How to Make Your Own DIY Etch A Sketch

It ’s human nature to immediately pick up and play with an Etch A Sketch whenever you see one . It ’s in the Hall of Fame of toys ( does that exist ? ) and almost everyone has struggled making anything more than squiggly lines with its knobs . But did you know that you could in reality make an Etch A Sketch toy at home ? Yeah .

Steve Hoefer of MAKE delves into the history behind the Etch A Sketch and then demonstrate you how to build it in conformity to the letters patent . Creating the pulley mechanism to check the Etch a Sketch is n’t so hard but re - make the magic screen takes some , well , magic . In any case , it ’s fascinating to see how one of children ’s favorite toy ( it ’s the tab for when we were kids ! ) works . [ MAKEviaMental Floss ]

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