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The 'MARVELOUS MACHINE' which I am imagining and building needs a purpose. The big question is 'What does it do?' As often is the case there is no simple answer. It will take a little study. The machine is obviously a steam engine of the vertical variety. It has a single cylinder which powers a crankshaft and flywheel. That shaft turns a variety of gears. One of those gears will power an electric dynamo. The electric current produced will in turn be transmitted via some wires to another device which shall for the time being remain secret.

Today it was time to design the electric dynamo. I searched the web for pictures of authentic historical devices (of which there were a great variety). I picked my favourite and then used that old photograph as reference (with a fair amount of artistic licence) to create the concept design for the equipment. I did the drawing on my iPad. With the drawing in hand I can begin designing the cut files for the pieces.

Still more fun!

We are busy planning the next phase of the NEBs Fun World project. That project involves putting a while new fun theme to the pub. Plans include some steampunk styled decor with a giant still as the centrepiece. It's going to be a whole lot of fun!

Made in the shade

They've almost finished installing the new boardwalk up at Cultus Lake Adventure Park. It goes around and over much of Giggle Ridge Adventure Golf. The crew did a careful and amazing job of installing the massive structure. They had to dig hundreds of holes in the golf to pour footings and the giant timber uprights. They kept the damage to an absolute minimum and when they were done we got called in to repair and add some features to the golf. While we were at it we are repainting the colourful rocks in the creek. Today we began that work.

We loaded up our tool trailer with all of the supplies and tools we would need. While the painting crew set to work on the repaints Peter started welding up the structures for the new features. The wiring crew followed close behind with the expanded lath. Tomorrow is mud day when we will trowel on the fibreglass reinforced concrete and sculpt in the detail. 

The day was bright and sunny but because we were working under the new boardwalk we had it made in the shade.