Archive for October, 2007

Steampunk Lamp - Collaps - IKEA hacker style - only $65US

Posted October 29, 2007 * Comments(0)

 

Sometime ago I stumbled upon this cool looking lamp at the Ikeahacker blog site.

This steampunk style adjustable lamp is made by Belgium artist Pascal using a Frack IKEA mirror and a car headlight.

It can be used as a ceiling or wall fixture and is fully adjustable in length.

Unlike most other cool products I find on the net this one is actually for sale and is priced well.

steampunk lamp -collaps- IKEAHACKER style - only $65 - lit

Steampunk Lamp - Collaps - IKEA hacker style - only $65US - off

This lamp is hand crafted and ships direct from the artist to all locations worldwide.

The dimensions are:

Lamp Head: 7.8 inches x 7 inches (20 x 18 mm)

Arm Length: from 9.5 inches to 23.5 inches fully extended. (24 mm to 60mm)

You can buy yours now for only $65US + shipping.

Shipping charges for US will be $25US.

Other countries will have to be calculated when you order.

Continue here for payment options and ordering information.

If you have any questions on this product or for the artist just leave a comment below.

Contact page problem fixed

Posted October 18, 2007 * Comments(0)

It seems my contact page was not working for a while now. There are over 100 views of my contact page during this error so if any of you haven’t recieved an email from me it means your message did not go through. I am sorry about this. The problem has now been corrected.

You can use the contact page to send me a message. I am also automatically emailed whenever new comments are written.

Thanks for reading.

Modified Zoom-O Catch and Fire Ball Launcher Shoots 240 rounds per minute

Posted October 3, 2007 * Comments(0)

Ever since getting the old ball launcher I have wanted one that could shoot multiple rounds rapid fire style. The catch and fire came out recently but it was a single shooter. After some inspection I had some ideas of how to mod the gun to get a more semi-automatic action out of it.

First I took off that big catcher since I have no intention of catching anything. And as you can see it starts to look more like a paint ball gun.
modified zoom-o catch and fire ball launcher - profile (click to enlarge)

Then I opened up the case to see what’s inside. I have some pictures and video of the trigger mechanism, but for now that’s not important.

The parts I were focused on were these two little pincer holder things. They keep the ball from touching the spinning wheel until your trigger pushes a plunger into the ball.

They are also the easiest to remove.

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