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10-31-07, 10:31 PM
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steam powered bike
https://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pa...cc/arc0373.htm
courtesy of cap'n ifun! (credit where credit is due and all that...)
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11-01-07, 07:42 AM
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Nothing like a good cuppa! I am curious about how hot the steam is when it is discharged from the exhaust.
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11-01-07, 08:01 AM
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Looks cool, but wouldn't you get scalded by steam in your face?
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11-01-07, 08:10 AM
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Steam is discharged down by the front wheel. Could keep your feet toasty warm depending on the temperature of the discharge.
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11-01-07, 10:45 AM
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Take a look at this one.
Made in 1869! That was 25 years before Daimler's which is usually thought to be the first self-propelled vehicle.
Sylvester Roper was one amazing guy.
Roper's Steam Velocipede
https://americanhistory.si.edu/onthem...tory_54_1.html
He was killed 27 years later testing out another steam motorcycle.
Made in 1869! That was 25 years before Daimler's which is usually thought to be the first self-propelled vehicle.
Sylvester Roper was one amazing guy.
Roper's Steam Velocipede
https://americanhistory.si.edu/onthem...tory_54_1.html
He was killed 27 years later testing out another steam motorcycle.
11-01-07, 04:38 PM
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www.ohtm.org is it's website. The Owl's Head Transportation Museum in Owl's Head, Maine.
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Check out the nerdy steam about this over heres:
https://www.zoobomb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23266
https://www.zoobomb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23266
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Check out the nerdy steam about this over heres:
https://www.zoobomb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23266
https://www.zoobomb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23266
Steampunk.
I guess "Wild Wild West" deserves the credit for starting that. Or is it Jules Verne? And by coincidence, the next DVD I have set to play is "Steamboy". The whole universe is connected.
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Steampunked Model M:
https://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml
Model M's have an awesome sound and feel that can't really be put into words, bucking spring action. They weigh a ton and certainly fit the steampunk philosophy super well. Mine is 25 years old, still works flawlessly.
TYPE HARD OR GO HOME
https://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml
Model M's have an awesome sound and feel that can't really be put into words, bucking spring action. They weigh a ton and certainly fit the steampunk philosophy super well. Mine is 25 years old, still works flawlessly.
TYPE HARD OR GO HOME
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Mine died when it was only eighteen years old and I'm still trying to find an inexpensive replacement, like one cheaper than what clickykeyboards.com sells them for.
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You wouldn't want to sit back too far, - I would think that chimney gets pretty darn warm
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As for steam; having been born down by the rail yards there in Little Rock when steam was still in use I guess it is not surprising that I am fascinated with it.
Jules Verne along with the "Tom Swift" books fueled my fantasies more than anything later and my dad encouraged it. His statement when the first men landed on the moon was "what took us so long?."
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Thanks for steering me on to "Steamboy". I watched it last night. It was a trip unlocking the boy mechanic trapped in this aging body.
As for steam; having been born down by the rail yards there in Little Rock when steam was still in use I guess it is not surprising that I am fascinated with it.
Jules Verne along with the "Tom Swift" books fueled my fantasies more than anything later and my dad encouraged it. His statement when the first men landed on the moon was "what took us so long?."
As for steam; having been born down by the rail yards there in Little Rock when steam was still in use I guess it is not surprising that I am fascinated with it.
Jules Verne along with the "Tom Swift" books fueled my fantasies more than anything later and my dad encouraged it. His statement when the first men landed on the moon was "what took us so long?."
Haven't seen any steam trains there lately, but the rail yards are going strong. I grew up in Florida, so everything there was "space age" in the early '60s. It was a mark of learning when as a kid you knew the difference betweeen NASA and Nassau. Trains kind of took short shrift there. Though Horne's Cars of Yesterday had a great minature Steam Engine out front. Perfect for kids to climb on.
In addition to Tom Swift and Jules Verne, a favorite of mine was Mike Mars, especially "Mike Mars Flys the Dyna-soar."
Popular Mechanics, Popular Science and a series of books on building projects in the Sarasota Public Library were also important influences. Popular Mechanics perhaps the most important. That's where I discovered the "Groundhugger" recumbent bicycle. My first alt bike.
Now where would you put a steam engine on that?
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11-06-07, 10:46 AM
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Just in case anyone is interested, the first 25 Tom Swift books can be downloaded for free here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/a#a267
From Project Gutenburg.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/a#a267
From Project Gutenburg.
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11-06-07, 03:44 PM
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https://www.pckeyboard.com/ makes some buckling-spring models but with different options.
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Just in case anyone is interested, the first 25 Tom Swift books can be downloaded for free here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/a#a267
From Project Gutenburg.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/a#a267
From Project Gutenburg.
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What a nice find. Tom Swift books were scarce in the '50's when I was a dry sponge and really wanted them. I found some in my favorite used book store in Moss Landing, Ca back in the '90's but I was on a budget. They were really written for young budding juveniles back when radios had tubes, boys carried pocket knives and cigarettes were good for you. I have started "Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive" but I'm afraid that the sparkle and excitement of discovery that I felt as a preteen is lost. Pity.
But on the bright side, in my quest for those kinds of Tom Swift adventures, I discovered and enjoyed many other sources to stimulate my imagination.
