Most awful hack job, but my kid likes it

Funny. I had this same exact thought as soon as I saw the AC cord.

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That's a toy traffic light, made out of remnants of a Siliconix transistor tester and driver testing machine. Switched by a rotary switch.

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Ignoramus12686

My god man, do you really want your child playing with a hacked-up toy that's plugged into live 115VAC line current (with nothing but some flimsy cardboard and packing tape for insulation)?

It would be really easy to make a similar LED toy that's battery powered. It would be even easier to buy a commercial toy with flashing lights and sounds.

I remember your swimming pool slide project, and you seemed to have a rather lax attitude when it came to safety. If you keep this kind of thing up, you will make it into the Darwin Awards Hall of Fame for killing off your progeny. The only problem is you might take some friend's child with you.

- Michael

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DeepDiver

"How can brain damage derive enjoyment?"

Haven't you ever noticed that after one stops hitting one's head against the wall the head in question feels better? ;

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Too_Many_Tools

Ditto!

Tillman

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tillius

That's because it was HIS stuff. Offer to take apart some of your wristwatch or dvd player, or maybe you're wife's food processor etc. Something that is cool and he's not allowed to play with. Watch how eager he'll be to take something apart then.

Tillman

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tillius

Cool - just don't let him take apart any old TV's. You can get a really nasty shock that way DAMHIKT.

Tillman

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tillius

WHS.

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Terry Pinnell

More importantly, why is the receptacle mounted sideways?

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Spehro Pefhany

Better keep an eye on him. I had a son who inserted a bobby pin into an AC outlet... went off like a flashbulb, without harm fortunately.

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Jim Thompson

Yeah - I nearly killed myself at about 9 when I got ahold of a TV and took it apart to I could use the 'thingy that shot electrons at the screen" and build an electron ray gun so I could blow up trees and impress the neighbors.

Tillman

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tillius

How

Still "have" him ;-) He's now 35 years old and writes communication software...

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Jim Thompson

Tillman, I wish I grew up with you. I always wanted to mess around with stuff like that but my friends never did.

We could have destroyed the world by the time we were 10! Mike

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Indeed. I'm proud of all my children...

43 year old daughter: Chairperson of the Republican Party in Yuma County, AZ; and Director of United Way

40 year old daughter: Chemist, Manager of the City of Phoenix Water Laboratories

35 year old son... above

33 year old son: Perpetual student, degrees in Business, Chemistry and finally, Mechanical Engineering... he sells real estate ;-) He also operates a web-based car and Harley parts warehouse.

...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

We used to do all sorts of stupid, dangerous things.

BB Gun wars with the kids from the community down the street. Just old daisy spring loaded cockers, till they all got pellet rifles for Christmas and attacked using pellets. Almost put my best friends eye out. Man did I get ticked. Went into dad's shop, grabbed a box of shotgun shells and a roll of silver tape. A little alignment of primer over bb-gun barrel and some duct taping, then we waited in the trees for their next attack. They came riding up on their bikes and everyone fired up at about a 45 degree angle. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM - stttsssshhhh as the shot scattered everywhere. Those kids scattered, leaving behind bikes and pellet guns. Never came back again either.

We all got new bikes and pellet guns that January :)

(Warning: Attempting any of the previous could result in severe injury or death. I was a stupid 11 year old. Don't try this at home)

Tillman

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tillius

Even more to his credit, he's doing things with his son, something that many have no time for. Nice job, Iggy. By the way, your son is a beautiful child. You must be very proud of him, even if he hasn't shown an interest in the guts of things. Given enough time, perhaps he will.

Harold

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Harold and Susan Vordos

My Dad built us kids a go-cart using a Maytag washing machine motor and if he would have posted a pic of it here I am sure the same comments would have been made. Granted we were 10-12 years old but the go-cart would have been real easy to get maimed on. I think that go-cart is what got me started with mechanics and contraptions. Steve

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Duct tape....damn...why didn't I notice that? ;

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Too_Many_Tools

And glycerine ;-)

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Jim Thompson

My parents had to hide the screwdrivers from me....otherwise EVERYTHING was taken apart.

Sometimes I was even able to reassemble the item in question with no remaining components left over. ;

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