I made a potentiometer with paper and graphite clay once
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yucandu@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I used to make shunt resistors out of a pencil and a piece of paper. Rub pencil all over paper, cut strips to size of required resistance.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
That’s cool, could you share some photos? The theramin I mean
xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 days ago
This is exactly how high precision resistors are calibrated. A laser is usually used to notch out bits of the resistor to tune it after it’s made.
SupaTuba@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I admire it but also…wtf lol