Bargain Store Project 40 Dynamo Pig Flag Waver

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Channel: GrandadIsAnOldMan · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Another one of those projects where the end result is not quite what I intended when I started. I wanted to use the Dynamo Pig torch to power an electric car but I quickly found that there was not enough power being generated to drive the car so I had to downsize my ambitions and ended up with the dynamo powering a small motor that spins a feather.

Remember, these bargain stores also sell plenty of toys for £1 or less so the project is not about making a cheap toy. It is about taking something and 'hacking' or 'repurposing' it to do something other than what it was designed to do. I am using bargain store products to limit my initial outlay.

The main components are:
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Dynamo Pig Torch
Small Vibrating toothbrush motor

Tools
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Hot Glue Gun
Soldering iron

Bargain Store Projects http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ZqYUdxXaQaJdg-cs3dKIi
Toy cars playlist http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB3lGxxzEo_ZDnjnOtIlk50Q
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Rubber Band Power http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1otXh0w36OwsYIHZznUWp6
Balloon Power http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2Vx0gKEqY4p9JBgqZqrHsr

Wind-Up Dynamo Flashlight Torch https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB1ka_zdkpT3NVnUtRRGlKVh
Faraday Flashlight Magnet induction shaker LED light https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0t9RB2G1T2ow9lnx7cq4_D
Torch and Flashlight projects https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0FJsoeUOx_Mhk3SPzmbo1F
Dynamo https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0I6JAMe457UMOX7j7A7YDI

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