All your base are belong to us

Using wood scraps that I salvaged from a client's basement I fashioned a platform. It a nice tight tongue and groove hardwood. It's gonna look nice stained.

Getting control

I found this train transformer at the flea market. I hope to make it the remote speed controller for the device.

Brass Everywhere

Here's some more pictures of the smaller details. Combining lamp parts, air compressor parts and some plumbing and electrical. No paint yet.

More of the detaily stuff

This is a close up of the piston that generates the hydraulic power to spin the motor. That's how it's supposed to be interpreted anyway. It does spin around and pump a piston. The basis of this is the main park of another broken air compressor. Note to self, stop buying cheap air compressors.

Here's a wider shot that shows the water tank in the background. To the left is the exhaust stack made from the mouthpiece of a cheap circular horn and another car bracket.