Steampunk vibrator

steampunk_vibrator

[Ani Niow] built this steam powered vibrator. It has a milled stainless steel shell with a brass motor structure. The motor is a Tesla turbine made from a stack of Dremel diamond cutoff wheels. This drives an off-center weight to create the vibration. She tested it using a pressure cooker as the steam source. It worked, but became so hot it had to be held using welding gloves. It works just as well with compressed air though. You can see the device at the Femina Potens Art Gallery in San Francisco or later this month at Maker Faire.

[via Laughing Squid]

UPDATE: [Ani] responds in the comments.

Comments [113]

tagged: ani niow, dremel, sex, sex toy, steam, steampunk, tesla turbine, vibrator

Reader Comments

Wow………. Im sorry but WOWWW……lmao

Posted at 12:42 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Nicklaus Michael (Cold)

Is there a video of her … um … testing it?

Posted at 12:45 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by billy bigsticks

…..is there really anything to say about this?………

Posted at 12:54 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by andres

She should have just made a clockwork one, that’s what I’d have done.

Posted at 1:04 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Solenoidclock

“….it even vibrates like real”

Posted at 1:10 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by jimi

my favorite part about this post is that its tagged under “home entertainment hacks”….

Posted at 1:26 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Nick Caiello

Awesome hack to appease our future robot overlords.

Posted at 1:31 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by BigD145

That is not steampunk.

Posted at 1:37 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by anon

Umm, Steely Dan IV?

Not the famous band, but where the name came from?

Posted at 1:50 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by sean

It runs on steam, so I’d call it steampunk.

Posted at 1:57 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by barry99705

Lame.. and inappropriate for this site.

Posted at 2:00 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by sansan

Okay…hackaday, I have you set as my homepage. As hilarious as this is, maybe you might consider keeping it work safe?

Posted at 2:02 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Wolvenmoon

The next steep would be the integration of a tesla coil.

Posted at 2:13 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by (>'-' )>

Stop being stupid, how is this seriously “NSFW”? It’s not. You’re taking it upon yourselves to assume where this vibrator is placed, it’s not mentioned and there’s no pics of it being used that way.

I get so pissed off at all the “This is nsfw” when that is clearly wrong.

Posted at 2:18 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Jeremy

@ barry
By that logic, modern nuclear reactors are steampunk.

“She tested it using a pressure cooker as the steam source. It worked, but became so hot it had to be held using welding gloves.”
Good lord. Looks like a thermal insulator is needed between the motor and the working end. When running on compressed air I’d assume it gets pretty cold.

Posted at 2:22 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by cynic

steam powered != steampunk

Posted at 2:31 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by bort

@ bigsticks: grow up
@ solenoidclock: so go ahead and do it, post if it works

@ sansan: i agree, it crosses a line here
@ wolvenmoon: make an igoogle page and get the hack-a-day app

@ (>’-')> ooww! no, wrong, bad minion!

kudos on the overall hack and ingenuity. i’d give it an 8 out of 10. the power issue, steam gets too hot for comfort (unless it’s used to perform a deep tissue back massage, that might be nice as long as there are no burns) and an air compressor gets too noisy. thinking things through, i’d say about a 4. artistic value and making people respond, well that’s a 10. look how many have responded to this. definitely an eye catcher.

Posted at 2:37 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by vikki

I understand the fun in using a Tesla turbine, but why not a simpler air motor? It could even allow the removal of the eccentric weight.

Posted at 2:38 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by el tejon

Just wow now make one for the Men.

Posted at 2:43 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by SOOPERGOOMAN187

It takes something practical and makes it gaudy and useless; that sounds pretty steampunk to me.

Posted at 2:48 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Eliot Phillips

awesome, i love it.

Posted at 2:49 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by hpux735

So, lemme get this straight, visiting a site called hack a day is work safe, but a picture of a mostly nondescript stainless steel rod isn’t?

Posted at 2:52 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by coreyfro

there’s nothing practical about a steam powered vibrator. this is clearly a form of artistic expression. it reinforces the fact that women can be both sexually independent, and geeky. i think it’s awesome.

