2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!Hear Ye! Be the FIRST in your club! Be the ENVY of your neighbors! Win WORLD-WIDE RECOGNIZATION and UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM!

The World Wide Ministry of Peculiar Objects invites YOU to participate in the first ever, on-line, live Steam, 2020 Steampunk Railroad Hand Cart design- build, and post contest.

Purpose: While in Quarantine, or self isolation, with no outside help whatsoever, except for family, shop gremlins, and physically distant what-cha-ma-call-it consultants, design, build and post on Chaski, the wildest, at least occasionally functional, steampunk railroad hand cart in the world!

The Prize: by popular vote of the Chaski Forum membership, be awarded the title:

Best Steampunk Quarantine Railroad Hand Cart Builder in the World!”

Contest rules:

1) stay in insolation or quarantine throughout the contest period
2) design, post, and build a human powered, functional, life steam steampunk railroad handcart.
3) capable of traveling (rolling or floating) on or above at least 1,000’ of live steam railroad track (all feet at the same time, or at least during the same day)
4) at a minimum, materials shall include what’s-on-hand, bits and bobs from under the work table, and at least 2 (two) items from the pile standing in the corner.
5) Handcart to be manually powered, by any human means; including, foot pedaling, arm motion, head bobbing, blowing from the lungs, or whole body rowing.
6) no limits on power or size: the push cart can be powered by one or all members of your family in isolation, adults or children, or any combination thereof; limited only by the size of your (isolated) household. Most Honorable mentions for Granduoso and Minioreous Obliviosus sizes.
7) HandCart design must include at least one or more obvious Steam Punk design elements,
8) completed Design - Build log must be posted on the Chaski Build log Forum for all members to review.
9) extra points for early design submission and originality.
10) extra, additional points for copying and adding to other people’s cool ideas.
11) special, additional, extra, bonus points for steam punk costumes and garb.
12) the winner to be decided by popular vote of the Chaski membership.
13) NO ENTRY FEES.
14) NEW Rule> No limits on Gauge - whatever suits your fancy, so long as rideable. (Basically anything from 4 3/4” to 56 1/2”)
15) NEW Rule #2: Points for Patina!


Contest Duration: Now through June 30. The contest opens today! Jump right in, gather your materials and start posting your steampunk design NOW!

Ministry to announce more details as we think of them...

Don’t wait!

Be the first in your club to design, post and possibly build a world famous STEAMPUNK QUARANTINE HANDCART, today!
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Motive power : 1902 A.S.Campbell 4-4-0 American - 12 5/8" gauge, 1955 Ottaway 4-4-0 American 12" gauge

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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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Here’s my rapid prototype. A single seater, 2-6-0 recumbent.
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Also laid out a 2-4-4-2 articulated, dual pedal rig for my wife and I.
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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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Let's build this one:
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Or not...
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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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Bring it on, RUSS!

Hoping we do get some cool entries. Even a sketch would be great. We could do a steam punk rally at Train Mountain during the next triennial.

Glenn
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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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NP317 wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:55 pm Let's build this one:
Steam Loco.jpg

Or not...
RussN
You have all that under your workbench?

Wow...
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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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LOL !! :lol:
Naw. My shop is too new to have all that crap under any bench.

But Glenn's challenge is a great way to survive stressful times.
Creativity in many forms. I'll be watching.
Thanks, Glenn.
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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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Russ, don’t hold back!
Pitch in!

Hoping somebody comes up with a steampunk google headset
design, to wear whilst firing coal.

Glenn
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Motive power : 1902 A.S.Campbell 4-4-0 American - 12 5/8" gauge, 1955 Ottaway 4-4-0 American 12" gauge

Ahaha, Retirement: the good life - drifting endlessly on a Sea of projects....
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Re: 2020 Steampunk Quarantine Handcart Contest

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I’m still really ill but I took a walk around the other day and our plump chickens found a comfy spot on my railcart I built to allow our wagon rail access (do you know how hard it is to push a wagon with flat tires up any kind of hill filled with 500 pounds of dirt?!?

The ladies usually just interfere with my panel building as here last fall.
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Sorry, not up to actually building anything but I have a half dozen parts bikes and a sketchbook, let me see what I can come up with...
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RussellCofIdaho wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:29 pm I’m still really ill
:?: :?:
Want to talk about it?

H
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Not really, I think it is good ol COVID-19, I was tested 7 days ago, still not back yet. Whatever it is, it is AWFUL. If you want to lay in bed for 3 weeks and lose 20 pounds may I suggest a tapeworm?!?
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Wow! Sorry to hear it. Sure doesn't sound fun.
Wishing you a full recovery.

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Same here: Wishing you a good recovery.
Never fun to be of ill health.
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