04-20-2010, 03:55 PM
As a younger kid, my father used our Lionel trains to explain electrical basics to me. That led to an interest in things electrical and electronic, taking high school courses in vocational electronics, and culminating in an MSEE degree.
I first learned to solder by attaching wires to the Lionel track.
I learned about gears and gear systems, and the various electric motors that drove them.
Most of all, I learned to not be afraid to try new materials, new techniques, and new ways of doing things. I learned that there are really no technologies that I am not capable of understanding with applied effort.
Fred W
I first learned to solder by attaching wires to the Lionel track.
I learned about gears and gear systems, and the various electric motors that drove them.
Most of all, I learned to not be afraid to try new materials, new techniques, and new ways of doing things. I learned that there are really no technologies that I am not capable of understanding with applied effort.
Fred W