Posted at 2:52 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by amk

I don’t see what the big fuss is about, just tell your boss it’s for getting the bubbles out of concrete…

Posted at 3:02 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by thefekete

Hihi, woke up this morning and noticed my Flickr was getting a lot of hits from Hack-a-Day and Laughing Squid and was wondering where they were coming from, haha.

To address some of the questions/concerns about it…

I decided on the Tesla turbine because I could build one in the shop and it was more of a universal engine, could potentially run it off of anything that’s pressurised enough. The engine isn’t optimised and currently it takes far too much pressure to run it then it really should and I’ll be doing some experimenting with other designs soon.

This is more of a proof-of-concept/prototype/art piece than truly practical, anything that would work as a a power source is going to be too big and too loud to be sexy, I knew this when going into it.

As for heat, maybe version 2.0 will have one though I’ve not run it off of steam long enough to see how much the heat transfers. When I was machining it I discovered that if I was machining the engine section, it would become really hot but the shaft would only be warm and the head was cool to the touch, and vice-versa. Once I have a more optimised engine I’ll experiment with steam more.

Again, thanks for the comments and feel free to ask if you have any more questions. :)

-Ani

Posted at 3:05 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Ani

@coreyfro: Your comment wins!

Posted at 3:19 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Jack

well now it seems it’s been pulled from the front page. lame.

Posted at 3:26 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by barry99705

to thefekete: you know what they call that right?

Posted at 3:34 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by aztraph

intercepting aztraph: a concrete vibrator?

Posted at 3:50 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Solenoidclock

man all these idiots complaining. A) it’s neat, b) she fucking made it, and deserves to be on hack-a-day c) get over it

Posted at 4:17 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by bashh

Yea thats pretty neat, but to see what real Victorian vibrators looked like, check this link out…

http://www.vibratormuseum.com/

Posted at 4:29 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Hirudinea

Oh god! A vibrator! My delicate sensibilities!

Posted at 5:00 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by rectilinear

ami, this is awesome. Pure win.
To everyone who’s offended, seriously, the word vibrator is too much? Please.

Posted at 5:21 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by polerin

@amk: Best comment. Agree fully.

Posted at 5:59 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Lucid

It’s steam powered? Like a mod of Half-life? Cool, Does it replace my Crowbar?

Posted at 6:16 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Skwibow

damn

Posted at 6:21 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by PlatinumT

“She tested it using a pressure cooker as the steam source.”

At least she is staying in the kitchen :-D

Posted at 6:21 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by The Moogle

what do you think the chances are of Make: picking this story up from hack-a-day?

lol

Posted at 6:22 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by maybe

How come it’s not riveted (for her pleasure)?

Posted at 6:28 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by SteamPunk Mistress

hahaha very nice!

Posted at 6:59 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by Gilberto

Turn it on high and leave it in!!

Posted at 7:31 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by gapingcunt

You guys are fucking priceless. Without irony this has devolved into an XKCD comic. Nicely done.

“That’s not steampunk.”

Oh, my aching sides.

Posted at 8:29 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by LOLler

This is a nice example of what people with different pictures in mind like to see here….

as from a gardener side of view
this is just a perfect nice tool to get rid of these damn moles and voles in your garden ;)

Posted at 8:46 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by gardener

Ok now we need steam punk fleshlight and it better be compatible with this vibrator !

Posted at 9:01 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by therian

what the fuck

Posted at 9:48 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by sarsface

I would have to agree that this is NSFW. I have hackaday saved to load in my browser and working at a school I have to say this was very unwelcomed on my computer screen.

Posted at 10:07 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by jay

Hmmm.. I guess it really comes down to personal attitudes as to where you draw the line, but I would in no way consider this entry NSFW, inappropriate or unwelcome. The entry doesn’t contain anything overtly sexual, other than the word vibrator, which is also contained in the haptic compass and bristlebot stories to describe a similar mechanical motion.

Just my $0.02 – obviously there’s a few people who disagree. Personally I think it’s a pretty cool build story.

Posted at 10:30 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by kfish

I want to rape a clock

Posted at 10:44 pm on May 3rd, 2009 by cnelson

@jay
If it’s (junior) high school, then maybe. But even so, it’s an art piece. If you had an art website showing an old nude, it wouldn’t be NSFW either.

