Each radio amateur, over time, accumulates a substantial supply of radio components that can idle for years, waiting in the wings. Many have nothing to do with soldered parts from old boards, which are a pity to throw out and have nowhere to use. Meanwhile, few people realize that even radio components can be used for other purposes.
With their help, you can "blind" any figure, for example, a man. Flexible leads allow you to give the bundles of parts any shape, and the solder reliably fixes them with each other.
Legs.
The process starts from the bottom of the body - from the legs. Feet can be made out of a pair of round flat capacitors, and a pair of thick 3-watt resistors will become the feet of the future man. When connecting parts, it is necessary to lubricate the soldering places with flux liberally, otherwise the solder will be brittle and at the slightest deformation the joints will break.
Torso.
The body can also be made of massive resistors. In order to make the figure look more interesting, the colors of the legs and body can be made different, because resistors exist in a variety of color palettes.
In order to make the man taller, I made the body two-story. It is not necessary to use resistors, you can use any components you like: capacitors, transistors, varicaps, inductances, LEDs and even microcircuits. The more variety you can achieve, the more elegant the sculpture will look.
Hands.
The next step will be the manufacture of the man’s hands. To begin with, it is worth collecting them separately, and then solder the finished hands to the body. I used small resistors as the hands themselves and bright film capacitors as brushes. The findings of the resistors are well bent, so you can give any shape to the hands of a little man.
Head.
The final stage, which will give a finished look to the whole sculpture. I used as a head a powerful bipolar transistor, found in the frame scan of an old TV.
After all parts of the body are assembled together, it is worth once again to solder all the joints for greater reliability of the design and be sure to wipe the remains of the flux.Thus, literally from nothing, a funny little man figure turned out, which everyone who knows how to use a soldering iron can collect.
