Wednesday, October 21, 2009

What's Inside?

Harold and I had an Etch A Sketch that didn't work anymore. I have often wondered what kind of mechanism was inside that made those things go. So we took it out to the shop to see what we could figure out.

They are not really meant to be opened, so it took a lot of work to get it apart. Some of the pieces inside got misplaced while opening it, so we couldn't tell exactly how it works, but it is some sort of system of pulleys and wires that move the pointer around. The back of the Etch A Sketch says that the powder inside in non toxic, what they don't tell you is what a terrible mess the stuff makes if you let it out.

C.O.

3 comments:

The Rudstroms said...

That is a super cute expression you caught on Harold's face C.O. It's a cute blog post. Sorry we got hung up on tonight. Love you and see you soon!
--AnnMarie

Anonymous said...

He looks so little & very cute.

Anonymous said...

MMMM I always wondered what was in those too!!! Good job you men up there :)---Mollie