Posted at 1:04 am on May 4th, 2009 by nebulous

to Solenoidclock: slang for a concrete vibrator is donkeydick

Posted at 3:48 am on May 4th, 2009 by aztraph

Wait, is that a vibrator?
I mean… like a ’sexytime’ vibrator?!?

oh dear god…

Posted at 4:07 am on May 4th, 2009 by Squeakyneb

Ok, there probably is abit of a reason to complain, but come on, it is more of an art project that I personally think is brilliant.

If your at a place of work, maybe you shouldn’t be browsing the web, let alone setting your homepage to something fancy while your ment to be… well… working?

Posted at 4:40 am on May 4th, 2009 by #YLS#

When i saw this, first i read the title

Steampunk Vibrator

I laughed, i said to myself

“What hilarious names they have for stuff these days !”

Then i looked at the picture…

“Thats even more hilarious ! it even looks like a vibrator !”

I read the passage…

“oh… It is a vibrator…”

I thought about that for a while

“HaHaHa That is Hilarious !!!”

Posted at 5:24 am on May 4th, 2009 by ...it's me...

“became so hot it had to be held using welding gloves”.

I wouldn’t be worried about burning my hands if it was designed to be inserted elsewhere.

Posted at 5:59 am on May 4th, 2009 by SelfSilent

There is absolutely nothing wrong about this article from a nsfw prospective.

However, those of us who had the misfortune to click the hyperlink to the supposed ‘art gallery’ may beg to differ. That was a very disgusting site.

Posted at 6:14 am on May 4th, 2009 by Dragonsdoom

don’t click on the links @ work.. lol, I thought this was a joke and had some practical application like distilling water er something “ear cleaner, Facial massager” anyway I scrolled down the page and saw these artistic phallic type projects and I quickly tried to close internet explorer and it hung forever and my boss walked by… yata yata yata and… BTW why make it run off of steam or air seems like a lot for so little… why not make it solor power and use it out side… oops!

Posted at 8:39 am on May 4th, 2009 by kyle007

I have to say, I don’t see what everyone else is whining about with the “nsfw” garbage. It’s just one small news blurb out of many on the page and includes no, particularly, offensive language or pictures. Of course, if you’re at work don’t click on the link to the site. But, then again, that should just be a matter of common sense. Perhaps the artist should have stuck a little more closely with the turn of the century close-mindedness and hidden the function of her device with such pseudonyms as “massaging device”.

Seriously, though, I do like the use of the Tesla turbine and like the above recommendation of using rivets. My own recommendation would be to look into using tap water as the working fluid. Assuming you don’t have water pressure issues it should work just fine. This would, also, allow you to control the temperature based on personal preference.

Lastly, I need to know how, exactly, a steam powered device that uses a Tesla turbine can be anything but Steam-punk? Sure, may be missing a little flare (rivets, brass frill, wood inlay, etc.) but the tech screams steam punk.

Posted at 9:02 am on May 4th, 2009 by colecoman1982

@ nsfw complainers:

my guess is that very few readers of hackaday can plausibly claim that visiting this site at work is even remotely work-related. thus, you’re more than likely in direct violation of whatever “internet usage policy” your company has drafted up; you’re surfing for personal, non work-related reasons. even if you’re on break or whatever, i’ve never seen an internet usage policy that stated that all bets are off once you’re on your lunch break. completely putting aside the argument of whether or not this is nsfw, it’s ridiculous for you to be upset about it regardless. it’d be like saying propane or electricity is responsible for the scalding that occurred after you boiled water and purposefully poured it all over yourself.

i’m not saying that i don’t do personal web surfing at work, and i’d be willing to bet most of us do. i even bet that despite usage policies, most managers for better or worse would allow a certain amount of personal web usage as long as you’re not a dumbass about it. once you’ve decided to browse for personal reasons, however, you’re responsible for that decision, not hackaday. having hackaday as your homepage at work is just ridiculous.

