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When I was a teenager I used to improvise prototypes at home with those generic Meccano sets (small prototypes where the stifness of extrusion frames wasn't nee
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
When I was a teenager I used to improvise prototypes at home with those generic Meccano sets (small prototypes where the stifness of extrusion frames wasn't needed).
Is there any modern equivalent? If I look for Meccano nowadays it seems to have gone the way of Lego, where you only have prescribed construction sets, haven't found generic parts sets.
Is there any modern equivalent of Meccano for such an application?
- shagie 4y agoAre you looking for https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/ https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/ Things like https://www.amazon.com/fischertechnik-Creative-Box-Basic-Plus/dp/B08523F7Y4/ref=sr_1_4 https://www.amazon.com/fischertechnik-Creative-Box-Basic-Plu... And while many of the kits are "you can build this"... the interesting stuff is at https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/simulating https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/simulating - things like Training Factory Industry 4.0 24V with PLC connection board https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/products/simulating/training-models/560841-training-factory-industry-4-0-24v-with-plc-connection-board https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/products/simulating/trainin...
- p_l 4y agoLooks interesting, but uses way more I/O than I expected :O
- sircastor 4y agoI have piles (4 boxes!) of Fischer Technik in my garage that belonged to my father. He always loved it as a prototyping toy, and thought it to be a much better system than LEGO - which it probably was for construction, but not for kids randomly playing with stuff. I'm not really sure what to do with it all these days...
- shagie 4y agoMake your own rail guided marble run and use it as the skeleton. And while they do make their own ( https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/products/playing/profi-dynamic-marble-runs https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/products/playing/profi-dyna... ) you could use it as the structure behind https://youtu.be/kPguktA674w https://youtu.be/kPguktA674w I'll also suggest a "random stuff behind you" for video calls. Rube Goldberg machines.
- sacrosancty 4y ago[dead]