If you are like me and often take apart used, broken, or even just useless electronic devices, then you probably wonder "Well... what should I do with all this cool stuff." or if you're like my mom, you wonder "What are you gonna use all this junk for !?" Answering these questions, there are many things to do with old electronics. In this instructable I will show you how to reuse those old electronic components or circuit boards by converting them into sculptures!
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Of course you can use those old electronics for new projects, but what do you do with the circuit board and other components extracted that were not used? Store them until you need them for another project? Throw them out? No. Make some cool sculptures!
Gathering The Materials
There are a few things you need for sculpting, Wire cutters, Hot glue, and a Screwdriver. These will aid you in the demolition of your device along with the sculpting of your electronic figure.
When collecting materials for a sculpture, it is important to have a clear idea of what you want to make. Try to find a large number of smaller circuit boards for arms, legs, feet, and other things depending on what creature you are making. Buttons, Speakers, Gears, Jacks, and small metal pieces make great fillers that tie together the whole sculpture. When finding you pieces, try to envision what you are going to use the piece for. It is important to gather many pieces since, most of the time the pieces do not workout how you had planned.
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:voice interactive, stick a small router in its kinda stomach(gotta be pretty light tho)
can charge up my iphone, add a couple of speakers and walla!!! lol its finished. ive got upto charge iphone, but its gettin a bit heavy tho...................
and 2000 views in one day
Sorry, I must get going my Johnny5 isn't going to build itself.... or?
Cheers
Made with a cell phone, and old modem parts. Articulation at left shoulder allows up and down movement, and articulation at neck allows rotation of head.