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Subject: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Julian Thomas [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:46:34 07/30/15 Thu Brings back memories of the erector sets that I had when I was a kid! For years later, my parts box still had some of the screws and bolts and small stamped metal pieces from the sets. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Mikey [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:45:59 07/31/15 Fri >Brings back memories of the erector sets that I had >when I was a kid! For years later, my parts box still >had some of the screws and bolts and small stamped >metal pieces from the sets. Ditto. My top dresser drawer still has a small stamped piece of an Erector set.... in the same box as a couple of tie tacks, a set of cufflinks, etc. I keep it as a memory jog of my grandfather. I also have my mom's RN pin from her nursing cap. If I remember correctly there were three sizes of Erector Sets. I was given the middle size one Christmas or birthday - I must have been 6 or 7 and my birthday is near Christmas. My grandfather stumbled across one of the high end Sets at a garage sale a month or so later and I got it as a late present. I had more fun with those sets... and I really think they were what developed my interest in engineering. But the Heathkit Crystal Set kit and soldering iron that I got for my 8th birthday is what got me into amateur radio, serious electronics, public safety two-way radio (i.e. police and fire), and from there into computers and information technology. It's a shame that today's kids don't have Erector Sets.

[> [> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Jim Scott [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:14:04 07/31/15 Fri Search the web like I did last night and you will find they are still made. Amazon has competitive prices on them. I am about 65 years too old for a set but I still wish I had a set when I was a kid. Maybe wanting one led to me getting an electronics engineering degree in 1966. I am still the chief equipment maintenance person for the FCC's HF Radio Direction Finding System. Besides repairing and tweaking the computer and RF equipment I also implement the installation of any new equipment including rack mounts and any lathe, milling machine, metal fabrication, etc. that is needed. Sort of like being a one-man band but I can't even hum much less sing on key. Jim >>Brings back memories of the erector sets that I had >>when I was a kid! For years later, my parts box still >>had some of the screws and bolts and small stamped >>metal pieces from the sets. > >Ditto. My top dresser drawer still has a small >stamped piece of an Erector set.... in the same >box as a couple of tie tacks, a set of cufflinks, >etc. I keep it as a memory jog of my grandfather. >I also have my mom's RN pin from her nursing cap. > >If I remember correctly there were three sizes >of Erector Sets. I was given the middle size >one Christmas or birthday - I must have been 6 >or 7 and my birthday is near Christmas. My >grandfather stumbled across one of the high >end Sets at a garage sale a month or so later >and I got it as a late present. >I had more fun with those sets... and I really >think they were what developed my interest in >engineering. >But the Heathkit Crystal Set kit and soldering >iron that I got for my 8th birthday is what got >me into amateur radio, serious electronics, >public safety two-way radio (i.e. police and >fire), and from there into computers and >information technology. It's a shame that >today's kids don't have Erector Sets.

[> [> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Lordshipmayhem [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:03:48 08/01/15 Sat >It's a shame that >today's kids don't have Erector Sets. Yes, something like this. http://www.erector.us/

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Wes [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:03:56 08/02/15 Sun > >>It's a shame that >>today's kids don't have Erector Sets. > >Yes, something like this. > >href="http://www.erector.us/">http://www.erector.us/ >> These are very different from the '50s/60's style AC Gilbert Erector sets. -- Wes

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Pete [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:02:14 08/02/15 Sun >>Yes, something like this. >> >>href="http://www.erector.us/">http://www.erector.us/ >a >>> > >These are very different from the '50s/60's style AC >Gilbert Erector sets. I had a friend in high school (late 1950's) who had british family, and had both the Gilbert and Meccano sets (yes, Meccano dates back that far). They aren't easily compatible but both nice. -- Pete > >-- Wes

[> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Ian [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:17:03 08/02/15 Sun >Brings back memories of the erector sets I grew up in England, and they were called Meccano sets. According to Wikipedia "Meccano is a model construction system created in Liverpool, UK by Frank Hornby. It is now based in Calais, France. It consists of re-usable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. It enables the building of working models and mechanical devices. The ideas for Meccano were first conceived by Hornby in 1898 and he developed and patented the construction kit as "Mechanics Made Easy" in 1901. The name was later changed to "Meccano" and manufactured by the British company, Meccano Ltd, between 1908 and 1980. It is now manufactured in France and China by Meccano S.N. of France, part of the Canadian Spin Master toy company. In the USA, Meccano is sold under the Erector Set brand. Ian

[> [> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Allen McIntosh [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:23:34 08/02/15 Sun >>Brings back memories of the erector sets > >I grew up in England, and they were called Meccano >sets. In Canada also. Erector sets may have been available due to our proximity to the U.S., but the set I had in the early 60's was definitely Meccano. Meccano's website says: "In 2000 Meccano bought the Erector brand, which had been sold in the United States since 1913, and unified its presence on all continents. Even today, Meccano is sold under the Erector brand in the United States." and indeed www.meccano.com is similar to www.erector.us. The history sections are different.

[> Subject: Re: Killer - chapter 3 erector set Author: Mike [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:45:59 08/02/15 Sun >Brings back memories of the erector sets that I had >when I was a kid! For years later, my parts box still >had some of the screws and bolts and small stamped >metal pieces from the sets. My mom was a great believer in educational toys. I got an erector set in about 1960 with an electric motor and a chain and gears to hook it up to the structure. My favorite result was a working draw bridge. A few years before that Christmas I got a brick building set. The bricks were made out of wood and had studs on them that hooked into the brick above like Legos. They were painted red with white bricks to use as corners and door and such. The kit came with green cardboard to use as a roof. I spent many an hour learning about construction. Such wonderful days. The kids today still have Legos and its copycats, but the price makes it difficult to get enough to do more than one specific toy. I also learned some responsibility by knowing that if I didn't pick it up and put it away, I would not have it any more. Both my folks were firm on that.