Engineer wrote:If you look through this link, you'll understand what steampunk is.
http://imgur.com/r/steampunk
Thogey wrote:You need to look at steampunk related items on e-bay.
There is money to be made here by selling old 'industrial age stuff' lamps, fans, gears, watch gears, gas masks, etc.
Ordinary hose bib valve handles sell for a couple bucks each. Keys, old typwriter parts, scrabble tiles.
This steampunk thing is kind of a sleeper. But I intend to exploit it while it lasts.
hobo finds wrote:Thogey wrote:You need to look at steampunk related items on e-bay.
There is money to be made here by selling old 'industrial age stuff' lamps, fans, gears, watch gears, gas masks, etc.
Ordinary hose bib valve handles sell for a couple bucks each. Keys, old typwriter parts, scrabble tiles.
This steampunk thing is kind of a sleeper. But I intend to exploit it while it lasts.
How did it go with the Vintage male athletes photos for the gay audience?
hobo finds wrote:Lol Thank God you did not say "throwing you the bone!: I'm throwing you guys some pearls here. A ZZ Top song?
Thogey wrote:This steampunk thing is kind of a sleeper. But I intend to exploit it while it lasts.
Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Thanks for the heads up, Thogey. The costumery (cosplay?) is amazing. A seamstress could cash in on this, too.
cesariojpn wrote:Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Thanks for the heads up, Thogey. The costumery (cosplay?) is amazing. A seamstress could cash in on this, too.
Ugh, biggest thing that pisses me off about Steampunk: slapping on gears in random places and calling it "Steampunk."
Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Apparently there is an unknown segment about steampunk that garners loyalty from puritan devotees.
cesariojpn wrote:Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Apparently there is an unknown segment about steampunk that garners loyalty from puritan devotees.
Being raised on the old stuff makes me abit like an old man. Back when it was all about the technology and atmosphere, not tarted up harlots and man-children that painted a bicycle pump black and duct tape it to his arm. Damn kids these days.
Thogey wrote:Also what's wrong with tarted-up harlots?
cesariojpn wrote:Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Apparently there is an unknown segment about steampunk that garners loyalty from puritan devotees.
Being raised on the old stuff makes me abit like an old man. Back when it was all about the technology and atmosphere, not tarted up harlots and man-children that painted a bicycle pump black and duct tape it to his arm. Damn kids these days.
Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:cesariojpn wrote:Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:Apparently there is an unknown segment about steampunk that garners loyalty from puritan devotees.
Being raised on the old stuff makes me abit like an old man. Back when it was all about the technology and atmosphere, not tarted up harlots and man-children that painted a bicycle pump black and duct tape it to his arm. Damn kids these days.
Okay, I think I get it. If I understand it, steampunk originally was about tinkering with old machines and remembering technology before the modern electronic era. Today, we would call stuff like that "low-tech", or even primitive tech.
My old man would have been a steampunker! He lived it as a boy and enjoyed going to shows with steam engines. He would go to auctions and buy old overhead belt driven machines.
I have an old lathe with an overhead belt drive I want to rebuild some day. Is that what steampunk was originally about???
Thogey wrote:OK I paid 10 bucks for this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120959505450?ss ... 1555.l2649
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Thogey wrote:Thogey wrote:OK I paid 10 bucks for this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120959505450?ss ... 1555.l2649
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Well I got 41 bucks. I'm sure I would have done better If Id listed in smaller lots. But it was an easy score and I'm ready to do more.
I bought more stuff. I'm into this 67 bucks. There are some really cool old gas fixtures in here.
Thogey wrote:Thogey wrote:OK I paid 10 bucks for this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120959505450?ss ... 1555.l2649
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Well I got 41 bucks. I'm sure I would have done better If Id listed in smaller lots. But it was an easy score and I'm ready to do more.
I bought more stuff. I'm into this 67 bucks. There are some really cool old gas fixtures in here.
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