On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:56:24 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:50:02 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:25:25 -0500, Ignoramus32423
wrote:

On 2015-04-06, Larry Jaques wrote:

I will hopefully add more pictures and documentation soon.

That's cool! (Shades of my old Erector set, but many generations
ahead.)

They still sell erector sets, they are quite plentiful.

http://tinyurl.com/l28h9wl OMG, look at the price now!

How much was a motorized 650 peice set back in 1965 dollars?? I
remeber they were too expensive for my family to buy for me.
A mechanic made about $2.15 an hour, an electrician about $2.50
Today the earningas are at least 20 times that, so a $175 set today
would cost the same at $8.75 in 1965. I'm sure they were more than
$8.75 - A #11 kit was well over $25 (over 17 pd Stirling in the UK) in
1964

(These were NEVER an "inexpensive" toy!!!)

No, but teaching/learning tools seldom are. They're an investment.
I learned how to cross-brace the structures to give them more
strength, learned about cantilevers, gears, pulleys, etc.

I don't know how much they cost back then since mine came as a gift
from Mom's new male friend (Dad's BOSS!) during the year Mom & Dad
were separated. The bribe helped, but I still didn't like him, and
would have hated him more if I'd known he was Dad's boss at the time.
(The plot thickens, wot?)

--
When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.
-- Stephanie Barron
(Something for the Powers That Be to remember, eh?)