The big boys meccano set

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The big boys meccano set

Post #1 by Robert Guy » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:08 am

I was flicking through some old pis and remember this conveyor system i installed in an old MOD building in London.
Really enjoyed putting it together as it came in a thousand bits and was just like my old meccano set :D :D :D ,mind you though it didn`t come with any instructions ! :lol: :lol:
It did have its problems though, high and short rooms which some of you chaps will notice in one of the pics makes the gradient very steep (but don`t worry all sorted it :!: ) and of course the dead line :(
Hope you like the pictures.
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Post #2 by Martyn Henley » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:21 am

Hi Robert, intresting pictures :thumbs_up:
What was the converyor used for ?

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Post #3 by Robert Guy » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:35 am

Hi martyn, It was a strip out job to make way for a hotel .
The conveyor i instilled was built to carry about 200 000 ton of hardcore and rubble


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Post #4 by Martyn Henley » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:55 am

Thats a lot of hardcore and rubble .. :dizzy:

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Post #5 by Robert Guy » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:24 am

Can`t really remember martyn, may have got it wrong :oops: But can remember it was over 100 000 ton and it was over a year of striping.
It was a big building , 8 floors and took about 10 mins to walk around the outside :dizzy: Not to mention the under ground tunnels used in WWII


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Post #6 by Martyn Henley » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:34 am

Not to mention the under ground tunnels used in WWII


There is perhaps more of London under the ground than there is on the surface.. i can remember seeing that series on TV "hidden London" .. most intresting

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Post #7 by Broken Piston » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:40 am

Rather you than me! I bet that belt was a pig to get tracked with all the bends. :dizzy: Great job all the same.

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Re: The big boys meccano set

Post #8 by Robert Guy » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:50 am

You know what it bloody was :( I invested in alot of guide or side rollers :lol: Only way to get it to run straight :!: :!:


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