[sdiy] Maybe OT? Circuit Bending class!

[Tony Kalomiris]

Ian don't get me wrong and this is just a pet peeve of mine, but ...

I believe one should make the distinction between modifying a circuit 
to do something one desires and randomly connecting wires and 
components to make noises (cct bending). I suppose I'm a snob in that 
regard, but something about cb'ing irks me, .. I did a fair bit of it 
myself early on as an experiment , like touching the pcb of a 
portable tape recorder and getting all sorts of squeals from the bias 
oscillator and such, but that quickly became tiring, and I happily 
returned to modifying and continuing  to learn.

I would like to see people learning electronics, by building kits , 
even simple things like "led flashes (555), and power supplies. Kits 
would be nice, but there's nothing like gathering the parts yourself. 
Start by subscribing to a magazine, or buying some beginners books. 
There's is a tremendous sense of satisfaction in understanding how 
something works and having the confidence to modify for your liking 
later, that randomly connecting things lacks in my opinion.

Tony Kalomiris



At 10:52 PM 10/28/2011, Ian Smith wrote:

>Hey all,
>Today I taught a class on basic circuit bending. I had three 
>participants and one dad. Nobody had any experience with electronics 
>going into the class, but I got everybody soldering and knowing the 
>difference between components by the end. They all walked away 
>excited to be holding a unique instrument that they had modded 
>themselves. First class ever. And all of them showed interest in 
>taking a more advanced class involving reading schematics and 
>assembling a circuit board from them!
>-Ian (I'm sure it could have been worse)) 
>Smith
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