A neat idea

[seetheduckie]

Hey folks,

   So I put this in metaphysical because I just came up with the thought and don't have any drawings, let alone a working model for it, but I thought it was neat.

   Basically my idea was for a way to move around a house/laboratory/warehouse, really any building of substantial size and prper layout.  That would be a great big arm similar to the boom of a cherry-picker, located in the center of a large, centrally oriented room, that a mad steampunk could direct to go to any number of landings on various floors of the building.  Anyway, I thought you guys might find it a neat thought.

-sam

[Great Bizarro]

[akumabito]

Hey folks,

   So I put this in metaphysical because I just came up with the thought and don't have any drawings, let alone a working model for it, but I thought it was neat.

   Basically my idea was for a way to move around a house/laboratory/warehouse, really any building of substantial size and prper layout.  That would be a great big arm similar to the boom of a cherry-picker, located in the center of a large, centrally oriented room, that a mad steampunk could direct to go to any number of landings on various floors of the building.  Anyway, I thought you guys might find it a neat thought.

-sam

I really can't remember which one it was, but there was a movie with just that idea. It must've been 10 years or longer since I saw it, so I have no idea what movie it was. I believe it was something with cars or some such thing.. Or some sci-fi movie..

[zircher]

LOL, I have this mental picture of a Hollywood Squares like layout  of open rooms with an 'elevator' that can move vertically and horizontally.
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[cybele13]

What about Willy Wonka's wonkavator? Sort of the same idea...except without the arm, and on a factory scale...

[akumabito]

Just thinking aloud here..

To actually implement the idea, I think you'd run into difficulties.. for an arm to be able to support that kind of weight, it would need to be quite sturdy (read: large and heavy). It would probably also be powered by hydraulics, which means you'd need a noisy diesel engine, and all the hydraulics equipment (read: heavy, expensive, relatively complicated).. unless of course you can invent a way of properly powering it using steam..

[Daemon]

Just get hold of one of these, built a suitable end platform (instead of seats) and bingo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3mRCdz9Rc

[Simon Hogwood]

Sounds like a steampunk version of those ladders that slide along the shelves in really posh private libraries. 

[ProfDelphiniusTucker]

Sounds like a steampunk version of those ladders that slide along the shelves in really posh private libraries. 

I'm going to have at least one of those in my home XD

[Wrath the Mad]

I really can't remember which one it was, but there was a movie with just that idea. It must've been 10 years or longer since I saw it, so I have no idea what movie it was. I believe it was something with cars or some such thing.. Or some sci-fi movie..

It reminds me of an anime called Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise. The chief rocket scientist had one.

"Boy, I was flyin' rockets before you were even an itch in yer daddy's crotch!" - Best grumpyoldman line ever.

Beautifully animated, and very steampunk/dieselpunk. Nixie status displays for the rocket and mechanical supercomputers ahoy!