@ naysayers:

as far as the project, it’s cool. someone went into a shop and machined some metal, implemented a design for mostly artistic purposes but also as a proof of concept. why are the writers and readers of this page getting more and more caught up with how useful something is? who cares if it’s not mass-market capable, or even practical? it’s someone making something. there’s plenty of interesting stuff on this website that is more practical, where something was needed and the market didn’t have it. there’s also plenty of cool stuff that more artistic or just a fun build. i’d suggest chilling out and just appreciating what others are doing, or change the website name to reflect that you only want entirely practical and useful inventions that are already debugged and being manufactured in china.

Posted at 9:21 am on May 4th, 2009 by albert

Just want to say before i get lost in the shuffle that this would not have been “milled” primarily, but “lathed”, contrary to what the article says.

And seriously? The word “vibrator” is NSFW? really? Wow.
-Taylor

Posted at 10:39 am on May 4th, 2009 by Taylor

eclectic and odd toys are cool, but this one seems to chrome and not enough brass

Posted at 11:06 am on May 4th, 2009 by TheUnclean

HAHAHAHA

Posted at 1:22 pm on May 4th, 2009 by TJHooker

that thing is NUTS!

Posted at 1:37 pm on May 4th, 2009 by Eldest

Unique, never seen or thought of one. I like it. :)

Posted at 2:10 pm on May 4th, 2009 by originofthought

That’s terrifying. And hilarious. It makes me cringe and hold my legs together to think of it.

Posted at 2:34 pm on May 4th, 2009 by Musie

Lol, Classic. This thing would be hilarious with some brass and an old school pressure gauge.

Posted at 2:58 pm on May 4th, 2009 by Wolf

Awesome!
I’m laughing from the comments.
One of the better hacks I’ve seen in a while :D

Posted at 3:11 pm on May 4th, 2009 by Sean

Work safe? Are you people working at taliban HQ, and is that located deep in alabama, or what the hell is wrong with you people, and your businesses?

Posted at 4:00 pm on May 4th, 2009 by Wwhat

Ah, back to classics! In my day, we used handcrack-operated ones (they did exist, yes, even if I’m a bit young for that)…

Hackaday.com: Strong enough for a man, but good enough for a woman?

Posted at 4:31 pm on May 4th, 2009 by HareTrinity

A suggestion on the heating problem (making the impractical practical is always fun, even when entirely pointless): evaporative cooling. Good ol’ evap cooling used in fridges the world over. The problem would be tuning the rate of cooling from the evaporator to the temperature (which I’d assume would correlate to the pressure, but I Am Not a Steam Engine Mechanic) of the steam. Maybe a pressure valve coupled with a spring to vary the expansion chamber size? Ideally you’d want the temperature to be somewhere between ‘cauterising’ and ‘meat popsicle’.

Posted at 5:21 pm on May 4th, 2009 by anon

Seriously guys, Its a vibrator. Have a laugh, dont get serious and move on. She deserves to be on hackaday (tesla vibrators are a new concept) even though it needs a few tweaks (like a body temperature usage temperature (you know what i mean). Not sure if I want to see her using it but hey, thats just me. Lols, 73’s

Posted at 6:23 pm on May 4th, 2009 by Pumpkin

id like to see a vid of this thing in action, dry and “wet” testing, for scientific analysis of course.

Posted at 6:27 pm on May 4th, 2009 by nick

run it off a sterling generator. put the cold side near the used end and insulate the handling end.

Posted at 6:53 pm on May 4th, 2009 by cyanide

@Ani: Speak for yourself. I know a cute ship mechanic that would love a big and loud power source… :P

Posted at 12:24 am on May 5th, 2009 by cde

2nd female to complete any project in that shop in the last 6 years, let alone a project of unique design. It’s simply a Tesla Steam Engine ~plus adapter~ if you were to ask me… and if it works to keep ‘em coming (to the shop, dirty minded peeps), it works for me!

Posted at 1:18 am on May 5th, 2009 by nyniaan

@ eldest:
no…. I see no nuts. You must be mistaken.

Posted at 2:14 am on May 5th, 2009 by MRE

Sex is a great way to get women interested in technology, in fact it’s a great way to get them interested in most anything really :)

Posted at 6:55 am on May 5th, 2009 by Wwhat

i think the next hack a day contest should be based on this post.

