"momwithtools" wrote in message
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Thanks for all the responses. More warnings than encouragement,
unfortunately. Can anyone think of an appliance or electronic you would
recommend the children take apart? Maybe one you consider "safe"? Sounds
like TVs are definitely out of the picture (no pun intended!).

Thanks again for all the great responses!
Mom With Tools


Unfortunately disassembly of most modern electronics give no real clue as to
how or why it works. is all little black blobs soldered to pc boards.

Old real to real recorders or VCRs have enough mechanical gizmos in them to
make it interesting.

An older radio receiver with slide rule tuning might be fun. (restringing
one is a fading art)

Cassette decks have a lot in the way of gears and motors and clutch
assemblies.

Older car radios (if you can find any) with the mechanical pushbuttun
tuning... (remember pulling out to set the preset?)

old computers. how many 286 Leading Edges or Epsons are there laying
around? you cant tell much but you get the idea of how ISA cards go in and
out of slots.

I'd estimate dismantling this stuff, as long as its not plugged in, is safer
then skateboarding on the half pipe.