Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred by Nelson, David Erik -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Brief Contents Contents in Detail Introduction

What’s in This Book? Further Reading Support and Contact

Part I: Kid Stuff

Project 1: Lock-n-Latch Treasure Chest

Tools Supplies Building It About Board Sizes Crosscut Saw vs. Pull Saw

Project 2: Switchbox: A Soldering Project for Greenhorns

Tools Supplies Building It

Types of Switches

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

Project 3: The Sock Squid

Tools Supplies Building It Sock Cthulhu Resources

Project 4: The PVC Teepee

Tools Supplies Building It Building Tip

Project 5: Cheap Mesh Screen Printing

Tools Supplies Building It Printing Tips Resources

Project 6: Shut-the-Box: A Pirate Dicing Game

Tools Supplies Building It Game Play

Standard Play Play Example Play Variations

Project 7: Ticklebox: Jolt Your Friends

Tools Supplies Building It

Demystifying the Ticklebox

Scrounging Tips The Mean-Ass Jingle Bear

Project 8: Small-Board Go/Tafl

Tools Supplies Building It Game Play

Playing Go Playing Tafl Other Games

Resources

Part II: Electro-Skiffle Band

Project 9: X-Ray Talking Drum

Tools Supplies Building It Playing the X-Ray Talking Drum

Project 10: Thunderdrum

Tools Supplies Building It

Pickup Primer Part One: The Piezo Pickup

Playing the Thunderdrum Resources

Project 11: The Electro-Didgeridoo

Tools Supplies Building It

Back Pressure Pickup Primer Part Two: Limited-Range Microphones

Playing the Didgeridoo Resources

Project 12: The Dirt-Cheap Amp

Tools Supplies Building It Tweaking the Amp

The One-Component AM Radio A Frampton-Style Talk Box

Resources

Project 13: The $10 Electric Guitar

Tools Supplies Building It

Pickup Primer Part Three: The Magnetic Pickup

Playing the $10 Electric Guitar Modifying the $10 Electric Guitar Building Tip Resources

Project 14: Dirt-Cheap Boutique Stomp Boxes: The Spring Reverb

Tools Supplies

On Enclosures

Building It Using the Spring Reverb Resources

Project 15: Dirt-Cheap Boutique Stomp Boxes: The Blinkie Tremolo

Tools Supplies Building It

Vibrato vs. Tremolo

Tweaking the Blinkie Tremolo Stompable Stomp Boxes Resources

Project 16: Dirt-Cheap Boutique Stomp Boxes: The Two-Transistor Fuzztone

Tools Supplies

Audio Tapers vs. Linear Tapers

Building It Using and Modifying the Two-Transistor Fuzztone Resources

Project 17: Cigar-Box Synthesizer

Tools Supplies Building It Expanding the Cigar-Box Synthesizer Resources

Part III: The Locomotivated

Project 18: Cardboard Boomerangs

Boomerang Hunting Tools Supplies Building the Fast-Catch Boomerang Building the Cross-Stick Boomerang Throwing Tuning Store-Bought Boomerangs How It Works Boomerang Design Resources

Project 19: Pop Can Flyer

Tools Supplies Building It How It Works Bonus Project: NASA’s Finest Paper Airplane Tools Supplies Building It

Project 20: Quick-n-Easy Water Rocket

Tools Supplies

Acquiring a Tire Stem

Building It Building the Better Rocket

Project 21: Putt-Putt Boat

Tools Supplies Building It How It Works

Project 22: Jitterbug: Your First Robot

Tools Supplies

Save a Cell Phone, Save a Life

Building It

Lithium Is Awesome and Dangerous!

How It Works Modifying the Jitterbug Reverse Sumo Racing Resources

Project 23: FedEx Kites

Tools Supplies for the Diamond Kite Supplies for the Box Kite Building the Diamond Kite Building the Box Kite Flying Tips

Australians Take Flight Adding the Bridle Ring Diamond Kite Pre-flight Tip

Resources

Project 24: Marshmallow Muzzleloader

Tools Supplies Building It Firing Instructions How It Works Going Commando

Appendix: Electronics Components, Tools, and Skills

Components

Resistors: Fixed and Variable Capacitors Diodes, LEDs, and Transistors Integrated Circuits All About AWG Quarter-Inch Phone Plugs and Jacks Batteries, Clips, and Holders

Tools

The Standard Soldering Kit Helpful Additions to the Standard Kit

Skills

Soldering Desoldering Using a Multimeter Building a Circuit

Resources

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