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Shaft Plug

Joint Pin

Shaft Pin

Large Gear

Wheel

Medium

Gear Wheel

Small Gear

Wheel

Large

Sprocket

Wheel

Medium

Sprocket

Wheel

Small

Sprocket

Wheel

Chain

Link

In this kit, you will ﬁnd a large number of colored

plastic components. You will use these pieces to

build all the structures, machines, and mechanical

models used in the experiments. Screws, nuts,

bolts, and glue are not included because all of the

models are held together with plastic pieces.

1. Motor Box (x1)

This contains an electric motor, a compartment for

two AA baeries (1.5-volt), a switch for forward,

reverse, and oﬀ, two output holes for axles, and

gears to reduce the motor’s rotation speed and

increase its torque. The engine box is your drive

unit. The baery compartment has a sliding cover

that you can remove when you want to install or

replace the baery.

2. Base Plate (x4)

You can easily aach many of the parts to the four

gray base plates. You can also aach the plates

to one another to create a larger base. Whether a

plate’s underside is smooth or the holes go all the

way through doesn’t aﬀect its function.

3. 4-Peg Base Plate Connector (x6)

These can be used to connect two base plates

together. They can be inserted into the top or

boom of a base plate.

4. Short Frame (5 holes by 10 holes) (x2)

You can do a lot of things with this sturdy support

structure — insert it into a base plate, or aach a

rod or another frame to it. All kinds of axles will ﬁt

through its holes.

5. Long Frame (5 holes by 15 holes) (x2)

The long frames form the foundations of most of

the structures and machines in the experiments.

6. Short Rod (11 holes) (x4)

This has a row of holes and is very useful. For

example, it can be used to make a framework more

stable, or to hold an axle. It also has two smooth

sides, which will be important when we play our

ball games. But the short rod is also capable of

providing more than mere passive support — at

times its role can be truly pivotal.

7. Long Dual Rod (7 holes per side) (x4)

This rod has two rows of holes capable of holding

any of the axles in the kit. It is also useful for

stabilizing frameworks. The main diﬀerences

between this and the ﬁrst rod are that this one

has no smooth sides and the spacing between the

holes is twice as long. Its main advantage is that it

can be used at the corner of a structure, to aach

pieces going in two directions. And the design of

its ends lets you insert it anywhere and lengthen it

whenever you need to.

8-9. Anchor Pins: Regular (x20) and Short (x4)

These are used for aaching rods and frames to

one another. The blue anchor pins are shorter

than the red ones. Thus, they don’t stick as far

into holes as the red ones do, so they oﬀer weaker

connections, but also the ability to insert two pins

into opposites sides of the same hole. Two of the

anchor pins’ sides are ﬂaened, so you can use the

pin remover tool to extract pins from a hole during

disassembly.

10-12. Axles: 35-mm (x4), 60-mm (x4), 100-mm (x4)

The black axles come in diﬀerent lengths. They

have plus-sign-shaped cross sections, so that

gears and wheels inserted onto them turn with

the axles. You will be using them mostly as drive

axles. They have two diﬀerent ends. At one end of

each axle you will see a ring, which ensures that

the axle does not push through the hole of a frame

or rod while at the same time leaving enough

room to insert a wheel onto it. You will also notice

that the axle is thicker on the inside of the ring—

small enough to rest inside a hole, but too large to

push a wheel onto.

Motor Box

Base Plate

Base

Connector

Short Frame

Long Frame

Short Rod

Long Rod

Anchor

Pins

Axles

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