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1,817 orders since Apr 05, 2014

Adair Village, OR, United States of America

Ships from United States of America.

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Orders ship on Saturday. I love to support workshops. Ask me about custom PCBs or bulk orders. See where my kits have gone at http://www.makersbox.us/2017/11/500-tindie-orders.html.

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Product: (4.90)

Documentation: (4.55)

Shipping: (4.77)

Communication: (4.79)

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Michael | May 14, 2017

Great kit

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

I bought this kit as a beginning solderer, and it was very easy to understand and put together. The PCB is excellently made, and the 10mm LED is a good size and shape for making an LED lamp.

Wesley | Dec. 3, 2016

Makes chip writing a breeze

For Yet Another Programming Shield

This board was 30 minutes of work and works like a charm. Already have programmed my first chip. Really simple kit with great advantages.

Josh | Nov. 7, 2016

Good easy shield

For Yet Another Programming Shield

I wanted a shield with a ZIP socket, instead of 3 or 4 standard sockets... This was a fast easy build, operates nicely. Blazing fast shipping Arrived well packaged & complete. My new standard for doing chip burns... Great documentation available.

Jorge E | Oct. 12, 2016

I really liked the kit!

For SnapNsew Kit: A Soft-Circuit / Embedded Platform

The kit was simple to use. I didn't have any issues with the string that came with the kit either. I used it to animate a teddy bear. Whenever I pressed the button, it would make a sound. Then when the lights go down, the bear deactivates.
Really nice product.

Jerry | Oct. 11, 2016

Great First Kit for Beginners

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

Used it as a first soldering kit for middle school students. They enjoyed the construction and the fact that it worked upon completion. They are now asking what the next project will be!

Albert | Aug. 27, 2016

Nice gadget to have.

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

I do love this little thing and i do use it at night to help my girlfriend to see leaving the bedroom.its nice to have a little light to see with.thanks albert.ps i may make coppies of this.

Patrick | Aug. 2, 2016

Great little kit

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

The Joule Thief is an excellent little project. I chose the older, more compact version, and it was easy and fun to build. The instructions were thorough and easy to understand. I assembled my Joule Thief in about 45 minutes, and I was taking my time. Highly recommended as an introduction to soldering and electronic principles!

Richard | May 28, 2016

These are amazing!

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

We go thru so many batteries! Now go thru them a second time. I'm going to buy some for AAA when they are in stock. I'd like one for 9v too. The reasonable price sealed the deal.

Ron | May 21, 2016

I love these Geek Hearts

For GeekHeart

I am a Geek at heart so this was perfect. I bought one for each student. They all wrote a poem for mother's day and programed them onto the heart. We made little cards up that stated what we did and how we did it, as well as what was on the heart. We put it all in a handmade mother's day card. It went over great. Have done this 2 years in a row now.

Aaron | April 13, 2016

Cool little kit, easy to assemble, feels like good quality

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

Great little Joule Thief kit; easy to assemble, the components look like they're good quality, the finished product looks good.

Michael | April 7, 2016

love these kits! easy to assemble, clever design

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

I'm using these kits as part of a DIY basic electronics class I'm teaching at the Artisan's Asylum makerspace here in the Boston area.
They fit together well, the instructions are clear, I like the design. Great stuff!
Mike

David | Feb. 18, 2016

Fun to Make

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

It was enjoyable to put together for a beginner. Nice feeling of accomplishment seeing the LED light up, powered by an (almost) dead battery. Great kit!

Rick | Nov. 23, 2015

Easy Joule Thief kit

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

Purchased a few of these kits. The assembly was easy and pretty straightforward. They work as expected. The only thing I noticed was that if you use the jumbo LED, the battery clip can be in the way a little bit. Not a big deal really, but the LED just does not sit flush as expected. It could become crooked if you don't allow for the leads to extend out a bit.

Again, easy to assemble, and I really like the on/off switch that so many of the thief kits do not have. Would buy again and recommend.

Happy soldering folks.

