Steampunk Inventor’s Meeting 2015

on 8 November 2015 in Steampunk

The weekend from Nov 6 to Nov 8 the fifth Inventor’s Meeting took place in Ulmen (Germany). Of course Daniel MakerBear came along with me and asked me to write a guest post in this blog.

Hi everyone – this is Daniel MakerBear again. This weekend the fifth Inventor’s Meeting took place in the rooms of the Bürgerstube Ulmen. We arrived Friday in the afternoon and had a nice evening (with “Landbier” and “Eifelgold”). Saturday was the the day for the workshops. Horatio Steam begun with a workshop about electrical security. Very interesting. Here is a photo after crimping some wires:

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Next Remington Steel presented his lathe.

 

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It’ very important to wear safety glasses when you work with the machine or when you just watch someone working with it. The eyes are too valuable!

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The next agenda item was an Arduino workshop from my best friend Daniel LeMath. It seems that he had teached sucessfully the beginnings of the programming. Here is a picture which took Teleman von Phone during the workshop:

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During the workshop I looked around and found again a Tesla coil. Boy! These things spawn like rabbits. I’m still a little bit afraid of the high voltage.

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In the evening Admiral Aaron Ravesdale switched it on. This was really, really loud. My poor ears!

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And then I found the mobile phone built by Ottokar Funkenspotz. Yes – it really works.

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And there was not only elecrtronics. Teleman von Phone held a workshop about binding ties. Unfortunately my arms are a little too short, but Daniel LeMath helped me; in this case it’s an Atlantic Knot:
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Finally Titus Timeless presented some etching. The liquids are a little bit dangerous, so I didn’t try it myself.
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In the evening – while the others talked and drank Landbier and Eifelgold – I looked around an found the PC of Titus Timeless:
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And a real Starwars Pod Racer:
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There are many, many other things to see in this hotel. Just visit it and marvel.

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