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24th May 2019, 7:36 pm | #1 |
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NOT Steampunk!
When a local radio ham passed away a friend was tasked with the sad task of sorting out the shack.
This beautiful little casket was made from the thousands of 1/4 watt resistors found in a collection of spare parts. It's not finished yet but I think it's wonderful! Nothing rare has been ruined, but a lasting reminder of a gentle man has been created.
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24th May 2019, 7:44 pm | #2 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
That is remarkably nice. Are all of the resistors soldered together?
I would not like to manually mathematically work out the resistance on 2 separate points on the surface Christopher Capener
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24th May 2019, 7:52 pm | #3 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
That's rather touching and probably unique.
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24th May 2019, 8:48 pm | #4 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
I rather like that too!
They need to find a good ohm for it.....
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24th May 2019, 8:59 pm | #5 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Certainly in a very different league from an AVO with a light fitting on the top of it!
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24th May 2019, 10:01 pm | #6 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
It looks to me like probably an existing box that may have been made of a perforated or woven material with regularly aligned multiple small holes that allowed the resistors to be fitted in a very uniform manner. It is a creative and great piece of work, that is for sure. It is a good thing to leave something behind like that. I like it.
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25th May 2019, 8:57 am | #7 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Very nicely done! If you have a load of old carbon resistors that are completely out of tolerance this could be a good use for them rather than chucking them in the bin!
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25th May 2019, 9:10 am | #8 | |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Quote:
My friend Henry did not think it a Joule and should be put in the Earth in the nearest Magnetic Field. He then departed on his powerful Megacycle
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25th May 2019, 9:27 am | #9 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Aesthetically rather nice. The big factor that marks it out as non-steampunk is....the amount of effort put in. I'll probably keep my resistors on the inside of the box, but whatever lights your candle!
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25th May 2019, 10:52 am | #10 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
It's just a simple wooden box, no holes, and each resistor is glued on by hand.
For my wife's birthday she made the box below. For mine l got this wonderful little badge, which looks just like the ' bugging' device seen in Thunderbirds or The Avengers!
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25th May 2019, 1:53 pm | #11 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
That reminds me of an episode of The Saint where someone uses an early Sinclair radio as a walkie Talkie.
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25th May 2019, 2:40 pm | #12 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
They are beautifully made, creative items, and are utterly irresist(or)ible.
Sorry! I'll get me coat...... <crawls away in abject shame>
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25th May 2019, 5:53 pm | #13 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Don't worry Lancs. Lad; we'll show a bit of tolerance!
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25th May 2019, 5:56 pm | #14 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Sorry! My resistance was low....
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25th May 2019, 7:12 pm | #15 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Right, that's a quid in the virtual pun jar Lancs Lad!
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25th May 2019, 8:33 pm | #16 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
I'll stop now, honest....!!
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26th May 2019, 5:35 pm | #17 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Could you let us know who made these things, was it the silent key him/herself, or someone else?
I am also interested to know if there is something in the design on the "resistor" box - I'm convinced that they weren't glued on randomly and I thought I could see a hint of Africa, or maybe South America, about the design. Very nice and creative, though. Colin. |
26th May 2019, 6:59 pm | #18 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
I've got a transistor radio where someone unknown has carefully constructed a new "case" or open surround if you like around the original PCB from soldered together wire. I also have the complete working chassis from a fifties woody enclosed in a new case made from transparent perspex sheet. It has ventilation holes and the dial light has ben replaced with a bulb from a set of Christmas lights coated with red laquer. Both picked up from a local car boot sale, in the days before I had to prohibit myself from attending such events, due to coming back with pointless tat!
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26th May 2019, 7:56 pm | #19 |
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Resistance is NOT futile - after all!
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30th May 2019, 11:06 pm | #20 |
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Re: NOT Steampunk!
Could you post a picture of this transparent radio please? I am intrigued
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