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vanessa1775 — Steampunk Clockwork book
Published: 2010-05-13 01:08:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 5073; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 217
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My friend Chanin makes these books. They are awesome and they do stuff. As per Chanin: It is a simple (non-encryption) input-output code device. It has 3 different codes. It codes letters to numbers. I used regular Elmers glue (not watered down) and a razor knife to cut the center out. Example code:123456789... = abcdefghij... I call him the King of steampunk
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My friend just got home from teaching abroad so i will see if he is going tobmake more books and yes he can make them do things
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They actually do stuff? It's not just for pretty? That's more than a little awesome.
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Well seeing the center is cut out no, but if you close it it still looks like a book.
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I wonder how long it took to cut out the center...?
Really awesome idea!!
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I'm not exactly sure but my friend glued every single page then cut it out using an Exacto knife I think.
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Wow! Sounds like a lot of work!!
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I would love to make something similar to this just for decoration in my home. Any tips? I think this is one of the most interesting original works I have came across. Killer work!
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I watched my friend make this so first find a book you'd like to use that's the depth you want(library book sales or thrift stores are good for this. Glue the pages with a mixture of water and white glue. Cut with razor or craft knife the size you want. Find old clock parts to put inside. I am not particuary mechanical but the one he made had movement and did things. If you just want pure decoration then just glue in. Clock repairs shops may have parts you can use or otherwise find not digital clocks to gut.
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Thank you so much for the help. I am going out today to try and find some things steampunkish but that is going to be very hard to do in Nashville.
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It's an input/output device. I forgot exactly what Chanin said but it's functional and not just decorative.
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As per Chanin: it is a simple (non-encryption) input-output code device. It has 3 different codes. It codes letters to numbers. I used regular Elmers glue (not watered down) and a razor knife to cut the center out. Example code:123456789... = abcdefghij...
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ooo, i LOVE those books that have stuff inside them! i tried to do that once to have a place to put my money (in a book on finances, too XD), but i did it with an exacto-knife, it took FOREVER, and eventually i gave up after making it through maybe 1/3 of the book XP i'm guessing HE probably used a saw
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I don't remember what he used but I do remember him gluing endlessly
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oh, he glued all the pages together too. good idea. must've taken quite a while, though XP
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Yes it does but it makes it sturdy for housing those clock components.
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Oi! Oi! I saw those at S-Con!!!! I wanted one so bad... but I am a cosplayer, and as almost every other cosplayer is... I am broke.
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True. Well you could always make at least the book part yourself. It takes awhile but its just watered down glue then cutting thru the pages for the interior. He's only made just the two I think. This one was sold to the lovely lady in another of my pics Louise.
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does he sell these? if not, he should! this is really, really cool!
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He does. It takes some time to make these and get parts for them but its really amazing.
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