Posted at 12:24 pm on May 5th, 2009 by noonevac

@wwhat:
sex is a gret way to get humans interested in technology, in fact it’s a great way to get them interested in most anything really :)

Men usually more so than women

Posted at 3:52 pm on May 5th, 2009 by No1

@no1
That’s what they want you to believe.

Posted at 4:09 am on May 6th, 2009 by Wwhat

why is this here? keep this shit off hackaday. there are plenty of how-to’s on how to make vibrators and dildos as it is, and if we’ve found this site, odds are, we can find those on our own.

we come here, to this site, for good technology things. a turbine-powered butt-plug isn’t part of its- in fact, a blanket term- anything *remotely* related to genitalia and sexual function doesn’t belong here! ever!

Posted at 4:44 am on May 6th, 2009 by Choscura

@choscura: relax.

Posted at 6:18 am on May 6th, 2009 by ma2

@Choscura: Amen brother! And to ecpand on your arbitrary reasoning:

“why is this here? keep this shit off hackaday. there are plenty of how-to’s on how to make mechanical devices as it is, and if we’ve found this site, odds are, we can find those on our own.”

“why is this here? keep this shit off hackaday. there are plenty of how-to’s on how to make electronic devices as it is, and if we’ve found this site, odds are, we can find those on our own.”

“why is this here? keep this shit off hackaday. there are plenty of how-to’s on how to make PCBs as it is, and if we’ve found this site, odds are, we can find those on our own.”

“why is this here? keep this shit off hackaday. there are plenty of how-to’s on how to make Hacks as it is, and if we’ve found this site, odds are, we can find those on our own.”

“why is this here? keep this shit off hackaday. there are plenty of how-to’s on how to make just about anything as it is, and if we’ve found this site, odds are, we can find those on our own.”

Posted at 6:23 am on May 6th, 2009 by Jack

Wow, I never knew contact with human genitalia (or, in this case, implied contact) has the magic power to render any piece of tech “not a hack”. You learn something new every day…

Posted at 6:59 am on May 6th, 2009 by colecoman1982

Wow, never knew there were so many closed minded people out there. Funny to read the comments. Love the equipment, and yes it would be nice with other fitments, but like the builder said, it’s a proof of concept, I am a steampunk builder, and i build a proof of concept then the actual full functional piece afterwards. Just the fact it uses a Tesla turbine is great. And yes I am at work, just have to be smart about what i click on.

Posted at 9:32 am on May 6th, 2009 by Stephen

Hmmm? Sex and technology, are 2 thing’s that I can relate to. I experience my first erotic vacation last year at an escorts resort called charlisangels. The resort is known for it’s all inclusive beach front villa with European and Russian escorts. I’m planning to visit the adult sex vacation resort this summer.

Posted at 2:07 pm on May 6th, 2009 by Trac743

hum might i suggest this comment… useless !

Posted at 5:15 pm on May 6th, 2009 by Mr.Payne

So umm if it gets so hot that you have to wear a glove to hold it… doesnt that defy the point of pleasure.. and skip over to extremely painful…..and with such skills you probably could of furnished something more practical than a dildo..

Posted at 5:30 pm on May 6th, 2009 by Nicklaus Michael (Cold)

i went through the read up and saw how it was done and was planning to late up one, i asked my girlfriend if she would ever use it, the response was an astonishing “NO! I’m not gonna use something that has that much freaking power!!!” so, the whole moral discussion about whether this belongs on hackaday is moot when it wouldn’t even be used due to the whole ,uncomfortable over kill, aspect. The only use something like this would be useful for would be getting the bubbles out of concrete.

Posted at 6:12 pm on May 6th, 2009 by nick

I suppose I must be considered a fool when I saw the shape of it, and didn’t think “sexual vibrator”. I saw “massager/muscle relaxer”. On that note, I even liked the idea. Granted, humans with use all sorts of things for other-than-intended purposes, and Ani apparently intended it as a sexual vibrator (or mock one at least), but hey…that’s the NATURE of a hack; changing the aesthetics of something or using it for other than it’s intended purpose, modifying functionality, etc. Let’s keep the MORAL ISSUES off Hack-a-Day and leave it what it is: a website about creating and modifying things. This project amused me and my girlfriend greatly, and there’s nothing about it that grates against Hack-a-Day’s sensibilities. Cheers, and relax, folks!

