Pictures of costume and prop builds done in 2016 (8 pictures)

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Pictures of steampunk machines and outfits (1 picture)

Picture #1: Project boxes and bookboxes to hack 920x713, 195,839 bytes (192K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/5.6, ISO 800, flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 26.0mm, aperture priority, vivid color, matrix metering, auto + manual focus, image stabilization, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 52.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on February 07, 2016 17:08:36 Last modified on February 07, 2016 at 17:53

Pictures of Steampunk Splendid Teapot racing (6 pictures)

My local steampunk festival, Watch City Steampunk, which is held in Waltham, Massachusetts, has decided to import this fine custom . The pictures in this group are my entry for 2016.

I started with a Disney Test Track radio controlled car, and modded it, slicing off the back roll bar. I ruined my first car, and had to get a second one.

I then attached a wood base, which is held onto the car with velcro.

I found a candle holder in the shape of a tea pot to use for my racer. Since the theme for this year's Watch City Steampunk is a Kraken threatening Waltham, I put a finger puppet octopus on top of the tea pot.

Inside I have a Teensy LC that runs the neopixel LED rings, and a standalone MP3 player playing some tea related songs. Originally, it was going to be a Teensy 3.2 with the new prop shield, which can play music as well as running the LEDs, but I did some mistakes with soldering, and I didn't have time to recover before the festival, and added the MP3 player.

Picture #1: Disney Test Track car modded for Splendid Teapot Racing 920x713, 160,303 bytes (157K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/5.6, ISO 800, FL-36R flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 34.0mm, aperture priority, vivid color, matrix metering, image stabilization, noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 68.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 05, 2016 10:33:27 Last modified on May 07, 2016 at 01:00	Picture #2: Disney Test Track car modded for Splendid Teapot Racing #2 920x713, 140,838 bytes (138K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/5.6, ISO 400, FL-36R flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 21.0mm, aperture priority, vivid color, matrix metering, image stabilization, noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 42.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 06, 2016 08:53:14 Last modified on May 07, 2016 at 01:00
Picture #3: Teensy LC + 2 16-LED neopixels 920x713, 149,189 bytes (146K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/2.8, ISO 200, FL-36R flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 24.0mm, auto mode, vivid color, matrix metering, image stabilization, noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 48.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 06, 2016 22:55:42 Last modified on May 07, 2016 at 01:01	Picture #4: My Splendid Teapot Racer 920x713, 158,465 bytes (155K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/5.6, ISO 400, FL-36R flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 24.0mm, aperture priority, vivid color, matrix metering, image stabilization, noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 48.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 06, 2016 23:36:13 Last modified on May 07, 2016 at 01:01
Picture #5: My Splendid Teapot Racer #2 920x713, 142,532 bytes (140K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/5.6, ISO 320, FL-36R flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 24.0mm, aperture priority, vivid color, matrix metering, image stabilization, noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 48.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 06, 2016 23:36:31 Last modified on May 07, 2016 at 01:02	Picture #6: My Splendid Teapot Racer #3 920x713, 139,976 bytes (137K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M5-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/5.6, ISO 320, FL-36R flash (+0.33 flash compensation), 1/60 sec, 24.0mm, aperture priority, vivid color, matrix metering, image stabilization, noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 48.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 06, 2016 23:36:52 Last modified on May 07, 2016 at 01:02

Pictures of random electronics projects (1 picture)

Picture #1: Strain relief for Lithium Ion Polymer battery 800x623, 96,342 bytes (95K), (html file) Copyright, Michael Meissner 2016, All rights reserved Olympus E-M1-I camera with Olympus-m43 12-40mm f/2.8 lens f/2.8, ISO 5000, 1/80 sec, 40.0mm, auto mode, vivid color, SHQ, matrix metering, auto + manual focus, image stabilization (mode 4), noise reduction auto, noise filter low 35mm equivalent focal length 80.0mm Programs used: crop, raw therapee Taken by Michael Meissner on May 21, 2016 00:33:56 Last modified on May 21, 2016 at 00:45 I seemed to have bad luck where the wires for my Lithium Ion Polymer batteries became detached from the battery. I soldered longer wires on to the battery, wrapped the battery in velcro (tm) and made a strain relief by looping the wires twice around the velco pieces.

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• Pictures of steampunk machines and outfits (1 picture)
• Pictures of Steampunk Splendid Teapot racing (6 pictures)
• Pictures of random electronics projects (1 picture)
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