Frequently asked questions

A fictional machine from a 1944 engineering parody, described in confident jargon that means nothing. It later became a mock data sheet and a series of straight-faced spoof films. Read the history.

The famous original is the turbo encabulator. This site is Turbo Encabultor: we machined one "a" out of the name to save weight. It is our own, entirely original take.

No. Every machine, part, unit and specification is invented. Nothing here is a real product, specification, certification or qualification.

No. Every word list was written for this site, and a built-in check keeps the original's invented words out of everything we generate. We link to the sources and host none of them.

It is procedural: it picks from our own lists of invented parts, materials and units using a seed. The same subject, style, Turbo level and seed always give the same machine, and the blueprint is drawn from that seed too.

Reroll makes a new machine for the same subject. Tick up to three parts you like and they survive the reroll.

Anyone with its link. Saved machines stay out of search engines and the Hall of Machines unless a person approves them, and every saved machine has a report link.

Yes. Use the free results in stories, slides, games and team chats. Please do not pass a spec sheet off as documentation for a real product.

Site credits. You spend a few Cogs at a time on printable extras, with one click and no checkout. Cogs have no cash value, cannot be transferred and never expire. Cog packs are not on sale yet. Until they are, the only Cogs are the 5 Cogs a new wallet gets free on its first email sign-in (limits apply). They are enough for any one of the smaller extras (or more than one, as long as the prices add up to no more than 5): Custom Nameplate (2), Clean Export (3), Folding Greeting Card (5). The larger extras cannot be unlocked until packs are on sale.

Custom Nameplate (2), Clean Export (3), Folding Greeting Card (5), Spec Sheet PDF (6), Certificate of Encabulation (8), Blueprint Poster (10), The Full Works (16), Chief Engineer's Edition (8, Written with AI). Each is unlocked for one machine and can be downloaded again from your wallet.

Cog packs go on sale soon; nothing can be bought yet. The planned prices are on the Cogs page and may change before then.

An unspent pack can be refunded in full within 14 days. Spent Cogs are not refundable, but if a file is broken or wrong we fix it or return the Cogs. See Refunds.

By email. Enter your address and we send a link that signs you in. There is no password.

One optional paid item, the Chief Engineer's Edition, is written with AI from your machine's own parts list and is labelled "Written with AI". Everything else is procedural.

The Blueprint Poster is a vector PDF at 18 by 24 inches or A2. Take the file to any print shop, or print it tiled at home.

No. It is a novelty and says so on its face. See Certificate of Encabulation.

Turbo Encabultor is made by WeldonPC, 5829 Turney Road, Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125. It is not affiliated with any company, magazine or person connected to the original joke. See About.

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