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Title: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: northie66 on July 17, 2012, 06:05:01 pm: Anyone know where to find the pattern for these?

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-61570671541135_2216_482930 (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-61570671541135_2216_482930)

Thanks!
Janet
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: Keefie on July 17, 2012, 06:08:54 pm: Don't know, but they look great, I'll keep an eye out for them
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Post by: Billy in Va on July 17, 2012, 06:41:39 pm: What are they for ?
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Post by: dgman on July 17, 2012, 08:07:02 pm: Hey Janet, Is that really you? It's great to here from you! How have you been? I don't know about others, but I sure have missed your smiling face around here!
I don't know about the switch plate, but I will check around and see what I can find.
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: GrayBeard on July 17, 2012, 11:10:53 pm: Yes ... There really is a Janet W.!!!

Those look like they were designed a long time ago by a man named Rube Goldberg....

Nice to see you still have our address Janet! We've missed you...

~~~GB~~~
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Post by: Judy Hunter on July 18, 2012, 01:36:07 am: Hey Janet, nice to see you again.
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Post by: scrollgirl on July 18, 2012, 05:57:55 am: Welcome back, Janet! :)

Sheila
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Post by: julief on July 18, 2012, 07:17:07 am: Long time, no see! Glad you're back. The family has grown since you went away. Stick around and meet everybody.
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Post by: heiko rettberg on July 18, 2012, 08:02:59 am: Hi Janet i found that maybe it helps.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/GreenTreeJewelry?section_id=10850085

http://www.etsy.com/listing/89061124/toggle-light-switch-plate
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: dgman on July 18, 2012, 10:06:02 am: Thanks for the links Heiko. Looking closely at the pictures, it is obvious that these are laser cut. If you look at the edges of the pieces, they are burnt, sure sign of laser use.
I do not think you will find plans for these.
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Post by: mrsn on July 18, 2012, 10:30:52 am: These are so cool. I love steam punk stuff. I will play with it a bit and see what I can come up with.
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Post by: mrsn on July 18, 2012, 11:24:24 am: I have to run to the store to get some brass fasteners to test out my cardboard model, but I think I will have something for you to work with.
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Post by: dgman on July 18, 2012, 11:42:34 am: Quote from: mrsn on July 18, 2012, 10:30:52 am
These are so cool. I love steam punk stuff. I will play with it a bit and see what I can come up with.
Ok Katie, At the risk of sounding like your grampa, explain "steam punk".
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: GrayBeard on July 18, 2012, 11:50:29 am: OK Dan ...for the uninformed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

~~~GB~~~
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Post by: dgman on July 18, 2012, 12:29:24 pm: Thanks GB, but I still want to hear Katie's description!
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Post by: mrsn on July 18, 2012, 02:46:03 pm: I put together one like the picture, just not quite as pretty. But mine pretty much works. I took some pictures of the process to explain how I built it and what I would do differently. you can see the pictures at the link below.
https://plus.google.com/photos/106592425359885645085/albums/5766575389088828097?authkey=CN7xg6rJ7YXX_AE
To save space, I did not put the pictures in the pdf. I wanted you to be able to download it from the site. If you can't see the pictures at the link above, let me know and I will come up with a different idea. I put the patterns for the pieces in the pdf you can download below.

Dan-
I like to think of steam-punk as the beautification of the industrial revolution. Typically Victorian era technology with a rube Goldberg type of complexity to do modern things. Like the light switches, instead of just flipping the switch you pull the lever that, though gears or fulcrums, flips the switch.
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: dgman on July 18, 2012, 03:35:17 pm: Katie to the rescue! Thanks for your work, I bet you had a lot of fun creating it! I hope Janet can do something with this!
And thanks for the explanation of the term steam-punk.
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Post by: Billy in Va on July 18, 2012, 04:00:52 pm: MRSN I like you definition of steampunk Nice design too! GB I went to the site and well wish I hadn't
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Post by: cherie on July 22, 2012, 08:47:59 am: WOW Katie, you did a great job with the project and the photo's to boot!
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: northie66 on July 22, 2012, 10:32:15 am: I'm not really back per say. Not really into scroll sawing much anymore. Just lost my passion for it. I'm going to sell my saw.

Glad to see everyone is doing well. I'm still around via email :)

Janet
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: northie66 on July 22, 2012, 10:36:55 am: mrsn - Did you just "throw that together"?! :o That's awesome! I was thinking there might be a place to buy the wood gears and stuff. Like Dan said, they look laser cut. I seriously doubt I could cut them well enough to work... I'd be sitting in the dark forever. :P
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: mrsn on July 22, 2012, 10:53:28 am: Yeah that was pretty much thrown together. I think you could cut these out, they are not too difficult. Gears with all of the teeth can be a challenge if you need them to work, but a little extra careful sanding usually fixes that.
Sorry to hear you are leaving the craft. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Title: Re: Wood Gear Switchplates
Post by: julief on July 23, 2012, 07:01:24 am: OK, I learned my "something new" thing for today.