Resistor man

Create this cool piece of art from your electronic parts bin.

This makes the perfect christmas present!
I have given it to many people over the years, and they all loved it!
To guys, it's a really cool gadget. And for girls, it makes a nice piece of decorative art :)
Even my mom loves them.

Please rate it, if you like it :)

Step 1 Components

You'll need:

8 resistors.
1 large resistor, or some other large long component with connectors in both ends. A capacitor might do, but they tend to have soft legs.. IC's might be cool also.. use your imagination.
1 led, or other component suitable for posing as a head.
1 scrap circuit board. The one I used once held the pwr and hdd leds in a computer.

Comments

[RazaR]

Here's my try on the Resistor Man, I've used parts found on old electronics.

[vadipp]

It's a capacitor man, actually!

[rojo]

i made one of a guy under a street lamp with an led in the lamp i'll post a pic as soon as i take it

[littlePCchekka]

Hey guys. Your work is just awesome. It's nice to see welded stuff from people all over the world.
Here I have my newest creation: it's a chopper bike!!! Like you see there are two clickable buttons which light up the front led light (blue) and the back brake light (red of course) separately. The steering is moveable (I don't know how this is called on a motorcicle, at least not in english). I even added a customized driving collar (is this called like that?? I mean the thing on the back tire where the chain/linkage is put on) and it looks just nice
Well, check it out yourself!

Greetings from Germany!
littlePCchekka

[hintss]

the thing for the chain is called a sprocket I think?

how long did that take to build?!

[folklife]

2nd request:
What wattage soldering iron do you use? Or is it an electric gun?
Where do you buy your resistors? They seem to have thicker leads.
Thanks.
[e-mail]

[hintss]

the irons generally reach the same temperature, the wattage is how much stuff it can heat up before having a lower temperature
the resistors seem like ones I got from radio shack, though, if you're talking about the finished sculpture, then my guess is that the added thickness is a few leads twisted together, along with a small bit of solder.

[littlePCchekka]

Hey Dudes! I got some new stuff here and I'm very curious to show it to you guys out there: I proudly present my 2 new creations: a resistor man sitting under a (working) lantern & a cyber gargoyle!

[V1LL33]

I like the first one ! :)

[E-tronic]

Amazing, The one under the street lamp, thats just ART! Really cool.

[folklife]

Brilliant! Where do you get your supplies from?

[soumik_born_to_learn]

 they are simply great..

[technick29]

Spectacular. Love it, keep up the good work.

[glenn1234567]

nice

[technick29]

Awesome idea, and very well done. I really liked this, so I decided to make my own. It can light up too, though overall, it's not as well done as yours.

[folklife]

IT is different and one can see the labor invested. So where do you get your parts, resistors, etc. from?

[DELETED_Nicker987]

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[Derin]

Battery backpack!

[Geoffrito]

nice, I admit i had the same idea as I read this just now..

[chr]

That's cool! I'll definitely make a resistor man with a functional head this christmas! :)

[FrenchCrawler]

Nice, I'd suggest putting the 9v battery underneath to act as a base (and get it out of view :P ) along with the switch. I was thinking of doing something similiar to this :)

[soumik_born_to_learn]

 It was great...
I gonna build one today only.....

[Rage]

i love these things!!!!!! ive made three large ones now, and given one away. all my friends love them!! check out my most recent ones:P

[disturbedreaper]

wow those are cool

[genius245]

Those are freakin awesome!

[Rage]

thanks!

[rickdf]

Nice looking project. But it really should light up, JMHO. //rick//

[eggyeggyeggy]

You could do that by making the body ou of some sort of battery... A small one but a AA may work for a bigger one Hmm... YOU CAN USE THIS IDEA FOR AN INSTRUCTIBLE BUT BE SURE TO MENTION ME!!!!!!!!

[spacecappa]

what do they do?

[sudamkakre]

Hi there saw your resistor man and i made one of mine too thanks for the idea mine is powered fro a nine volt battery and blinks on and off .

[fallenspirit123]

you used a 555 timer to make it blink right?

[sudamkakre]

yes i used 555 to blink it.

[fallenspirit123]

pretty cool, i might want to build one! XD *looking for soldering iron*

[sudamkakre]

hi there well i wud prefer the GOOT make soldering iron

[fallenspirit123]

i have 2 soldering irons but i forgot where i left it but i found it XD

[sudamkakre]

Lets have a talk some time my email is [e-mail]

[fallenspirit123]

ok but i rarely us email so just pm me here

[Shane1163]

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[agis68]

Nice as artifacts but it's a huge waste of PCB parts!!! Of course if you sell the artifacts then don't take seriously this comment....:)))

[qwertyboy]

i made one too! the main body part that i used was a capicitor that i ripped out of something.