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

[pury91]

nice

[technerdd]

I thought of something this morning that might be nice to make for someone!

If you would take verry low resistors for the arms, and connect 1 arm to the cathode and 1 arm to the anode you could glue a little battery (buttonbattey' to both of the `hands´ and than when he claps his hands the LED would light up.

cuz a battery is 1,5V so 2 of them in series would make 3Volt that´s exactley enough for a LED to light up.

make sure the battery´s both point in the same direction


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made a picture to (hopefully) explain it better.

Let me know if you made one! i'll be glad to see the results.


and sorry for my lack of english writing hehe..

[technerdd]

This is my little resistor/capacitor man, He'll light up when the button is pressed and than stays on for about 2 seconds and slowely fades out.

the shematic is pretty simple, leave a comment if you'd like to see it cheers!

[drount]

Here I present my Skater Resistor man. The skate is an old non-working pen drive.

My Resistor man has the property that, if he holds a battery with both hands (and the right polarity) the heads light up :)

[UnusualTravis]

I name him Resistornator!

[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

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[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.
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[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.

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[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?

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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