Today I'm gonna show you how to make a really cool simple game using a coat hanger a handful of electronics
And a drinks can
Start by taking your hanger and use some snaps
To cut the hook off like this
Next we want to open the hangar out a bit and
Bend the ends of the wire over 90 degrees like this
We will need some cardboard so I'm cutting the flaps off this box like this and
We're going to use these as a base for our steady hand game. So we'll be mounting the wire into the cardboard
Open them out. Make sure it stands roughly central then pierce holes through the cardboard like this
Remove the hanger
take an empty drinks can
Snap off the wrinkle
And
Slide it up over one of the legs like this
Thread the hanger back through the holes in the cardboard again
Then use some tape to stick the hanger to the underside of the cardboard like this
Once you've done both legs turn it back over and
Place it on the other piece of card
Next I'm using some parcel tape to fix together the top and bottom layers of card
Do all four sides
And when you're done you can bend the hanger into whatever twisted shape you like
Next I'm lifting the ring pull out of the way and
I'm using some insulation tape to make a barrier at the bottom of this leg
Then take a wire I bought these with crocodile clamps already attached clip it to the base of the other leg
then wrap some tape around that leg too and
Also cover any exposed metal on the clip. It should look like this
We're going to be using a battery and a buzzer, which you can buy online or from an electronics store
I'm also using this snap clip battery connector
But do make sure the ends of the wires don't touch
Then I took the buzzer a pride some double-sided tape to the rear
And stuck it in the middle of the board like this I
Also put some double-sided tape onto the battery
And fix that just behind the buzzer here
Next I connected the two red wires from the battery and the buzzer by twisting them together
Then wrapped them in insulation tape
Are used some clear tape to hold the wire in place
Then I brought the black wire around the back and taped that in place -
I'm connecting that to the other black crocodile clip like this
Then holding down all the excess wire with tape -
You should now have something which looks like this
Next we need to take another wire
Clamp it to the black wire coming out of the buzzer
And hold that in place with tape, too
Now look what happens when we touch the metal coat hanger with the other clip
We complete the circuit and activate the buzzer pretty cool, huh
So now we can clip onto the drinks con tab
And I'm using two craft sticks to make a handle I'm taping the wire down to one stick
Then fixing the other stick on top
When you're done it should look like this and
Now it's ready to use
And you can see just how steady your hand is it really is tricky you do have to concentrate a lot
When you get to a corner you have to twist the handle to match the orientation of the tab to the wire
If there is Strings tab it doesn't give much room for error and
Of course if you touch the side you activate the buzzer
It's a really good fun little game
You can try doing it both left and right handed
And see if you can get further than friends or families
When you get to the end the insulation tape makes a break in the circuit to give you a safe zone
Same at the start
You can either try doing it backwards
Or slide it back to the other end and go from there again
If you find it's just too difficult you can disconnect the clamp from the tab
Take a metal keyring
Thread it over the wire
And clamp on to that
This gives you a lot more room for error, but it'll still bleep if you touch the wire
It might be good if your hand isn't very steady and
The drinks tab is just too difficult. It's good to practice with this
And when you're feeling ready you can just unclip and
Reattach to the drinks can tab to see if you've improved
If you fed up with a bleeping and one to isolate the circuit you can disconnect the battery
Or just unclip these leaves
If you like this electronics project you might also like some of my previous videos
In this one, I showed you how to make a whole electronics activity board, which is really cool. So there's a motor
Light bulb
buzzer and a variable resistor and
In this one. I showed you how to make a microphone out of a matchbox. I
Do hope you enjoyed this video
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Stay safe have fun. And as always thanks for watching