Re: minilathe for children.
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI have a VOM with vacuum tubes in it tha tmy dad built after
returning from Korea . I built my first guitar amp with my dad? ,
a Heathkit .I helped him build color TV's for some of the family
members cause they were so expensive to buy in their early days .
Our first color TV had a remote for turning on & changing the
channel . The remote had a 20' cord & there? was IIRC a
solenoid on the back of the channel switch that ya could hear out
in the garage anytime someoe changed channels . My bedroom was
above the family room & my folks couldn't use the remote after
I went to bed? cause it woke me up? . . I had a bud that had a 42
Dodge pickup with a tube radio , we'd hop in the truck to smoke a
joint & turn the radio , after 3-4 minutes it came on full
blast & always made us jump . animal On 1/16/24 12:34 PM, davesmith1800
wrote:
Groups.io?7x12MiniLathe Messages?Re: minilathe for children.mike allen11:10am? ?? ? ? ? 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 .? |