Thank you Kevin. I do have another video on youtube of a similar machine that the little Meccano men buitl(with a bit of my help! That shows the build from start to finish here is the link to that one hope you find it helpful kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmjagIdtfcyoi9k

Thank you very much

I also have another video of another one I made, here is the link if you would like to see that one kzbin.info/www/bejne/r53EZXWXrMqjsLMsi=FCgl7lQ8e0faJCtz

Yes, you can still buy it all! Some of it is sold under the name "Meccano Erector" There is a lot more plastic in it now though.

Yes there are some fantastic models

Hello Bob, the rollers are made from bosses out of damaged pulleys etc. They are fitted onto, I think, a 4" Meccano and one 4 1/2" Meccano rod. I have been thinking about another one with plastic pulleys stuck onto the rods with super glue! 9 of these brass bosses make one roller wide enough to take a 2 1/2" plate (or 11 plastic ones.)

MECCANO ROLLER BENDER PARTS for the base Part nos.236 - 1 x large flanged plate or part no 52 x 5 - flanged plates part no A233/133c x 8 - obtuse corner brackets part no 8 x2, angle girders (24 hole) part no 2 x 4 - perforated strips (11 hole) part no 2a x 8 -perforated strips (9hole) part no 3 x 4 - perforated strips (7 hole) 5 or 6 axle rods 1 crank handle (5 1/2”) part 25 x 6 pinion gears part 63 x 2 - 3 hole rod connector part 50 x 2 - slides part 59 x 6 - collars also you will need a piece of threaded rod - I think about 4” I used 29 bosses that I had removed from damaged pulleys for the rollers I suppose you could use plastic stuck together to make rollers. there is another video of it working that shows the base made from 5 flanged plates. I hope this helps to give you some idea. I didn’t build it from a plan sorry I cant give any more information as my machine is at my sons ( 4000 mile away) here is a link to the other one I made using 5 flange plates for the base kzbin.info/www/bejne/r53EZXWXrMqjsLM

A lot of sets I would imagine! It was a very good show

Yes, it was a brilliant model.

Yes Michael, there are some wonderful models. A lot of imagination and thought gone into them.

Hello Allan you can get some Meccano parts that are already curved but I have made a few 'roller bender' machines and I have 2 videos here on youtube if you would like to take a look. They are made from all meccano parts, even the rollers! They come in very handy. Here are the links kzbin.info/www/bejne/r53EZXWXrMqjsLM and kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmjagIdtfcyoi9k

Thanks Matthew

Sorry, I don't have any blueprints, I just made it as I went along but I do have another youtube video of another one I made that shows one being built from start to finish. This is the link to it, hope you find it helpful, any problems let me know and good luck with building one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmjagIdtfcyoi9k

Thank you

Hello Badre, I made this machine using all Meccano parts - even the rollers were made from collars from old pulleys etc. Sorry I cant be more helpful but I have got another slideshow on youtube that may show the build of it better - the link is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmjagIdtfcyoi9k

Actually it was my Wife who build the set. She had never Bayko set as a child.

Diana here is the video I used the Bayko railway build for kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6q9e4GInb57o8k

Thanks Diana, glad you liked it. I first had a Bayko set 14 for Christmas over 60 years ago.

Hello Ojas, these are just parts I had in my collection of Meccano. I made it up myself, it's not from plans or sets. I made it by looking at photos of a Caterpillar D7. The D7 was run off a winch cable as they didn't have hydraulics at that time, back in the 1940's. I have another video on here of it being built so you will see the parts I used on there. Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/al6Xc4Col8ehgMU Thank you for your interest.

Derek if you mean on the robotic car, I had it on 0 minimum and 240 maximum for the video of it upside-down but when I ran it on that setting right way up the tyres did hit chassis when turning, so I moved it down to a lot of different setting to try and get it run and turn smoothly so I cant remember. I didn't actually get it to work that well.

@@lyndakirk Same as me. I have mine set between 95 and 165. Just had to ask. I think we can all agree that the space the servo is in is 0 -180 degrees, so suitable adjustments have to be made. I think the Meccano Men have confirmed that we have definitely cracked this one. 👍

@@derekculloch yes Derek it does need a bit of 'fine tuning'. As usual with Meccano though. The Meccano men know what they're on with ....I think! If they don't the Professor will. :-)

Thanks Sans, I enjoyed putting the extras in.

