Tilt Switches Made from Bottles of Craft Beads

Author:fjordcarver

Dad, maker, dreamer, hacker, painter.

Dad, maker, dreamer, hacker, painter.

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If you are looking for a mercury-free tilt switch that you can make yourself on the cheap and quick as I was, then follow along and I will show you how to make some from little tiny bottles of crafting beads.

 

Step 1Stuff you Need

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These are the beads I found at the Dollar store

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These are the awesome conductive beads, silver in colour

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In order to make something similar, you will need....

• a small bottle and cork (mine came with my metalic beads...score!)
• some tiny metalic beads (Some are conductive, some are not. anything silvery usually is, they need to be tiny to flow well and make good overall contact. A decent substitute would be teeny balls of tin foil.)
• paper clips or a similar stiff bit of wire
• a thicker gauge of copper wire, I used house wiring
• some hook-up wire
• some glue or some acrylic paint

Tools you will need include....

Read More...
http://www.instructables.com/id/Tilt-Switches-Made-from-Bottles-of-Craft-Beads/

Tilt Switches Made from Bottles of Craft Beads

Cheap DIY tilt switches are great in a pinch - Hack a Day

Tilt Switches Made from Bottles of Craft Beads

Good Idea:)

Don