You didn’t really think I could let this one go when I saw it, did you?
That’s right – one fine Maker by the name of Ani Niows has made what I think may very well be the holy grail of steampunk culture – a vibrator that works completely off of steam (or in this particular case, compressed air – more on that in a moment).
Just plug up your steam boiler to the little thing and you’re off – so to speak. Apparently it works as designed, and I have to admit, it’s pretty ingenoius. Considering most vibrators are designed to essentially rattle themselves apart, I’m curious how this one is designed. The creator runs it off of compressed air at the moment due to some…potential unpleasantness with the heat transfer from the steam engine she’s tested it with:
it weighs about a pound and is pretty damned smooth to the touch. when I tried to run it off of steam earlier though it got REALLY hot, you have to wear like welding gloves to hold it and even then its almost too hot to handle. another reason I’m using compressed air for the moment.
Uh – ow. Ladies beware. Compressed air until there’s an insulator of some type, or she works out the whole heat dissipation thing. In any event, it’s damned cool, damned sexy, and I’m happier just for knowing this thing exists. Rock on, Ani!