The Steampunk Workshop: A Penny Dreadful Review
Jake von
Slatt can take a shard of metal and turn it into beauty with the aid of power
tools. Here is the blog of a fascinating Steampunk maker who resides near
Boston, Massachusetts. On his blog, The Steampunk Workshop, he explains how to
create various objects of Steampunkery, such as etched tins and lightswitch
plates.
These
projects are not for the dilettante or faint of heart. These instructions
involve the use of caustic chemicals and electric current. Fortunately, the
instructions are clear and helpful, so one should end up with a piece of art
and one’s limbs intact. If you have better luck with sharp objects than I have,
this blog (and some tools and bits of metal) should be all you need to create
fantastic works.
For those
of you who learn better by watching a maker in motion, Mr. von Slatt also has a
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/vonslatt.
Here, you can find live action tutorials and get a tour of his workshop.
I give this
blog four gears out of five. It is essential for the technically-minded
Steampunk. Find it at http://steampunkworkshop.com/
and get ready to learn and create. Please follow all safety precautions when
working with dangerous chemicals and electricity. This is how monstrous
automatons and supervillains are created.
Your Correspondent From The Aethernet,
Penny J. Merriweather
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