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Re: minilathe for children.
mike allen
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? ? ? ? 6L6 , 12AX7 , if a kid knows what those are for he's got a chance . Like ya mentioned robotic's seem to get kids interested . The Arduinos & Raspberry pi's seem to be getting more & more popular with kids today . I've been trying to teach my self arduino for a couple of years now & if I was graded I'd be taking Arduino all over again & again . I think Nixie tubes are a gateway to electronice for some . They see a Nixie tube clock that they think is bitchin but their expensive , so they watch some youtubes & get a kit & build one , then they think hmm maybe I'm on to something here . I never had a new computer till @ 7-8 years back , I always made ours . I also made several for several other familys & some folks that could never afford one back in the late 1990's early 2000's . One of my sons was always lookin over my shoulder as I built them askin questions & finally by the time he hit Hi school he had built several for himself & friends . He decided he wanted to learn to be a programmer for his career , He had one teacher that didn't like him & constantly ignored him in class would tell him he was askin stupid questions & after a semester he said screw it & walked away from programming . I guess what I'm trying to say with the last part of my rant here is that without a solid foundation that a kid can ask & learn from some of them don't have a chance .?
I still have a tube tester.?
Last year project was designed and built? Transistor VTVM.? Works great
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