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The Jugger-Nauticus

Written by Santiago Plicio in December 2019

This latest addition to Santiago Plicio’s fleet of model ships sees him continue to evolve his development of curved hulls.

Cantilever Bearings

Written by Les Chatfield in August 2019

Les Chatfield describes his construction of a heavy-duty bearing, inspired by a Bert Love design, used to support heavy overhanging loads such as the arms of a fairground ride.

The Barracuda

Written by Santiago Plicio in July 2019

One of a fleet of three ships built by Santiago Plicio for our Harbour Secretary’s Challenge.

This mechanism from Brian Leach continuously varies its speed, repeating its pseudorandom output pattern every five hours. This means that it could be used in, for example, a Meccanograph, a fish or something similar moving in a mobile, or fruit machine reels.

Nuts, Bolts and Meccano

Written by Richard Marsden in March 2018

Richard Marsden on the standardisation of bolts, the evolution of Meccano fixings, and going metric.

Meccasaur Review

Written by Brian Leach in December 2017

Brian Leach reviews the Meccasaur not quite finding its way to your local store!

65 Secretary’s Challenges

Written by Chris Warrell in August 2017

Chris Warrell looks back at some of the Secretary’s Challenge’s that the club has been setting its members since 2001, and shares his top ten Challenge models.

Recalling ‘Fireside Fun’

Written by Richard Marsden in March 2017

Richard Marsden tells the story of Meccano Magazine’s jokes and puzzles page.

Mathematics for Meccano

Written by Richard Marsden in June 2016

Gear ratios, Pythagorus’ theorum, pi, and the golden ratio demystified by Richard Marsden.

3D Printing for Meccano

Written by Richard Marsden in March 2016

Richard Marsden uses his 3D printer to create the useful parts that Meccano never made.

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