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Really thought that crystal radio would of tempted the Steampunkers, anyhow so back on the night stand it goes. OK on offer, for those currently in or contemplating hibernation on this miserable wet day Army issue wool blanket , cream with blue striping, size - single

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The US Army, more specifically the Marine Corps has been actively kicking the concept around since the 1950's. Hover platforms, single seat helicopters, jet packs, hover jeeps, NOTAR helicopters and the insane Project Ithacus all started with the dream of moving troops around faster. Testing of...

Rivals Jetpack Aviation offer a two day course with their JB10 jetpack for about $5000. When the next training session will take place exactly is up in the air waiting for FAA approval...

I dunno, for what those jetpacks cost you could probably put a water slide all the way down Snowdon :biggrin:

A quick whizz around the tinternet later... Manufactured by Falks-Veritas of London circa 1960'ish, the company is still going of sorts as Valor fires but stopped the camping side decades ago. Takes a pierceable butane canister and uses a gas mantle but now the fun bit... later verions used a...

Some American outlets are selling what they call an Original Auermetall Firestarter from Treibacher Industrie AG based in Austria.

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Well yes, sort of. Steampunk fanatics are often overjoyed to discover that the wind up "Ruhmkorff lamp" mentioned by Jules Verne in both 20,000 leagues Under the Sea and Journey to The Center Of The Earth actually existed in 1860.

Yes I suppose that's a good description, the box contains both hope & despair as well as wisdom and lies sometimes it even plays a catchy tune :sneaky:

Thanks gra_farmer this is fascinating stuff :)

It's a bit beyond what I would call "bushcraft" but you could go old-school science fair and take a look at the water for life using a quality microscope then see if anything grows in a petri dish. Identifying exactly what's wriggling or growing however would be a whole new level of difficultly...

Ok..Something a little more high tech perhaps?

Base - 3watt fluorescent desk-lamp Tealight Lantern full power Lantern "half" power There's not a lot of apparent difference between the last two shots because LED flashlights are usually dimmed by switching them on/off really fast. This creates an optical illusion that makes you think...

First fit complete. Wired up & working but held together with blu-tak for the all important "How bright is it?" test tonight.

The AT is a bit of a special case, there's a whole tourist industry geared to supporting hikers that simply was not there in the Kelty started making gear. Back then you could be a week on the trail between towns and any hope of resupply, hence the need for a good size pack. Now.. you can phone...

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This is one of my slow projects that's been under the bench for a while waiting for inspiration and suitable parts to present themselves.. Shoehorning in the new electrics at the moment on account of Captain Nemo's original design using Sodium batteries having some issues. When done it will...