Pre Technics LEGO gears

Before LEGO came with the "LEGO Technics" (of which many parts are used in LEGO Mindstorms) they experimented with different gear systems. Displayed is the one I used in Europe (I understood that a different version was released in the USA). The gears can be combined at a 90 degree angle as well. The gears have 21, 15 and 9 pins, allowing gear ratios of 7:5, 7:3 and 5:3.

Even though the axles are white, they are still compatible with Technics. Similarly the bricks, wheels and stop bush are all still usable, although they have different colours. Not all the stop bush have the same shape: some are intended to be stops, others are intended to be used with rubber bands. The metal pins are used to connect the system to the 4.5V and 12V motors that existed at the time. The threads allow attachment of regular LEGO parts, unfortunately most of the pieces of the thread got lost.

Museum expanded

After getting some feedback from a co-worker I decided to reduce the amount of rust slightly, and add more hints that it is a museum setting. I also made the floor less distracting by adding a plate, which would also ensure that the marble wouldn't be damaged by the engine itself.

Steampunk time continuation

I think this version makes my idea much clearer, and probably needs less explanation, which is good.

Raytracing competition entry

The Internet Raytracing Competition has as current theme "Steampunk Time". Instead of creating a time piece, I'm creating a steam (punk) style machine that has suffered through time. Here is my first real rendering of it, it undoubtedly needs more work.

Travelling and moving, Mosha down

Due to travels (going to Rochester and driving back to California) and moving I decided that I didn't have enough time to supervise Mosha, and therefore turned it off for the time being. Hopefully everything will be fine after the 26th of May and Mosha will be back online. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Levan Polkka

Here is some music that will stay in your head...

New Cashimor website

This is Cashimor's blog, and Cashimor now has a separate website. It's still under construction, and I got way too much space (10 GB) to put anything sensible there. I will move my old website there, and possibly part of Mosha, although users of Mosha shouldn't notice this.