Steampunk

Well I've been drunk a lot. There is also the holidaze I've been running around for, but I have started a new project. I enjoy the look of steampunk. I don't want to dress up in period costume talk funny and look down at people who think it's weird... but I enjoy the look of some of the things they created... SO I looked around for something that I could mod and not care if it came out looking like crap.
I picked this.


So I took it that the idea was to make it look homemade, overengineered and brass/copper. Ok so first I need to look at things.. which I did. Googlesearch for steampunk, click on images got some ideas. good. now to start hacking. I realized quickly that if I paint this thing, then in some forseeable future, I'll forget what the hell it is. Out came the soldering iron and used it to melt the bluetooth emblem into the plastic... as deep as I could. Next it needed a screw...perhaps some odd plug in... headed for the junk drawer.


I've learned some important lessons.. 1. be patient. epoxy (JB Weld to be precice) takes hours to dry and cure... if you don't wait it wont stay. 2. work on one side at a time. Otherwise it becomes a juggling act. So I've commited myself to this project... and if it doesn't turn out then the wife... well lets say I won't be able to steampunk anything else...