Gikfun 3D Xmas Tree Led Christmas Tree Diy Kits Welding kit EK1697

Bought for a little cracker present for my dad for us to make at Christmas. It was really easy for a beginner like me with a bit of support from him. Very happy with the outcome!

This is a beautiful little kit that is fun to build and nice to look at when finished. I wanted to give my 9-year old daughter a sense of how electronics work and are made and think that this is an excellent set if you can provide a bit of supervision and know how to solder. I was very surprised how quickly my daughter lost her fear of the hot iron and learned to make solid connections. Some of the soldering spots are tight and require a bit of experience. There aren't any instructions but the schematic is simple enough, and everyone who has done a bit of electronics knows that particular circuit. If you have never seen one it will be tricky. I like that there aren't any ICs or other parts that can be fried easily. The board itself also takes a good amount of heat. I am echoing what many have said already and add a couple more thoughts: There are only 3 types of resistors: 10k, 2.2k, 1k. The 10ks are marked on the board. Don't put the top LED in until you have assembled the tree. The long legs of the LEDs go into the square part on the board. I soldered the tree to the base before I screwed the base onto the battery component. It would have been easier to first screw the base to the battery component and then put the tree on top. I loved that they provided 3-color LEDs--although you should expect more of a disco experience than somber blinking.

Anspruchsvoller als man zuerst denkt. Etwas Löterfahrung sollte vorhanden sein. Die Anleitung und der Druck auf der Platine genügen vollauf.

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I got two of these for my grand daughters and helped them assemble them. The directions were reasonable but lacked some information especially when it came to installing all the boards together once the components were all soldered together. You need to solder the tree parts together and then solder the base to the tree but none of that is explained in the directions. It was pretty much common sense though. The parts all worked fine except one LED which did not work but they provided a couple extra ones so we just swapped it out. The tree lights up great using 3 AA batteries but is even brighter use the USB port. Overall its a good project with a worthwhile finished Christmas tree.