Posted at 8:51 pm on May 6th, 2009 by nikchavez

ummm, some people would find a loud air pressure machine fairly sexxy. but then, I like gritty industrial settings like warehouses and closed down gas processing plants.

Posted at 12:53 am on May 7th, 2009 by mollyfried

@cyanide
a sterling engine won’t work if you insulate it…
cool project, btw

Posted at 1:07 am on May 7th, 2009 by dmtri

@Solenoidclock: gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “Wind me up.”

Posted at 7:16 am on May 7th, 2009 by PocketBrain

While it is an interesting hack, espcially in that it will get over 100 degrees c when in use, I let my kids read this site, and I don’t really want to explain what this type of thing is for yet.

Interestingly, the language in some of the comments is worse than the topic.

Lighten up people, and lets try to keep this relatively kid friendly.

Posted at 6:07 pm on May 8th, 2009 by Paul

@No1: You don’t know a lot of women, do you?

Posted at 11:56 pm on May 11th, 2009 by Tim

If you had the motor section be entirely separate from the business end and have them screw together you could lessen the heating problem slightly due to the small air pockets between the pieces and would be able to lessen it further by using a material that transfers heat poorly (polished wood, silicone) for the business end and/or adding an outer/inner wall design to the motor housing so the part that holds the motor in place isn’t held directly by the user.

Posted at 8:31 pm on May 12th, 2009 by Leonon

@ani: Amazing ingenuity, artistically pleasing, and just a damned cool idea. As you’ve stated it’s primarily art, it’s impracticality is not an issue.

@whiners: You don’t have the right to not be offended, get over it.

@neo-puritans: See @whiners

The fact that women are still highly underrepresented in the scientific, engineering and manufacturing development communities is still very real. Let’s not smack on a lady who obviously has more skill, intelligence and drive than many of the people bashing her, aye?

Posted at 4:17 am on May 18th, 2009 by Jerod

U’ve got good pics, the site could use a tiny bit of work (no offense) its still awesome

Posted at 7:01 am on May 20th, 2009 by visit

@jerod

You’re right on the money! I think to use something as cool as tesla turbine as a vibrator is pretty damn clever. I’m not offended at it at all. I’m just shocked to see among a list of innocent hacks a vibrator is staring me in the face. LOL!

Posted at 12:54 pm on May 20th, 2009 by Micheal Smith

My god, you people.. A vibrator doesn’t have to be a sexual thing, you prevert it (just like I did when I heard it), I know plenty children’s toys that have ‘vibrators’ in them. If she would have said it was made for annoying people with rapid thumping sounds there wouldn’t have been as much fuss.

Posted at 10:38 am on May 22nd, 2009 by John

This is the first time commenting on this site since I first started scrolling it since jan of last year. The vibrator itself doesn’t cause me to comment( though it came close to, no pun intended). It’s the fact that so many of those commenting are so worked up about the sexual/sensual nature of the hack and not the engineering aspect that went into it. Yes, it’s a vibrator, but many items have been crafted and built on sexual/sensual related items( and vice verse). From latex gloves( latex condoms) to the development of the web itself( you can’t tell me porn hasn’t been one of the main components of web’s early development). This hack is the coming-together of the sexual, the geeky, the nostalgic and the innovative. NSFW??? Get off your high horse and go. That’s like saying that going into someone else’s house, finding some nude pics of them and telling them that they are wrong for having it. Their house, their stuff, their rules. Dictating what they do in their own house is not for someone who willingly entered on their own volition. If you think it’s wrong, skip it and move on. They have email that can handle that in a way that you don’t end up looking like a puritan fool and disrespecting in the open, another person’s hard work of art. And that’s what this is. Plain and simple.

Posted at 8:20 am on May 24th, 2009 by Rollyn01

This is lame! I built one, burned my lips and chipped a tooth!

