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shipto:
Finally have progress to report on this long drawn out project. The major stumbling block (apart from getting sidetracked with other things) has been gearing to move the horses up and down and I have finally solved this problem I brought a 115 tooth 20dp meccano crown gear and after many failed tries I have made 8 off 22 tooth gears to match it.
Then I finished the little jig for bending the wire which the cams are formed from, it is 2mm fencing wire. so third picture shows all the bits presented in place on the top board which has already had the slots cut to allow the gears to mate with the crown gear underneath. I may have to increase the size of these slots a little as the wire is a little thick to bend sharply for holding the gear in place, I also need to cut out the openings for the cam sections of the wire.
Now I have got over this major hold up I am hoping that progress will be much better now.
Will_D:
Good old Meccano!
I have about 50+ kgs of it stashed away!
I actually built the giant block setter as featured in all the publicity stuff!
It was in a Dublin toy shop over Christmas a long time ago. I still have the control cabin gearbox stuff and the cubic bit that runs on the rails. The geared roller bearing is a replica! originals are now worth a fortune!
The 6 foot boom was dismantled!!
tom osselton:
I got a meccano set about 50 years ago for christmas it was one of my favorite things for years well next to the rocket crystal radio. :beer:
shipto:
I never got to play with meccano much as a kid :(
Its on my list as soon as grandkids get old enough though :)
Will_D:
@Shipto:
Best start buying now as there are still a few UK resellers of SH parts.
I used to send these guys loads-of-money:
http://www.hsomerville.com/mwmailorder/
But for the grandkids a good starter set (#4 or so) and get grandad to explain th edetails and job done. More madmodders in the pipline!
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