Useless Box

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Useless Box

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A useless box is a box that when you switch the lever it has a mecanical arm move out from the box and flick the lever back. With this Instructables you can learn how to make one of your own.

Supplies

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You will need


limiter switch

motor with reducer

DPDT switch

2xAA battery pack

2xAA batteries

wires

soldering gun

solder

box for your components 180mm(W) 80mm(H) 80mm(L)

DPDT Switch

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first, you need to solder the wires onto the DPDT switch conectiong them to the two pegs in the middle.

Motor Setup

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secondly, you need to get your motor (with limiter) and get your DPDT switch and solder the wires to the motor (it doesn't need to be conected with positive and negitive charges in mind)

Battery Conection

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get two more wires and conect one end of one to another end of one then conect one end of the wire to the top right side of the DPDT switch, then conect the negitive end of the battery pack to the point were the two wires conect.

Finishing the Wireing

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now conect the positive end of the battery pack on the peg below the wire at the top corner, then solder another wire to that peg that you just soldered to and conect that to the top left peg so that they have a wire conectiong the bottom right and the top left are conected

Adding the Limiter Switch

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now grab the end of the wire from step 3 and conect that to the top of the limiter switch then get another wire and conect that to the bottom of the limiter switch and solder the other end to the final peg of the DPDT switch

Making the Box

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next you will need to make the box to cantain the wireing use the photos for the way it should be made