_Iqbal_Ahmed_set_world_record_70662.htm

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  3. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

    High Speed Robot Hand, two and a half years ago.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk
    http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/movies/index-e.html

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  4. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:25 PM

    Has everyone been good today? Ok then, tech fiends ... make for me a Breitling pudding. Bring sky:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s486DY6zAY

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  5. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    Cali, just 'cause she's so lovable. Digg The Code
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05nEIwsgX7M

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  6. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    No idea why I'd be thinking of this just now ....
    http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82069490/

    Uh, what was I saying?

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  7. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:38 PM

    Navy, 'cause it's co-ed baby!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZsERX844Tg

    Yeah, my mind does tend to wander a bit.

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  8. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    Army got teh Awesome, too.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dxTBK7jI1s

    For the Statue of Liberty pic.

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  9. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    I'm going to have to assume this is what I think it is since Youtube seems to stop playing videos if you watch too much patriotic stuff. Anyone else have that happen to them?

    Warrior Song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTs6a0ORdQU

    Well, here's a quick test. I'll watch this one.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUWbrI9wQMc

    Snow on the ground here, so I'm thinking golf ...
    http://thechive.com/2010/11/09/this-golf-tip-really-summed-it-all-up-for-me-video/

    GOC funny
    http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com/archives/008367.html

    Well, Warrior Song plays again. Waddup YouTube, you Commies?

    Sing us out, boys & girls and thanks for your service!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTs6a0ORdQU

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  10. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 10:22 PM

    Steampunk weapons
    http://walyou.com/steampunk-weapons/

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  11. JimJanuary 28, 2012 at 10:25 PM

    Steampunk products - fetish, art, social commentary ... what?
    http://thechive.com/2010/10/01/steampunk-products-are-taking-over-my-world-29-photos/

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  12. IrishJanuary 28, 2012 at 11:57 PM

    @Jim.. THANKS for all the links.. i gotta do some viewing tomorrow during the day :)

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