[ZXGuesser] has pulled off a true feat of Meccano engineering: building a Meccano Hellschreiber machine. The design is a close replica of the original Siemens Feld-Hell machine as documented here.

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Meccano is one of those toys with a very strong nostalgia element, involving memories of hours spent bolting together a toy wheelbarrow or a coffee table-size Forth Bridge. But 21st century kids ...

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Once-popular engineering toy, in decline since the 1950s, will still be manufactured by partner companies It is the children’s toy, invented in Britain, that inspired a passion for engineering, ...

A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan. A Guinness World Records official confirmed it has set a record for the world's largest Meccano ...

Prof Trevor Whittaker, a Guinness World Record representative and QUB Vice Chancellor Prof Patrick Johnston on the bridge on Saturday Engineering students from Queen's University Belfast have set a ...

Engineering students in Belfast have set a world record with a 100ft bridge made from Meccano. A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan. A ...