2014 National Convention

How to Access Members-Only Content

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Welcome to the A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society Web site. To access your “Members Only” content, log into this Web site. Select the “Remember Me” option so the site remembers you the next time you visit (so you don’t have to keep re-entering your password).

Lost, Forgot, or Never Received Your Password?

For security reasons, we do not keep a list of member passwords. If you have lost, forgotten, or never received your password, you can request a new one. Read the instructions 1-6 below and then follow this link to the site’s login page:

  1. Go to this site’s login page (use link above after reading 2-6)
  2. Click on “Lost your password?” below the login form
  3. Enter your e-mail address, which is the same as your Username, and then click on “Get New Password”
  4. A new password will be e-mailed to you shortly (if you don’t see an email in your inbox, check your Spam folder)
  5. Once you receive your new password, use it to log into the website.
  6. If you want to change your new password, select “Edit My Profile” from the drop down menu available when you “mouse over” your name in the top right corner of the page.

If you are an ACGHS member and need assistance with your Web site registration, please contact the ACGHS Webmaster.

Changed Your E-mail Address?

If you have recently changed your e-mail address and want to use your new address for your ACGHS.org Username, please contact the ACGHS Webmaster. If you do not have an e-mail address or wish to keep your ACGHS business separate from your regular e-mail account, you can always set up a separate and free e-mail account. Learn more about free e-mail services here.

Members Only Content

Members Only content on this new site is integrated into the site, and is identified in the main navigation above by an asterisk ( * ). Once you login to this site, you will be able to access all your members only content. In addition, if you check “Remember Me” when you login, the site will remember you the next time you access the site (from the same computer), so you don’t have to keep re-entering your username and password. Finally, remember that you can update your profile at any time by selecting the “Howdy [your username]” link in the upper right corner of the page.

If you are not a member of the ACGHS, learn more about the benefits of membership here: Join the ACGHS.

17 thoughts on “How to Access Members-Only Content”

  3. This obviously required an enormous amount of work to develop. It’s a remarkable resource and will greatly aid in capturing the history of AC Gilbert. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make it happen! Gary

  5. Just logged in for the first time. I’m very impressed. I recently purchased a Master Powerline set to add to my Mark 60, 50, 40, and 30 sets. These interest me because this was the time frame of what I had as a kid.

  7. Great Website, very informative! I have owned an 8 1/2 set since 1945. I also have a 10 1/2 amusement park set and a 12 1/2 master builders set. I JUST became a member. I’m a stickler for detail and this is just fantastic! Gilbert Erector got me on board back in the forties. I’m still hooked.

    1. Hi Robert, There was a fellow at the ACGHS National Show in Akron, OH. who had a very nice collection of A C Gilbert Chemistry Sets. He might be able to help you out on info., As I recall his name is Lang Smoak, and could be found in the ACGHS Directory. I got a Porter Chem-craft Atomic Energy Chemistry Set at the Chicago National show several years ago, and hope to have it restored by Summer.

    2. I’ve got a few Chemistry sets picked up along the way, way back in the flea market days. It seems to me that the history is not very well developed yet on these. From the little I can gather, the idea first was done in the U.K. and picked up by John Porter who started making them here In Hagerstown Maryland under the Chemcraft name. But there are also Porter Chemistry sets out there in addition to both Chemcraft branded sets and of course the A.C. Gilbert Chemistry sets. I do have one of those in the blue case mentioned as well as a couple of others in cardboard boxes. I’ve run across information that indicated Chemcraft was bought by Lionel around 1960. Not at all sure that’s true. It seems that Lionel always somehow gets in the mix when when these companies were changing hands. I’ve got one set that is branded as a Gilbert Chemcraft set which may be from the Gabriel Industries period. Restoration on these sets is problematic IMHO.
      If they were used…and they generally were quite well used…the chemicals were simply used up and the bottles or wooden cans throws away. And they contained a lot of glasswear that was broken over the years as well. Back in the flea market days it would have been more likely to be able to find similar incomplete sets and with some comparisons and a little research, turn them into something close to original. Today it would be far more difficult a task.

  11. Any one know the MODEL # of the MANUALS that provide the ” Construction Details ” for the Parachute Jump, & the remainder of Models that may be built with a 10 1/2 set ?

    Thank’s !

    Bob Gilligan

    1. Hi Robert,
      Any manual for a 10 1/2 (or 12 1/2 or Master Builder) set dated 1949 thru 1959 will work They’ll have a smiling boy on the right of a dark blue or (later) light blue cover. For 1958 thru 1962, the covers differed somewhat. For a given year, the covers were the same for all sets. They just differed in the number of pages. If you look at the top of the page just before the “Models built with Famous Erector sets” (toward the end of the manual) you’ll want to see 10 1/2 or 12 1/2 or Master Builder for the parachute jump. As far as a manual number, I’ve found them to be unreliable at best.
      You can also find plans for the parachute jump on this (ACGHS.org) website in the “Members only” section. Under “Erector Sets” go to “Erector Set Manuals” then to 1954 “Models Built with 10 1/2 Erector”.
      Hope this helps-

      Bob Asleson

  12. For many years, I was a “scratch build” wooden ship modeler. I enjoyed it until my fingers became slightly arthritic. I was never really all that accomplished but through the years I became patient until the ship was ready for the winds and tides of my imagination.
    Then I recently remembered that long ago time when a college friend and I combined our two erector sets from our attics and built a drawbridge. It was pretty good and a nice way to spend a bit of down time with a few beers and a pile of girders and gears. I remember it still.
    I’m sure that you all can see where this is going. I recently harkened back to that long ago enjoyable time and began to investigate old A. C. and his marvelous toy. Now I have purchased a 1938, size 8 ½ from eBay. Hello everyone. Glad to meet you.
    Brooks

    1. Hi Brooks, I was a charter member, and built model steam engines before getting into Erector, and lately Gilbert Mysto Magic. I know what you mean about arthritic hands, My honey bees died out several years ago because of potato crop spraying in my area. Soon after that the arthritis started back in my hands, but I have found that building with Erector has helped keep my dexterity. I also build miniature Erector models, thanks to Brian Johnson from California. These models use 0-80 X 1/4″ round head screws and nuts, and I’m still able to put them together. I’m sure you will enjoy this group, and also Randy Souder’s A C Gilbert Heritage Society group on Facebook. Another great group on Facebook is A C Gilbert and all other Erector.

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