@@lyndakirk I built a version of this about 20 years ago which I sold about 3 years ago. The alterations I made were mainly that I used the No10 bus gearbox design and put a differential on the drive wheels. I do like your design for the auger (not sure if that quite the right word) in the reaping head. Think the No10 plan is one of my favourite no 10 plans as it does look quite a lot like the prototype and does work.

@@sanspareil3018 Yes it was a nice model to build but the plans took some following but that is not unusual for meccano plans!

Thanks Peter. I made it a bit different to the plans but then that is usual for me!

No, there are no plans Chris, I just built it from seeing the real thing.

Thanks Chris

Hi Den, thanks for your lovely comments. I have heard of these braking, that is why I put some olive oil just on the seals. I didn't fill the cylinders with olive oil just enough to lubricate the seals. It did make them work a lot better. I don't think it should damage the seals at all but I don't know as the model is still at our Son's in America and I am in England so haven't been able to use it or test it since, as we haven't been able to get back.

@@lyndakirk thank you so much! So you just lubricated with oil and filled with water? My son absolutely loves the video you made! He's 10 :)

@@theguitarden6920 Hi again, no I didn't put any water in it at all - no fluids were added it just works pneumatically! I am pleased he likes the video. I made this one in America at my Son's, which is filmed in a different 'workshop' set up than I have in here England for my slideshows. The one i have here is made very nearly all from Meccano. A slideshow of it is on here ( this is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWfYnHR_eL6DsMU ) - I do have loads on here of all the models I Build - well me and the Meccano Men that is. It is very nice that a 10 year old is taking interest.

Thanks Chris. I just wanted to stop it looking quite so boring! Having said that it was a rubbish time keeper.

@@lyndakirk I think i have 2 of them and als 2 nr. 2 clocks. I always wonderd if i should try building them, but it looks very complicated. The problem is that i do not have the now-how of gears and stuff, and i also don't have the patience to get the thing to at least run for a little bit. Maybe i should just sell them, maybe not...time will tell ;-)

Chris, the No 1 clock is quite easy compared with a No 2 clock with the chimes! Go on, have a go!

@@lyndakirk Voila then, it's on the bucket list :-)

@@Clinge1963 oh good look forward to seeing it.

Thanks

Thank you Mecceiso.

Tengo 88 años y estoy ágil de dedos y de mente.

Wow thats great!

@@eduanlopez Good to hear you are still building.

Thanks for letting me know Bob, that is great. It is lovely to know what people think of my models and videos. Please thank Michael for me, I really do appreciate people taking time to let me know.

Thanks Chris

i have been running it every so often Ian. I have just about run a set of 4 batteries down! That has moved it one segment on the gauge, another 59 to go :-). In one segment the input shaft has to go round 41,283 times roughly.

@@lyndakirk if you turn manualy at 1rpsecond , it need 28 days to make a final turn....it's a classic Meccano model , , the first motorized ?

@@jean-louisfigureau6364 that is true - I just didn't have 28 days to turn the handle🤣

Thanks Ian, very kind of you to say so. I have loads of this 30s blue & gold but its quite rough so I had to pick the best out of what I had!

Thanks Ian. i did think about it but I wanted to build it as near as I could to the 1931 model. Sorry about the quality of the film. KZbin are messing about with the setting - they have taken the HD setting off. Your comment is the first one in a long time as they removed those too!

Thanks

Thanks very much, very kind of you to say so. It was fun doing this one.

Thanks Richard.

Hi Mark, I built this from the plans, if you can call them that! Meccano didn't do the best plans in those days. Yes it is a Massey Harris. The gearbox was a nightmare! I did the modifications as I went along. I didn't use a motor as I wanted it work off a crank handle so I built a unit the same size as the electric motor so then I could work it from the crank handle which worked just the wheels. The other crank handle worked the reel and the drum and some pulleys at the back. Having said that about the plans it was fun to build but challenging. My wife made the sack bags just to it a bit of character. The combine is originally built from a No 10 set and it fools you a little bit when they are using a crank arm instead of a collar! That was because they were building from everything within the set, if that makes sense....it fooled me anyway :-). I put straw walkers in the back but I never got around to making the work. Anyway good luck if you make one. I was at the North Midland Meccano Guild meeting about a year ago and a chap had built this using an E15R motor and it worked well.

Yes my facebooked friend "Johnny Meccano" swears by the little chinese motors. I don't know if you are on facebook but he does a free Meccano magazine every 2 months its really good. So if you are on facebook just look his name up and you can sign up for the mag but he also has a lot of ideas on how to make these motors work better too.

You are very welcome, I enjoy doing them.

Thanks Ian it was fun , again!