I have been working on a female counterpart to the Steam Sheathe graphic, and the current work is one of a steam and gear-driven corset.
Aggie Sith breathlessly suggests that this be made more than the sum of it’s parts – gears, piston, steel cables, and anchor points – yes, she wants lacy frilly stuff which as a man I know nothing of. Men don’t notice frilly stuff – we notice what is in frilly stuff.
Let us be perfectly clear – there will be no bodice-ripping here. Not with 1/8″ thick steel cables in a network across a woven mesh corset.
While on this journey I ran across a website which I shall not name until I go through it enough that I know that I’m not advocating something I think is too damn bizarre.
But one spot I did find on it has a Master-Class Pole Dancing Competition, which I link from YouTube for your amazement.
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You know, if a man called a meeting like this to talk about… say… the legal system skewed against the father in divorce courts, women would have screamed for his balls on a platter. I am curious as to why the author and the editor at Roll Call felt this was not a remarkable point to make.
Pelosi Calls All Female Democratic Members Into Meeting
By Jennifer Bendery
Roll Call StaffMarch 16, 2010, 7:02 p.m.Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is asking all female Democratic Members to attend a hastily called meeting Wednesday morning but isn’t saying what the meeting is about.
Pelosi’s office sent an e-mail out Tuesday evening requesting that all female Democrats come to the Members-only meeting at 10 a.m.
An aide to one Democratic Member said Pelosi’s office said the topic of the meeting was “to be determined.”
The meeting comes as Democratic leaders enter the final stretch of health care reform — and as they scramble to address fractures in their Caucus over abortion and immigration provisions in the bill.
Weren’t “good old boy” meetings fiercely and bitterly waged war against by feminists everywhere not too long ago?
Oh, but like minorities, it’s ok for us to have exceptions.
I love the idea. I’ll tell myra. Is that a counterweight in front?
If I may, perhaps, instead, two smaller pistons following the diagonal seams/welds?
Two pistons would be easy and I think you’re right – balance is the key. Single drive gear in the middle driven by two offset pistons would work nicely.
Proportional to “endowment” I suppose there are *two* counterweights in front.
Duh, that’s the back. Still…
that babe has amazing control of her thigh muscles
That babe has amazing control period. I was waiting for her to slide down and hit her head on the floor. How’d you like to arm wrestle her? Bet she is STRONG.
I love it!!! And I was right: you are very talented. 😀
Re: Hagfest -Well, when you are the one who has been ‘victimized’ for years, it’s perfectly okay to do what your oppressors did, doncha know?
Love the graphic!
I have yet to see an oppressed minority that would not easily return in kind if the tables were turned.
Glad you like the graphic! What is going to be tough is to put it in an advertisement format w/o losing contrast/detail to the point it isn’t unrecognizable. It’s going to lose some – that’s the point of aging it w/ gimp and all – question is “can I do it w/o ruining the effect?”
The pendulum swings. . .
A quick question for you Mr. Engineer: how exactly is that center seam on the front, fastened with a mere handful of buttons, supposed to withstand the gear-leveraged tension being exerted by the piston on those cinching straps? Inquiring minds want to know.
The entire thing is supposed to be a weave of sillk, steel cabling, and leather to allow slippage of cables w/o cutting silk. The anchor points on the front must interlock with the surrounding material for this to even have a chance of working.
Thought ye that I had not pondered over this very point, o’ callow knave?
I asked Cruel Wife and she was of the opinion that Steampunk doesn’t necessarily have to make sense and if you run into issues, just wave them away and blunder on.
Geez, when did I start listening to HER???
It’s not a matter of cables cutting silk, nor of the stability of anchor points, Mr. Engineer sir. It is of the matter that four (4) buttons (small) along the center are being asked to withstand the combined might of the entire apparatus straining to spread that seam apart (as well as the female form on the inside resisting against such compressive forces). As the corset is currently designed anyone near that item is in mortal danger of being shredded by button shrapnel the instant the cinch mechanism is engaged.
Now, if the cables were attached to ancher points on opposing sides of the seam in question, then you you might have a viable system. There’s no excuses for poor system design sir.
You know what? In spite of your scornful and impudent delivery, I actually like your idea, Knave.
How about the cables cross-over and are engaged by said Female w/o the aid of three ladies-in-waiting? It would be less complex than the modern bra strap, even.
Good catch!
Never let it be said, Knave, that I do not give credit where credit is due, even for the tiniest of ideas.
(oh I’m an ASS-hole… I’m an ASS-hole…)
Why thank you good sir! I live to serve. Oh, and lest Aggie the Grammarian come in here and stomp me flat, my previous comment should be corrected to “There’s no excuse…”.
I just got in from Houston and find this 😀
I would never stomp you flat, Enas. I would just send a link to something you must Yorl as temptation. I like my revenge rather sweet, not cold 😉
Of course you could always replace those buttons with nice brassy threaded screws/bolts to hold the oppsing cables. A bit more steampunkish that way, isn’t it?
cb – perhaps a threaded system as a fine mechanical adjustment to a cam lever?
Oooooooooooooh, shiny.