Posable Mr. Resistor Magnet!

Inspired by the Resistor Man Instructable by chr, this little guy provides both entertainment and usefulness for the family. He is light, magnetic, posable, and a whole lot of fun to play with.

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Step 1: Make A Man (Out of Resistors!)

You can check out chr's Resistor Man Instructable for making one of these little guys, but the basic steps are as follows:

~Get some resistors and an LED
~Put them together in a fashion that resembles a man

For the fridge magnet version, we won't be using the base, so don't bother with that step.

folklife says: Sep 8, 2010. 1:34 PM

Interesting! What wattage soldering iron do you use... 25, 40 or what???
What kind of solder--- lead free, 60/40, or???
Should I "Tin" the wire first?

I can design interesting positions for his little guy. He (she ??) is wonderful!
please answer me directly. (Scarsdale, NY)
bill10583@verizon.net
Thanks! here's one of mine enclosed.
Comments from others are welcome!

snowpenguin says: May 6, 2009. 10:57 AM

You could hook up a battery as one foot or under the base and do some simple wirig so that when two limbs touched, the head would light up. Cool

achonpineapple says: Mar 26, 2009. 6:06 AM

resistorman!!! :D nice one dude, looking forward to some free time to make one.... and another... and another... ...untill I have an army of ressistor ppl!!!

coolchris1225 says: Sep 24, 2008. 7:27 PM

Mr. resistor he's ohmazing

Brother_D in reply to coolchris1225Mar 25, 2009. 3:37 PM

Boo.

red scourge in reply to coolchris1225Mar 25, 2009. 1:42 PM

Ha =D

sotsirh194 says: Jun 12, 2008. 8:21 AM

Awasome. Really cool.

andrew93 says: Oct 30, 2007. 12:36 AM

this is cool!! i like it!! if only the LED worked...!!

LinuxH4x0r says: Oct 6, 2007. 5:50 PM

Now all he needs is the mouse trap car! Nice instructable

technick29 (author) in reply to LinuxH4x0rOct 6, 2007. 5:55 PM

Haha thanks. Nice icon, btw.

Ward_Nox says: Aug 31, 2007. 6:29 AM

it would be cooler if the led lit up

technick29 (author) in reply to Ward_NoxAug 31, 2007. 9:49 AM

Yea, but you'd have to find a way to hide the LED and switch/button on the little guy. Let me know if you find a way (maybe the cape would be good?)

mightywombat in reply to technick29Sep 19, 2007. 7:54 AM

I would get a really small slider switch and use that as the chest piece. If you take apart pretty much anything electronic you'll find something similar, or you can get them form Radio Shack. You will probably have to make your own battery clip holder thingy for it, but then you just wire the battery to one side of the switch and the LED to the other. You might want to put a 300-470 ohm resistor between the battery and the LED, just to make sure it doesn't burn out, and remember: most LEDs will require more than 3 volts to turn on, more like 4.5, so you may need two batteries...

Ward_Nox in reply to technick29Aug 31, 2007. 9:54 AM

use the magnets at the switch if uou glue the bater on then the magnet (I think) all you need to do is attach it to something metal and the led/ head should light up now keep in mind i know next to nothing about electronics esp resistors so im not sure if this would work it was just an idea i had

Eddbot in reply to Ward_NoxSep 4, 2007. 5:14 PM

hide a battery and the switch in the snapple base, for connectors you have one end of the circuit connected to the base and a wire that goes around the edge of the cap up to a spot on the top, then you have wires goin from his feet to his head, that should make it light up

Ward_Nox in reply to EddbotSep 4, 2007. 7:12 PM

...yea i was trying to do a version that stood on its own but that could work

Neodudeman in reply to Ward_NoxSep 8, 2007. 9:19 PM

Or you could just leave the batterry on his back? It would like like a back pack! Or you could use 2 batteries as his feet, attaching magnets to the underside of them.

Ward_Nox in reply to NeodudemanSep 9, 2007. 9:20 AM

yea that was sort of what i was thinking too

chimpchampion says: Jun 21, 2007. 4:16 PM

Like the original?<p>

Neodudeman in reply to chimpchampionSep 8, 2007. 9:27 PM

Wow. that was actually really cool.

James (pseudo-geek) in reply to chimpchampionAug 31, 2007. 11:30 PM

mmzdaniel says: Aug 31, 2007. 4:50 AM

this is funny! (and cool)

technick29 (author) in reply to mmzdanielAug 31, 2007. 9:47 AM

Hey thanks.

mmzdaniel in reply to technick29Aug 31, 2007. 1:48 PM

No problem... its just cool lol...

mastelios says: Aug 27, 2007. 11:55 PM

Really cool...

technick29 (author) in reply to masteliosAug 28, 2007. 6:37 AM

Thanks dude.

Darkshot says: Aug 26, 2007. 8:16 PM

very cool

technick29 (author) in reply to DarkshotAug 27, 2007. 6:07 AM

Thanks!

llama lord says: Aug 26, 2007. 10:22 AM

omg!!! this is awsome!!!! hope u kick ass on the contest =P

technick29 (author) in reply to llama lordAug 26, 2007. 5:36 PM

Haha, I did, somewhat.

lawizeg says: Jul 20, 2007. 5:15 PM

u should use superglue to stick him to the cap, cause the tape looks, well unproffessional...anyway, cool!i love it

technick29 (author) in reply to lawizegJul 21, 2007. 6:44 PM

Thanks!
The tape cape was just a facial thing suggested by momo!. (Look down in the comments.) Everything else is either soldered, hot glued, or magnetized together.

newkiraj says: Jul 15, 2007. 8:31 PM

u should put some power going to the LED so his head lights up! :D great instructable!

technick29 (author) in reply to newkirajJul 15, 2007. 9:27 PM

Hey, maybe I can do that sometime. That'd be pretty wild... Thanks!

momo! says: Jun 5, 2007. 7:13 PM

It would be super funny if instead of the LED head, make a large face out of a foamcore circle and draw a silly face on it so the head will not be easily confused with the magnet feet.

momo! in reply to momo!Jun 5, 2007. 7:25 PM

Oh! And maybe a little cape with electric tape. :)

technick29 (author) in reply to momo!Jun 5, 2007. 7:58 PM

Haha, I'll have to look into it when I have some free time tomorrow!

technick29 (author) in reply to technick29Jun 15, 2007. 3:30 PM

Done! Check out the pics in the intro or step 2.