Darrell | Oct. 19, 2015

Fun kit to build and learn

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

Just put one of these kits together and it was fun and easy! Good documentation with large, easy to see photos. Step-by-step explanation and links to materials to learn more about the circuit you just built. I'd recommend this kit to anyone, beginner to experienced, just for the fun of it! Review Image

Lavon | Aug. 25, 2015

Great kit and seller

For SnapNsew Kit: A Soft-Circuit / Embedded Platform

Great, solid built kit which is easy to use in sewable circuits. Holds solder well, snaps apart easy, and conducts great!

Stephane | Aug. 18, 2015

Excellent product

For Yet Another Programming Shield

The documentation is very good. works beautifully with the Adafruit library ... I really recommend this programmer that works really and easily. Congratulations!

Blake | Aug. 13, 2015

Worked Perfectly

For Yet Another Programming Shield

The YAPS worked great. It was simple to put together. I actually just put it together based on the silkscreen on PCB and then thought I might should look at the actual instructions they have online, just in case. Turns out everything was put together correctly. I use it to program Attiny85 with my Arduino and it's worked exactly as it's suppose to.

Stephen | July 1, 2015

Great product!

For Yet Another Programming Shield

I received it quickly. Communication with the vendor is excellent. I have received great support after receiving the item. I highly recommend this product and Kenneth.

Evan | June 1, 2015

Quite handy

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

Create package
It was easy to put together, there's an instructables.com post on how to put everything together.
Very handy, I've been able to since make a reverse joule thief to charge my lipo batteries

Karl | May 25, 2015

great programmer

For Yet Another Programming Shield

Great product....easy to use...just starting to learn about programming attiny chips...doing a little work with visual displays (leds )...

Allen | April 18, 2015

Awesome product!

For Yet Another Programming Shield

The "Yet Another Programming Shield" was very easy to assemble and had great directions available. I have only programmed ATMEGA328P-PU chips so far but I'm sure it will work just as well for the ATTINY chips.

Damayantha | March 29, 2015

awesome

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

It was really fun to build and it made a great physics demo Review Image

Gwendolyn | March 17, 2015

Great little project and quick delivery.

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

This is a great little project. We have made joule thieves before (see image) but had to source all the materials and build them ourselves. It is hard to beat the price of the Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit even sourcing and building them ourselves.

Roger | Feb. 10, 2015

Nice, easy kit

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

The URL on the package didn't work. I googled "Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit" and found the instructable for documentation. The kit was easy to put together after that. I couldn't get ten turns on the torrid using the included wire, however the 8 turns worked OK. I used about 20 turns of 28 gauge different color enameled wire on second one and it works well too. Having a switch is nice. It is almost too darned bright!
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Response from MakersBox | Feb. 10, 2015
Thanks for taking the time to give a review! I'll take a look at the URL problem.

Tom | Feb. 5, 2015

Great intro for kids

For SnapNsew Kit: A Soft-Circuit / Embedded Platform

I had a really great time building this w/ my 6yo daughter.
It was a fun intro to circuits, soldering, etc for her.
Highly recommend as a parent+child project.

Stephane | Jan. 20, 2015

Yet Another Programming Shield

For Yet Another Programming Shield

I bought Yet Another Programming Shield can program ATTINY, shield It fills my needs perfectly. Using the sketch I find the site of a piezo Adafruit is added at the location provided on the circuit. Delivery side I totally Satisfied. thank you

Paul | Jan. 15, 2015

funShield

For FunShield Kit for Arduino

Im a little new at soldering such small things but im sure its easier than it looks

Josh | Jan. 12, 2015

Good Product, Good Documentation, Good Everything

For Easy Joule Thief Soldering Kit

I bought one of these, and they were such a hit with our family that we ended up buying more than a dozen. They're simple, easy to put together, great for learning how to solder, and are quite enjoyable after the assembly. I highly recommend them, especially as a little glowing trinket or something to use up those "dead" batteries.
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Response from MakersBox | Jan. 12, 2015
Thanks for the review! I'm glad your family enjoyed it.

Jakob | June 27, 2014

Great product and service

For Yet Another Programming Shield

Received this kit, a valuable tool for working with DIP Atmel AVRs. Looking forward to see more products in the future. Great service.
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