Posted at 12:09 pm on May 25th, 2009 by Bob

@Bob: lol, you’re doing it wrong

Posted at 12:29 pm on May 25th, 2009 by Jack

@bob: hoped that steam-powered lollipop was at least cherry-flavored..

Posted at 1:28 pm on May 26th, 2009 by Rollyn01

It’s interesting how people take this kind of post, I personally think it’s kinda cool, I wasn’t quite aware that theres a stated age limit on this site though….I mean correct me if I’m wrong (which I probably am, I just tend to skim). Sex and sexual related content usually gets such an hoard of complaints, and as mentioned above by others it is interesting to look at the different responses, some are religion motivated, socially motivated, others are motivated from their timidness from the whole subject maybe, people are incredibly predictable sometimes.

for me I think it’s kinda funny, also liked the “well at least shes staying in the kitchen” sexist joke, people are way too politically correct nowadays, you’d be surprised at how much worse it can make a situation.

take a little time to think about the hack, after you’ve gone through the gut reaction of how you’ve been taught to respond, then look at it as how it was supposed to be looked at, why it’s actually on this site, it was posted as a pretty original creation that the creator decided to make, look at it analytically or derive humor from it if you want just don’t shoot down someones creation because it’s what you think you should do, I would of thought that the viewers of this site would be beyond this….little short sighted of me I guess lol.

Posted at 10:12 pm on May 28th, 2009 by Na

wow, didn’t realize the hack crowd was a bunch of non-masturbating puritans. If ya’ll are from the states then the transition to sociofascism – http://atarslight.blogspot.com/2004/11/understanding-sociofascism_02.html – should be a breeze for the Obama ministration.

My mother had a “massager” that used to sit on the table behind our couch, my stepfather would use it on her back and legs after long bike rides. While it never occurred to her that it may be used for nether regions, a bicycle riding friend from church(when we used to go) came over one day and was aghast that she would leave such things laying around.
BTW- she didn’t leave those things laying around, they were in the 2nd drawer of her dresser.

Posted at 11:18 am on May 31st, 2009 by trois

Don’t fry yer vaginaaaaaaaaa. U:

Posted at 10:44 pm on Aug 10th, 2009 by EasilyAmused

If it was to hot to handle how could you possibly insert it?

Posted at 8:12 am on Aug 11th, 2009 by Vibrator

Hmmm, while I find the concept intriguing, perhaps a Stirling engine (also steam) would be less…energetic. Other possible improvments would be a ceramic or aluminum heat shield between the engine and operator? While form is nice, function is key.

Posted at 10:21 am on Aug 20th, 2009 by Lorne

Vibrators are amazing… 1 in 3 women own one in Australia

Posted at 2:48 am on Aug 29th, 2009 by shaunmcgowan

Look, to everyone thinking they’re standing up for women’s rights, this is complete nonsense. All this is doing is helping everybody feel better about viewing women as sexual objects- or have I lost touch with the matter? I was surprised how many people shouted me down for this, but a: this isn’t a porn site and I’m not interested in seeing it become one, and b: I live in Thailand, I see a lot of stupid things like this that, while being touted as ‘liberating’ (usually by scum-of-the-earth sex tourists), really are damaging to women, both in terms of their rights and their perceived place and value in society and sometimes physically and emotionally as well- EG, high heels here, over maybe 4 inches, means the girl is a prostitute of some kind (either a bargirl or a streetwalker, whatever), almost completely without exception.

Posted at 9:31 am on Sep 18th, 2009 by Choscura

Lighten up,Choscura–go find a girlfriend (or some other form of release) and stop obsessing. Your dark views and repressive attitudes are damaging you more than you realize.

Posted at 10:46 am on Sep 18th, 2009 by Bob

Thanks for the sympathy Bob, but I’m already in a long term relationship, and if I had any more “release” I’d probably implode and die of dehydration.

I’ll confess to culture shock- this kind of thing is completely unacceptable, but only here. where most readers of this site are, sure, I can understand the attitude.

Posted at 1:50 pm on Oct 4th, 2009 by Choscura

“It worked, but became so hot it had to be held using welding gloves.”

I actually wear those during sexytime anyway, so no real drawback!

Posted at 10:16 am on Oct 21st, 2009 by HoonoNoono

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