Author: David Williams

Canadian Sheriff rebuilt as Climbing Monkey The building instructions for the “Canadian Sheriff”, designed by Andreas Konkoly, were published in our November 1982 newsletter, available on our website. Georg Eiermann of the Stuttgart area, Germany, rebuilt this model under the new name “Climbing Monkey”. He wanted a funny model to entertain his 2 1/2 year…

CMAMAS Model Building Contest 2025 There are 4 entries in this year’s model building contest, all using Meccano. They are listed below, in random order. Please decide upon your favourite model.  One vote per person. The winner will be announced in the November 2025 issue of Canadian MeccaNotes. CMAMAS members should vote by replying to…

For more details see the July & November 2025 issues of Canadian MeccaNotes.  

CMAMAS Meccano Exhibition at Simcoe County Museum – Wheels and Tracks June 7-8, 2025 Also on display were modern Merkur construction sets & models from the Czech Republic, vintage Gilbert Erector sets & models from the USA and vintage Trix models from Great Britain. More details will be in the show report in the July…

Ed Barclay published details about one of his most popular models, the gearing demonstration, back in 1992. Recently a fellow in the UK rebuilt this model and provided these photos. See also: Canadian Meccanoman’s Newsletter September 1992 http://staging.cmamas.ca/CMN/Canadian_Meccanomans_Newsletter_199209.pdf

See the article by Art Stokman in the November 2024 issue of “Canadian MeccaNotes” for more details. More links: https://london.ctvnews.ca/the-story-behind-the-eiffel-tower-sculpture-inside-cf-masonville-place-1.6979329  

This video and photos are from Dennis Caswell’s rebuild of CSM10.  See the article in the November 2024 issue of “Canadian MeccaNotes” for more details.  

Motor Control Circuits These resources are associated with the article “Simple Motor Control” in the November 2024 issue of Canadian MeccaNotes.   First Example (Motor Control 1): motor-control-1 motor-control-1a Second Example (Motor Control 2): hg7881-dual-motor-driver motor-control-2 motor-control-2a     These resources are associated with the article “Push Button Motor Control” in the March 2025 issue…

Krazy Klock by Joe Attard