Quick Change
Kyle | January 17, 2025
My own photo of the quick change gearbox selector plate on my 1942-ish South Bend lathe. Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution
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Gear brushes used in my pictures are from several people. Unfortunately, I've lost the credit file of who all of those people are.
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Countdown
Kyle | January 10, 2012
Join us, friend, in watching a truly momentous occasion! An unlimited supply of cheese awaits, not to mention the prospect of growing gardens and food crops on Mars with a future trip. 3…2…1… Based off of these: Eiffel Tower by Terrazzo[link]Licensed as CC-BY as of 2012-01-10 Rocket Bank by Calsidyrose[link]Licensed as CC-BY as of 2012-01-10 Antique Fire Extinguisher by […]
Application of Vapourjet for Manned Flight
Kyle | September 10, 2010
Title: Application of Vapourjet for Manned FlightDescription: Indeed, heavier-than-air flying machines are possible.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, 1280×1024Credits: Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-alike. Based on these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richspk/1164873053/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjackrian/459183801/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/14508691@N08/3927569742/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/phonogalerie/4179465818/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitkeeper82/3970918663/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/3295328389/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/3456361581/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverfuture/4641267746/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianjmatis/3530280988/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/koalie/2681151836/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezioman/2095465978/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaui/3524305769/
Not dead! Massive set of guest wallpapers to tide you over.
Mousewrites | June 2, 2010
Hey all! No, I’m not dead, I’ve just been very, very busy. For one, I’ve been running a tabletop RPG for 10 people (ye gods, I must be mad) that has taken up a lot of my free time. Yes, of course there are airships in it. It’s a reality-bending modern game set in Oklahoma. […]
Steam Heat T-shirt… Well, I was weak and bought one…
Mousewrites | February 11, 2010
and I thought I’d let you guys know it was here. It’s a ShirtWoot, but it’s on Reckoning (IE, time sensitive, but not as bad as the daily woot shirt). Check it out (if you are t-shirt inclined): Steam Heart Note: this isn’t a wallpaper, and I don’t own that image. I just wanted you guys to […]
Boiler room, part 2 – Fullscreen and widescreen
Kyle | October 9, 2009
Title: Boiler room, part 2 Description: Well, I suppose the pipes probably go there…but where else? grungetextures.com/gallery/pic.php?id=626(by-nc when previously available) www.flickr.com/photos/chibijosh/67266910/(by-nc at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/redcritter86/3916858951/(by-nc-sa at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/broughturner/2330342519/(by-nc at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/helzerman/2543318402/(by-sa at the time of writing) www.flickr.com/photos/joeross/2498377434/(by-nc at the time of writing) License: Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, […]
Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Steam Organ
Kyle | May 22, 2009
Title: Steam OrganDescription: …otherwise known as a calliope.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024, Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Original by Nick Trebyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/biggleswadeblue/3071236476/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike Notes: Sorry, folks, for not posting in a while. I was out of town for about a week, and felt like I was getting into a rut, so I thought I’d take a breather for […]
Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Inner Workings
Kyle | April 29, 2009
Title: Inner WorkingsDescription: No idea what this thing is, but it’s cool! Cropped, resized, and minor retouching.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Another wonderful original by Curious Expeditionshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/632777127/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike
Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Airship Cabin
Kyle | April 23, 2009
Title: Airship CabinDescription: The cabin of an airship! I’ve actually been working on this one for months now, and just decided to call it done and post it.Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080 & 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: [link](by-nc-sa as of 2009-02-22) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc-sa as of 2011-10-25) [link](by-nc […]
Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Clockwork 2
Kyle | April 19, 2009
Title: Clockwork 2Description: Somewhat of an experiment, color-wise. Let me know what you think.Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050, Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/glamhag/1815409643/License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike
Guest Wallpaper: Firefly by Brigid Ashwood
Mousewrites | April 17, 2009
I finally bought my new Wacom pen for my tablet, so as soon as it gets here I’ll be doing more orginal stuff. In the mean time, here’s an awesome wallpaper submitted by Brigid Ashwood! Title: FireflyDescription: Cool steampunkian fairy by Brigid Ashwood. A lot of her stuff is awesome. Go look. She also has this totally […]
Guest Wallpaper: Widescreen – Steampunk Graffiti by Brad
Mousewrites | April 15, 2009
Title: Steampunk GraffitiDescription: Brad says “Latest graffiti design using Steampunk style.” This is a pretty cool reimagining of the steampunk style. It’s got a lot of steampunk elements, but is very different from a purely Victorian or classical feel. This is the more subversive side of steampunk. Thanks, Brad!Type: Widescreen, 1920×1080Credits:http://www.graffititechnica.com/Graffiti_steampunk.htmlLicense: Brad says “My whole take on the […]
Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Clockwork
Kyle | April 9, 2009
Title: ClockworkDescription: What can I say, it’s just a really cool photo. Pretty much no retouching – just resizing/cropping.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Joseph O’Connell http://www.flickr.com/photos/joconnell/539761408/License: Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Same as above.License: Same as above.
Fullscreen AND Widescreen: Surveyor’s Compass
Kyle | April 7, 2009
The new model of surveyor’s compass – now with electrical bubble levels! Based on this: Surveyors Compass by Curious ExpeditionsLicensed as Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike as of 2011-12-28 Made with Adobe Photoshop and The GIMP
Brass Goggles on Blue
Kyle | April 5, 2009
Title: Brass Goggles on Blue Hi everyone! Mouse has decided to take me on as an apprentice SteampunkWallpaper-er! I only hope I can be useful enough to merit it (and not mess everything up too bad ). But please, if you see anything I can improve on, let me know. Feedback is welcome, good or bad. […]
Guest Wallpaper: Myke Amend’s “Behold the Machine”
Mousewrites | March 13, 2009
Title: Behold the MachineDescription: From Myke “Wallpaper from the painting I did for the same-named Vernian Process CD.” From Mouse “:: whimper :: oh god, this is such a beautiful piece of art. The airship in the back makes me tremble. Thank you so much, Mike!”Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported, by Myke Amend.Myke also gave it to […]
Fullscreen: Interfacing 2
Mousewrites | February 19, 2009
Title: Interfacing 2Description: Man, these are a blast to do.Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions, again.Creative Commons licensed derivative.
Widescreen: Interfacing 1
Mousewrites | February 18, 2009
Title: Interfacing 1Description: I always end up arranging my icons into little groups, and have been making ‘labeled’ icon box wallpapers for a while. Here’s one that’s non-labeled… and widescreen! If people like them, I’ll do some more. I have visions of ornate scrollwork fillagree’d boxes….Type: Widescreen, 1680×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions, again. […]
Fullscreen, by request: Blue Watch
Mousewrites | February 17, 2009
Title: Fullscreen Blue WatchDescription: You wanted a fullscreen, you got it. 😀 Type: Fullscreen, 1280×1024Credits: Still based off the picture by Curious Expeditions. Creative Commons licensed derivative. Version of Widescreen: Blue Watch.
Widescreen – Dual Monitor Special! Coffee
Mousewrites | February 15, 2009
Title: CoffeeDescription: Yes, I know that almost nobody has dual WIDESCREEN monitors… I forgot. I’ll probably make a ‘fullscreen-dual’ at some point this week. This is a ‘love you’ present for all the caffinee soaked, twitchy people in my life.Type: Widescreen, 3360×1050Credits: Based off the picture by Curious Expeditions, again (I can’t help it. they have […]