Model Engineering
Machine working scale steam engines and locomotives on a lathe and mill.
~$690Cost to start
SteepDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
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Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $690 to find out whether it sticks.
MessSome cleanupNoiseSome noise
The path13 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$90
- Join a model engineering society
- Get measuring tools before you get a machine
Then the quests
- Turn a piece of bar down to a given diameter
- Face a end square and centre drill it
- Make a part from a drawing without asking anyone
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
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Build a rocket, light it, and watch it punch into the sky.
Automata$65
Build hand-cranked machines where cams and gears bring a little carved scene to life.
Robotics$140
Build a machine and write the code that makes it move on its own.
Combat Robotics$196
Design, build, and drive a fighting robot, then send it into the arena against another.