FAC mechanical construction box, 01/06/1953 (photo)

Boy in the 1950s. Already in the spring of 1952, the Swedish artist Mark Sylwan presented a mechanical construction box, called FAC, at the Technical Museum in Stockholm. The weekly Teknikens V?0072006cd spoke of a miniature technological marvel, while Svenska Dagbladet drew parallels with M?00740074-Johansson, a Swedish engineering genius. Previously, only toy building boxes of the Meccano type had existed (whose role in industrial model building should not be underestimated). The new machine building box was something else entirely. The basic element consisted of 4 mm rods, shaped beams and 12 different types of ingenious joining plates. In addition, there were a number of well-made disc and gear wheels. In total, the construction system consisted of over 200 precision-made parts. Sweden 1953. Conard ref 2269