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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:21 am    Post subject: ideas for a mec1 Reply with quote

i have a mac1 i brought off james but i wont to do something specal but i have not got a clue, needs to be something simple im not a tecnical man
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:22 pm    Post subject: Re: ideas for a mec1 Reply with quote

mitodie wrote:
i have a mac1 i brought off james but i wont to do something specal but i have not got a clue, needs to be something simple im not a tecnical man

Sit in front of a large box of Meccano bits and let your imagination run free!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:24 pm    Post subject: Re: ideas for a mec1 Reply with quote

Roly Williams wrote:
mitodie wrote:
i have a mac1 i brought off james but i wont to do something specal but i have not got a clue, needs to be something simple im not a tecnical man

Sit in front of a large box of Meccano bits and let your imagination run free!


That's what I did.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cranes are a good start. You can make them bigger and more complex as you go along and they keep you occupied (or you end up with all the ropes twisted around the gears )

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: ideas for a mec1 Reply with quote

mitodie wrote:
i have a mac1 i brought off james but i wont to do something specal but i have not got a clue, needs to be something simple im not a tecnical man


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:17 am    Post subject:
Cranes are a good start. You can make them bigger and more complex as you go along and they keep you occupied (or you end up with all the ropes twisted around the gears )

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