Assemblage steampunk raygun

Mad clockmaker Roger Wood just sent these images of his latest creations around to his mailing list -- a sweet, simple assemblage raygun.

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I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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L_Mariachi

I like his clocks, but these are a little too much a well-crafted version of “I put a shitload of cogs and watches on my boot” steampunkery. What’s that enormous flourish behind the grip for? Where’s the trigger?
tylerkaraszewski

Presumably a steampunk raygun shoots rays of steam?
mrsoreto

As a watchmaker myself, I hate not functioning cogs and wheels. And on top of that he uses simple quartz movements, so they aren’t even mechanical timepieces… You are better of buying a nice French mantel clock, which have beautifully crafted mechanical movements.
Mitchell Glaser

This reminds me of The Zen Gun, one of the most amazing and offbeat science fiction books ever written, in which pigs briefly take control of the universe among other treats. The titular gun is without doubt the most powerful hand weapon ever conceived, read the book and see if you don’t agree.
Andrew Singleton

Dislike the ‘stick cogs on it and call it steampunk’ look.

Seriously disappointed here.

Edit: Espeially since I’ve seen some damned fine steamed up stuff here. The Steampunk Cellphone that works off of punch cards? I want one of those.
Finnagain

You understand this is not a real, functional Ray Gun, right?
- Andrew Singleton
  
  Naturally, but it doesn’t even look like it could be a gun except there’s a sortof kindof handle looking bob there. Looks almost like a wall sconce really.
Peter Chylewski

I don’t like guns, the pure thought of them makes me puke. And, btw, I’m an excellent shooter, but anybody can learn it. I say: Scrap all weapons, they’re good for nothin’ at all!
- http://twitter.com/gordonjcp gordonjcp
  
  You are Ronnie van Zant, AICMFP.
Ed Ligget. Tuba.

While the overall aesthetic is nice, I have to agree with many comments here that just slapping gears on something is a rather lazy way of making steampunk props.
If you look at something like Dr. Grodborts, ( http://www.wetanz.com/rayguns/ ) they really look like they could be functional on some level. This doesn’t.
jeligula

Maybe it’s just me, but I like my fanciful gun pieces to have triggers on them.
hungryjoe

This Roger Wood person makes some pretty great clocks. Check his site if you don’t believe me. If I had the money, I think I would probably buy one. But this seems like a part of the design process, not a finished product. Or else he’s just not really into ray guns.
GrueHunter

A coat rack, toiler toll holder and bed knob do not a raygun make. Not even close.