[rescue] Any cool toys?

[bill pointon]

the metal stuff was from the classic erector sets -- they even had an ac 
motor with either a fast shaft drive or a forward/reverse speed 
reduction and torque multiplying gearbox in the old sets -- if you added 
some assorted gears and junk box parts you could produce some powerful 
and dangerous machinery --- i had my own turning lathe drill press and 
circular saw that i built---- all of the external drive mechanics that 
they supplied were for belt drives -- they relied on belt slippage for 
safety i think ------ but then i guess someone got hurt cause they went 
to a crummy little battery pack in later sets -- billp

On Thursday, December 27, 2001, at 12:02 AM, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> I didn't have Lincoln logs..... I had American Logs.  I also had Plastic
> Bricks at my Great Grandmothers house.  I don't remember there exact
> name, but they were an older competitor of Lego, and were American
> made.  I've seen them on Ebay.
>
> I had two Erector sets, one big and plastic that was originally mine.
> The other one was at my grandparents house and was metal.
>
> I'm 28, almost 29.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> bill pointon wrote:
>>
>> when i grew up we had plastic bricks and lincoln logs but the best was
>> the ERECTOR SET --- built plenty of cranes bridges ... >>>>> 
>> etc -------
>> also had ( and still do ) a bunch of LIONEL trains -- some in prewar
>> ( II ) o gauge that had been my uncles when he was little and some in
>> the newer 027 gauge -- now those were trains .... but they took a lot 
>> of
>> space to set up  --- billp
>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at 01:57 PM, Chad Fernandez wrote:
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