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The media could not be loaded. My 11-year-old daughter and I built this across the course of two evenings, putting about two hours total into it. She did all the soldering and assembly, and I helped with a second set of hands and "advice" as needed. It's all through-hole assembly, so only standard tools and a pencil soldering iron are needed. Be sure your iron is in the 20-30 watt range, and not one of those 50W beasts. You'll cook the parts with one of those.The single sheet of directions came with a QR code that pulled up a nice web page with excellent instructions and photos to guide you the whole way.The plexiglass stand and all hardware is of good quality and there were no problems putting it together. We did find one issue with the instructions. The photo with the magnetic "pendulum" part shows the part upside-down. Our assembled project didn't work when we finished it, so we flipped that magnet over, and it sprung to life. Easy fix, so if yours doesn't work, flip the magnet over!All-in-all, we had fun building it, got to call time at the work bench "family time," and my daughter has it proudly displayed and in action on her computer desk. What more could I want?

Needs improvement because it doesn't function as built .

The vertical pendulum holder isn't secure and wobbles around, bad design. The bottom standoffs were of different lengths, should be all the same. Order of assembly and assembly instructions bad, doesn't tell you maximum height of soldered components, it does make a difference. Hall Effect Sensor should have come pre-soldered with the thin white wires already on them ready to be placed through the vertical pendulum holder.Update: The problem with this kit as I saw it was the small diameter and short length of the white wires attaching the Hall sensor to the PWB. This would interfere with the placement of the Hall sensor over the wire coil. The one longer standoff leg at the bottom made the kit stand at an angle. So I:1. Resoldered the Hall sensor to larger diameter wires and didn't route it through the vertical pendulum holder. This would allow placement of the Hall sensor anywhere over the coil.2. Used hot glue to robustly attach the vertical pendulum holder to the base.3. Removed the longer base leg and propped the whole kit up with a padlock so it would be level.Result: I still couldn't get the kit to work. The LED was flashing when the pendulum traversed over the coil so I knew the Hall sensor was turning power on and off to the coil.Bottom line: the kit seller offered me my money back, so they are nice guys concerned with the performance of their kit. For that they got one star back.

The project assembled well and was not all that difficult. Simple radial components to solder for beginners and intermediate skills. The challenge was getting the hall effect switch too center over the metal electromagnet. Other than that, it worked when aligned well and lights up.

It was easy to put together but didnt work when i finished. As others have mentioned, put the flat part of the magnet down and make sure the magnet is as close to the coil as you can get it. Other than that, it works

I'm retired after 40 years as a mech engineer with electronics as a hobby for 60 years, so I'm pretty familiar with kits like this. The downloaded instructions are very clear and precise. The mechanics of the kit are fine, considering the price. Might not last for years, but for < $10, it gets the job done. The acrylic base pieces are very precisely made. Nice. And the pendulum, again, is elegantly simple, but works ok.The electronics assembly is pretty straightforward, except for the 3 skinny wires attached to the Hall effect transducer. They are tricky. And the whole mounting of the transducer is crappy. I added some hot melt glue to make it more firmly attached and held in location.But the big problem was IT DIDN'T WORK as assembled. I double checked everything was assembled exactly per the instructions. Then checking electronics I found the Hall effect transducer was not responding to the magnet, no matter how carefully I tried to adjust it. Eventually I discovered that either the transducer or the magnet had to be inverted. I flipped the magnet over and it worked great.So the INSTRUCTIONS ARE WRONG, and EITHER THE TRANSDUCER OR THE MAGNET NEEDS TO BE FLIPPED OVER compared to how pictured in the instructions.Looked for some way to contact the vendor and get it corrected but . . . . . . . nothing.Hence only 3 stars !!Otherwise I'd have given it 5.

We try to follow the instruction step by step but, at the end it doesn't work. It was wasting time and money.

could not get this thing to work then i switched the magnet around with the flat part to the bottom and now it works great.