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Hydraulic Claw

Ages 9-16+

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$27.95

Description

Put water to work with hydraulics! Engineer your own hydraulic lifting claw with tubes, syringes, and water before putting it through a series of fun challenges. Then, explore how hydraulic systems work and see how they can be incorporated into heavy machinery, art installations, and even animatronics!

Activities:

  • Build a hydraulic assembly
  • Construct a hydraulic claw
  • DIY plastic cup squirter
  • DIY hydraulic-powered puppet
  • DIY hydraulic elevator
  • Hydraulics Design Challenge

Explore:

  • Hydraulic Systems
  • Gases and Liquids
  • Robotics

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Reviews

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4.6

19 reviews

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    Cathy, Aug 13, 2020

    Good idea

    My son and his friend built this with ease and it was fun. It just wasn't able to stay standing up very well. Still great though.

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    Kyle, Jul 13, 2020

    Very fun project, parts are a little flimsy.

    We loved building this one - and like usual we integrated the concepts and actual parts into several other designs over time. However, the cardboard parts would have been so much better as laser cut wood like we got with the trebuchet.

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    Cassandra, Apr 19, 2020

    My sons favorite crate by far

    He still uses it weeks later. He is 7 yrs old and needed some assistance but is very well explained and not to hard to assemble

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    Rachel, Mar 31, 2020

    So much fun

    My brother-in-law was so excited to receive this in the mail. My husband and I got this for him for his birthday. He asked for more! I like that it wasn't just directions to build something and that's all. It was so educational and he was able to learn ab

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    Jeannie, Mar 12, 2020

    His favorite yet!

    This was his favorite yet! Such a fun, original, educational project.

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    Jay, Mar 1, 2020

    Hard

    A little difficult

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    Victoria, Feb 26, 2020

    Loved it!

    My 9-year-old loved it!

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    Olivia, Jan 30, 2020

    Awesome

    This was by far my favorite crate! I loved the concept and would love to learn more about engineering and learn about hydraulics in real life machines. One thing I would love to see is something about the golden spiral (Fibonacci) and how you can see it

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    Carrie, Dec 29, 2019

    We love robotics!

    That was cool! My son really liked the whole robotic aspect of it.

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    amanda, Dec 22, 2019

    Lot's of fun! Lot's of build options!

    My 5-year-old son begged for this kit and for the most part, it didn't disappoint! My only criticism would be that the parts and pieces are a bit flimsy. It's tough to make the claw not bend and bow due to the weight of the syringes necessary to operate the hydraulics. A bit sturdier clasps and claw pieces and this would be a 5 star for sure!

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    Yelena, Dec 22, 2019

    Amazing for my 6 year old!

    I got this crate for my 6 year old and he absolutely loved it. I only had to help him a little bit. I think the learning experience is great with this project and the end result is so cool.

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    Candi, Nov 29, 2019

    Loved it!

    My son loved this he’s changed it around , built it himself he’s 13.

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    Christina, Nov 16, 2019

    Amazing for my 11 yr old so

    My son loved this project and I posted his completed product on FB. So many comments about how cool it was and teachers loved it!

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    Jenny, Nov 4, 2019

    Extended Learning

    My grandson really loved this crate. He ended up making a hydraulic arm of his own dimensions. It is great that he extended the idea of the crate.

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    Anna, Oct 29, 2019

    Independent learning

    The hydraulic crate was not overly complicated, our child needed very little help with setup, and taught him something they know very little about in 5th grade.

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    Christina, Sep 22, 2019

    Ways to improve

    The only problem we have had was the flimsy Ness of some of the thin crane arms, between being stuck on the boxes thin bendy surface, how thin the arms are, and how heavy the water can be, it has a very hard time staying up straight while operating.

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    Megan, Sep 1, 2019

    Fun to learn

    Great Fun. Easy to do. Lots of learning!

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    am, Aug 28, 2019

    Falls over, not sturdy

    The concept of this is very cool but the materials don’t hold up. They cheap out and have you build this with card board pieces that can’t hold the weight of the syringes full of water. The thing is fallen over and doesn’t work well.

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    Austin, Aug 18, 2019

    Hands-on Learning

    Taught about a real world concept that even engineers know about and use.

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