erector

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In his free time, Calleia built Meccano erector set models and made models of military equipment, bridges and machinery.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

In What Next for the Wellerman? he tells how he had to quit his building trade job as a steel erector after having panic attacks.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

The rules were changed to level the playing field and shooters have since turned their rifles into erector sets, attaching risers, weights, extenders and apertures to the main components to shoot pellets with laser-like precision.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2021

Sears sold everything: feed for chickens, Whirlpool washing machines, as well as the nightgowns, watches and erector sets in the Christmas “wish book.”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

No lug was cast on the segments for attachment to the erector, but in its place the gadget shown on Fig.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 by Brace, James H.