Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred · Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make With Your Kids by Nelson, David Erik -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred Dedication ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction

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

I. Kid Stuff

1. Lock-n-Latch Treasure Chest

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

2. Switchbox: A Soldering Project for Greenhorns

Tools Supplies Building It Voltage, Current, and Resistance

3. The Sock Squid

Tools Supplies Building It Sock Cthulhu Resources

4. The PVC Teepee

Tools Supplies Building It Building Tip

5. Cheap Mesh Screen Printing

Tools Supplies Building It Printing Tips Resources

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

Tools Supplies Building It Game Play

Standard Play Play Example Play Variations

7. Ticklebox: Jolt Your Friends

Tools Supplies Building It Scrounging Tips The Mean-Ass Jingle Bear

8. Small-Board Go/Tafl

Tools Supplies Building It Game Play

Playing Go

Liberties and Capturing Stones The Ko Rule Live and Dead Game Play

Playing Tafl Other Games

String Five Fox and Geese

Resources

II. Electro-Skiffle Band

9. X-Ray Talking Drum

Tools Supplies Building It Playing the X-Ray Talking Drum

10. Thunderdrum

Tools Supplies Building It Playing the Thunderdrum Resources

11. The Electro-Didgeridoo

Tools Supplies Building It Playing the Didgeridoo Resources

12. The Dirt-Cheap Amp

Tools Supplies Building It Tweaking the Amp

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

Resources

13. The $10 Electric Guitar

Tools Supplies Building It Playing the $10 Electric Guitar Modifying the $10 Electric Guitar Building Tip Resources

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

Tools Supplies Building It Using the Spring Reverb Resources

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

Tools Supplies Building It Tweaking the Blinkie Tremolo Stompable Stomp Boxes Resources

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

Tools Supplies Building It Using and Modifying the Two-Transistor Fuzztone Resources

17. Cigar-Box Synthesizer

Tools Supplies Building It Expanding the Cigar-Box Synthesizer Resources

III. The Locomotivated

18. Cardboard Boomerangs

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

19. Pop Can Flyer

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

20. Quick-n-Easy Water Rocket

Tools Supplies Building It Building the Better Rocket

21. Putt-Putt Boat

Tools Supplies Building It How It Works

22. Jitterbug: Your First Robot

Tools Supplies Building It How It Works Modifying the Jitterbug Reverse Sumo Racing Resources

23. FedEx Kites

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

Adding the Bridle Ring Diamond Kite Pre-flight Tip

Resources

24. Marshmallow Muzzleloader

Tools Supplies Building It Firing Instructions How It Works Going Commando

A. Electronics Components, Tools, and Skills

Components

Resistors: Fixed and Variable Capacitors Diodes, LEDs, and Transistors Integrated Circuits Wire 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

Testing a Battery Identifying Resistance Testing Continuity

Building a Circuit

Troubleshooting

Resources

About the Author Colophon B. Updates Copyright

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