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For questions involving the design and manufacture of basic tools like carpentry tools or musical instruments, etc. Excludes weapons and electronics (use 'weapons' and 'technology' respectively).
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How would a Steampunk voice synthesizer work?
Very easily, in fact! -- with the GRAMMOGRAPH MARK III
Allow me introduce Steam Gadgets Ltd's latest concept in mechanical grammography:
Your character will be supplied with a functionally improved & …
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What non-electrical, basic tool from today, could be made that would change the world in anc...
I'd honestly go for the printing press.
John doesn't really have to know how to make one, he just has to describe the basic pieces to a craftsman and demonstrate it to the right people.
It's utility w …
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Essentials for post apocalyptic traveler
The standard Post Pockyclypse Traveller's Kit. Kindly note that this is a list of essentials. There are hundreds and thousands of items a traveler could carry and would undoubtedly find useful. Most o …
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Parasols on an Alderson Disk
What Parasol Users Actually Do
Parasols aren't so common anymore in the West, but in the last century they were quite popular in Europe and America. For those who don't know, a parasol is a very ligh …
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Not-so-precious metals: tools with only precious metals are available
Eternal Stone Age or Advanced Space Age
None of those metals on their own are particularly good for use as large tools. … So, absent any kind of cool alchemy, people would most likely continue on with tools fashioned from stone, wood, laminates, bone, etc. …
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Determining the qualities of a quill based on the qualities of the bird
Extract from Otho Band's De Arte Quillomanteia:
... for all practitioners of the Art are acquainted with the ancient maxim: the quality of the bird makes the quality of the quill. By which quillwright …
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