Michael Shiloh needs your help for the workshop he is running! Bring your foam board, craft sticks, wooden dowels, bottle caps and much more!

Judy and I (who are Teach me to make) are leading the Tinkering and Chain Reaction Construction Workshop on Thursday, in which we will build a chain-reaction project which will remain on display for the duration of the conference.

Whether you plan to attend our workshop or not, we need your help, because we are flying from California and can't bring all the supplies we need with us. We plan to bring or buy as much as we can, but if you can help with any of these basic supplies we will have room for more fun and advanced gadgets.

If you are like us, you might already have many of these items in your home or workshop. Assume that most supplies will be consumed, although motors and batteries can be retrieved, while tools will be carefully labeled and returned to you. We will replace any that are damaged.

To give you some idea, here are some pictures from a similar workshop we did at the Maker Faire on May 30 and 31.

Supplies:
(Used, broken, or otherwise salvaged is fine)
Foam Board
Craft sticks (standard and wide)
Wooden dowels (any diameter or length)
Bottle caps
Wine corks
Pencils and pens (non-functional is fine)
Drinking straws
Coffee stirrers
Cardboard (both thin like breakfast cereal boxes and thicker like corrugated)
Clean paper or plastic cups
Broken toys, board game pieces, charms and trinkets from trade shows or amusement parks
Assorted screws, nails, nuts, and bolts (sweep up the floor of your garage and bring to the workshop)
Interesting small miscellaneous odds and ends (yes, that's vague. You decide. If in doubt, bring it)
Scraps of metal, plastic, wood, and fabric
Wire, various electronic sizes although some larger and smaller is nice as well
Broken electronic and mechanical items to take apart and from which to salvage parts
Office supplies: push pins, paper clips, tape, glue
Anything with magnets
Anything with LEDs
Anything with motors
Battery holders (AA, 9V)
Batteries (AA, 9V)
Battery clips (those things that clip on to the top of 9V batteries)
Power supplies (cellphone chargers, laptop supplies, etc.)
Motors

Tools
Soldering irons
Solder
Hot melt glue guns
Hot melt glue
Scissors
Pliers
Hand drill
Drill bits
Utility knife to cut foam board and other material
Extra knife blades (we need them very sharp so we change them often)
Inexpensive multimeter

Please email us at teachers AT techmetomake DOT com with your offers, and we will update this blog to remove items promised.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give!
Michael and Judy