They were amazing! And so fun! And are now impossible to find! I knew I had a few left over from 2018 Hebocon, so I dug them out...and remembered why I hadn't used them last year...they all had some sort of electrical problem I couldn't fix during the program. Now that I had some time, I pulled out my soldering iron and reattached all the pieces.
Soldering is a skill I learned specifically for a library program. When I first started at Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, there was a dream of maker activities in a dedicated space, but the reality turned into what can I scavenge and/or inherit from others around the District and where is there a free space I can take over for a couple of hours. One of the maker tools I inherited was a soldering iron and some Make soldering badges. So we bought some more irons to make a program set.
Even with the equipment, I deferred to others with more experience in soldering, which kept me from really learning it myself. I really didn't know soldering was a skill I could HAVE until late 2018, when I taught it to a bunch of girls at Girls in STEM.
Anywho, here we are now, and I love a good opportunity to solder stuff! I even pulled out my Adafruit hookup wire and replaced some of the crappy wire on the car!
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