MakersBox

1,823 orders since Apr 05, 2014

Adair Village, OR, United States of America

Ships from United States of America.

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Orders ship on Saturday. I love to support workshops. Ask me about custom PCBs or bulk orders. See where my kits have gone at http://www.makersbox.us/2017/11/500-tindie-orders.html.

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.90)

Documentation: (4.55)

Shipping: (4.77)

Communication: (4.79)

All Reviews

Nick | June 21, 2021

pretty good

For Open Source Turtle Robot Kit

Instructions were a little confusing because there were several documents describing each of several revisions to the hardware, but otherwise sufficient. Preloaded sw was easy to modify without reading documentation.

My only gripe is that I haven't been able to make the pen up/down servo work correctly (I haven't reached out for help yet due to my own time limitations; I'm not criticizing the vendor's support). Fortunately my pen is locked in the down position, so my son is still entertained by the drawings produced by the robot.

Adam | Feb. 10, 2020

Cool soldering kit for teaching, but could use improvements

For Soldering Kit for Doctor Who Fans

The kit itself was well made, worked well for teaching a soldering workshop. However, the main problem with it was the lack of clear instructions, the only guidelines we could find were a picture of the assembled kit through the website provided. More detailed instructions or guides would have been useful. It also didn't come with a battery, which we did not expect.

Response from MakersBox | Feb. 10, 2020

Sorry about that. The assembly instructions for this are in the video on the product page..

I can't ship batteries through USPS. I need to make that a bit clearer in the description.

David | Dec. 16, 2018

Product good but shipping expensive

For I Can Surface Mount Solder

Beware if you buy from UK you have to pay custom charges, nearly as much as Items! Was not expecting that.

Gregory | Dec. 16, 2018

short lived 0201 component challenge

For SMD Challenge

The smd kit challenge is a great way to test your soldering skills. but what would have made it even greater is if all the components (leds and resistors) where 0201 for those of us who want a really good challenge so as to improve those skills and challenges that we rarely face in soldering for a hobby. i wish the pcb had a key ring case so as to protect it from being shorted from any metal from any keys which it might come into contact with. perhaps tindie might look into doing something like that. being in the UK the delivery seemed to take for ages. maybe selling your product on amazon might make things a bit quicker. i really enjoyed putting the components on the pcb but once the 0201 components where soldered down all the rest seemed a breeze to put on. if you really want to challenge us tindi give us components (resistors and caps) with them all being 01005. this will i feel will really challenge those of us who take their soldering seriously and enjoy improving their skills in the art of soldering. great kit, but short lived challenge when the 0201 components where soldered down.

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