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Chandler Gyroscope |  | Brand: Tedco
Category: Toy
Buy New: $5.88
as of 9/4/2010 16:44 CDT details
New (12) from $5.88
Seller: bobbystoybox
Rating:  4 reviews
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 2.7 x 2.6
MPN: 0001
UPC: 043067000064
EAN: 0043067000064
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Produced for over 90 years, the Tedco Gyroscope is a classic scientific toy that continues to fascinate young and old alike with its mysterious gravity-defying force. | | • | 4" tall, it's made of high-quality metal and hand-balanced just like it was in 1917. | | • | Packed in a clear plastic box with starting string, pedestal and instructions for some amazing tricks. |
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Product Description
Produced for over 90 years, the Tedco Gyroscope is a classic scientific toy that continues to fascinate young and old alike with its mysterious gravity-defying force. 4" tall, it's made of high-quality metal and hand-balanced just like it was in 1917. Packed in a clear plastic box with starting string, pedestal and instructions for some amazing tricks.
Editorial Review
The gyroscope is such a simple idea that it's tempting for toy manufacturers to make them cheaply. But the cheaply made ones usually don't have a dense flywheel or good bearings--and they don't work. The Chandler is a delightful exception: all-metal and precision made, it also comes with a simple instruction sheet that contains a number of tricks you probably wouldn't have thought of. A great toy for children and physicists of all ages. Parental supervision will be necessary to avoid frustration for children under 6: these things don't work unless you get them to spin fast. --Richard Farr
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| Customer Reviews:
 The original gyroscope September 3, 2009
MeridianX (Bucks County, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is all you need if you want to have an introduction to gyroscopes. It is a simple gyroscope that will amaze kids with its ability to balance on a string, top of a pencil, finger (with a little practice) etc. y son has played with it enough to have worn out the string. That is more play time than some if not all of the other "educational" toys we have purchased (microscope included!). You can not go wrong with the price.
Teach physics without really trying! January 1, 2007
Claire March (Stanton, KY)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The original Tedco gyroscope is great fun while it lasts, but you might want to invest in a heavier duty model--this particular one gets bent out of shape the first time you drop it on a hard surface. I give it four stars because it introduced me to the sheer wonder that is the gyroscope; everyone who plays with it is amazed and wants to know how it works. Get one for every kid in your family, and maybe all the neighbor kids too. Science was never more fun.
Classic toy to impress your friends with science! December 10, 2009
Jaron
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really fun toy. I had one as a kid growing up, and had to buy myself another one. This one seems a bit less durable than I remember, if you pull hard on the string, the inner wheel jumps out of it's holes. I am fairly confident that Gyroscope is no longer made by the same company that used to make it. But its very fun, and very interesting. You will need to oil it though, to keep it working properly. Just 2 drops of multi-purpose oil does the trick.
 Not good quality August 19, 2010
rallyjon (West Chester, PA USA)
This is a very cheap toy. Poor finish, sloppy tolerances. Had a slight imbalance and would vibrate and lose speed quickly. The vibration makes most of the usual gyroscope tricks impossible.
Then it spun off the table and promptly broke. Perhaps that's why they offer the two-pack?
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