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Creative Christmas presents for the budding Engineer.

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Hello All,


I remember one childhood Christmas, I receive a 'X in one' electronics project kit. Think it was from Tandy. 


​It was the 'perfect' gift from my parents, so many things to do and once you had built a circuit, you could read what the components did in that circuit and how they worked. For my parents, it was days of peace and quite whilst I was joining different colour wires between different points on the board. Sure I even tried to invent my own circuits.

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​Will be getting one of these this year for our boy to see if it will bring out his creative side and to learn new things. The aspect I like the most from this is that he will be physically creating things and seeing something happen as a result of his work. Failing that, I have 'X in One' electronics project board again.


Anyone else trying to create a budding engineer?


Regards,


​Jon

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  • Sitting next to me I have the John Adams "Plug and Play" electronics set I got my daughter for Christmas when she was about10, she loved it and played with it for ages. She's currently studying for a PhD in biology but still wields a mean soldering iron to mend her friends' guitars.


    When I was about 10 my dad got a local electrical shop to make a up a toolbag with switches, batten lights, a bell, a load of wire and wire strippers, one of those old 4 1/2 batteries with screw terminals, and no instructions. One of the best Christmas presents I ever had  - the house I grew up in still has the marks on my bedroom door where I covered it in burglar alarms!


    Cheers, Andy
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  • Sitting next to me I have the John Adams "Plug and Play" electronics set I got my daughter for Christmas when she was about10, she loved it and played with it for ages. She's currently studying for a PhD in biology but still wields a mean soldering iron to mend her friends' guitars.


    When I was about 10 my dad got a local electrical shop to make a up a toolbag with switches, batten lights, a bell, a load of wire and wire strippers, one of those old 4 1/2 batteries with screw terminals, and no instructions. One of the best Christmas presents I ever had  - the house I grew up in still has the marks on my bedroom door where I covered it in burglar alarms!


    Cheers, Andy
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