LED flashlight with secret switch

With this project you are going to make a cheap DIY LED flashlight with no button on it. You will need a magnet to turn it on.

This project I did on a summer camp with a group of kids. (8 - 12 year olds) Everybody succeeded (some with some help from me) and we had loads of fun with it.

Step 1 You will need (Parts)

Parts:

• 1 PVC pipe (We use this in Europe to put electrical wiring in)
• 2 caps that are used for chair-legs and fit the PVC pipe
• 2 AA batteries
• some plastic
• foam-tape
• 1 LED
• 1 resistor
• 1 reed-switch
• 2 plan-board-magnets
• a piece of wire

Tools

• tape
• scissors
• pliers
• drill (size of your LED: 5mm?)
• needle
• sand-paper

Extra
For decorating you can use whatever you like:

• colored tape
• stickers
• markers

Comments

[nmvb]

*bent

[kenyer]

Thanx, English is not my first language and my dyslexia is also not helpful, so if my computer thinks that it is a word....
What does bend mean?

[zack247]

bend and bent mean basically the same thing.

to "bend" is to be doing the bending, while "bent" is to have already done the bending.

eg: they bend the metal at 90 degrees (present tense)
or: they bent the metal at 90 degrees (past tense)

if your learning a new language it can be confusing sometimes.

[bkennelly]

*you're

;-)

[zack247]

:P
i don't pay a lot of attention to my grammar. or punctuation :3

[theexpert]

great instructable......beside me having bad experiences with hooking(why i learned to solder)i think that it is very creative and one of the few instructables i was able to follow without having to sit for a few minutes to realize what they meant and the pictures helped alot they are very good quality

[kenyer]

Thank you. I would also always solder, but when you work with young kids or a big group or both, soldering is not always the best option. I didn't have enough soldering stations and enough leaders to go soldering with them. And in the end all the flashlights were working.