Oh the vast emptiness of the afternoon. I usually fill this void with a trip to the dump. Yes, the dump. I scavenge through the bins filled with old computers, VCR’s, and DVD player’s and bring home two or three of them at a time - maybe a weird look once in awhile too. The fun part is the transformation though. Like “Autobots” and “Decepticons,” I create sound machines and coin counting devices from everyday household Electronics. After I remove the exterior garbage, I’m left with the relics of past- and present- engineering that become the very ground point for my designs. The resistor and capacitor buildings with solder filled streets and avenues, laid out so perfectly, are destroyed by my lust for free parts – and soldering iron. As I harvest the innumerable parts, I find myself thinking up new schematics in my mind to one day put into use. For now though, my thoughts are only on “How to get my wheels to turn at the same speed with different motors?” – PWM if you’re wondering. I sit for hours with circuit boards filling boxes and endless parts that only a trained eye can spot. Eye spy with my little eye a 330k ohm resistor, can you find it? A free afternoon? Not when you’re designing the next ground breaking invention in your basement!
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