Making toy cable car out of house hold bits
Making toy cable car out of house hold bits
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Spare tyre

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12,531 posts

159 months

Sunday 4th January
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Kiddo wants to make a cable car type arrangement

We have high ceilings

Don’t want electric etc involved (famous last words)

What house hold items can I scrounge to make something work

Ideas great appreciated

TT1138

798 posts

163 months

Sunday 4th January
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Depending on your block-based building toy skills this is an excellent use case for Lego. Then when you/he inevitably want to motorise it should be doable with the motor kit.

Spare tyre

Original Poster:

12,531 posts

159 months

Sunday 4th January
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TT1138 said:
Depending on your block-based building toy skills this is an excellent use case for Lego. Then when you/he inevitably want to motorise it should be doable with the motor kit.
Ha amazing

I was contemplating taking kitchen drawers apart for runners, totally overlooked Lego!

alangla

6,706 posts

210 months

Sunday 4th January
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Got an old laundry pulley? That would appear to be the perfect starting point.

Furbo

3,984 posts

61 months

Sunday 4th January
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Spare tyre said:
Kiddo wants to make a cable car type arrangement

We have high ceilings

Don t want electric etc involved (famous last words)

What house hold items can I scrounge to make something work

Ideas great appreciated
Depends what you have in mind, the intended scale of the project, budget, is it going to be single span or have pylons?

A ball of string, two split rings, two nails and an empty drinks bottle as a gondola could be a starting point. But the sky is the limit with sufficient time and budget.

jet_noise

6,075 posts

211 months

Sunday 4th January
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Do you have planning permission? wink

Stevemr

917 posts

185 months

Sunday 4th January
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Meccano. Would be better than Lego. Make a geared winder to power it, or use a motor.

Roofless Toothless

7,557 posts

161 months

Sunday 4th January
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