Everybody wants a pinball machine of their own, but the problem is that those suckers tend to be pretty expensive. There’s a way around that though, if you’re determined enough; build your own out of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The St. Paul Pioneer Press last talked to Austin Granger in 2012 when the University of Minnesota undergraduate was becoming a YouTube sensation. He had ...

Engineering student Andrew Locke has built a working pinball machine using tens of thousands of pieces of K'nex, a construction toy for children. Locke amassed sets of K'nex every Christmas since ...

What would happen if you never quite outgrew that construction toy that first fascinated you as a kid? The answer to that can be found in Austin Granger’s bedroom. Like many 21-year-old college ...

We last talked to Austin Granger in 2012 when the University of Minnesota undergraduate was becoming a YouTube sensation. He had filled his St. Paul bedroom with a massive 40,000-piece Rube ...

Which K’nex building sets are best? K’nex are educational construction and building sets that use interlocking plastic rods and connectors to build models, machines and architectural structures.