Kit to learn soldering? Motors? Simple boards?

Maybe something like an Arduino kit?

https://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/arduino-starter-kit-multi-language?selectedStore=us

Should be able to find ideas here. Scroll down to projects or check out the Tindie store.

https://hackaday.com/

I build pickups for my guitars

I know that isn’t helpful but it’s not hard

Recommendations?

Your mother for a good time.

ETA also following because interested.

Look at some projects on Instructables.com

Look into building cigar box guitars.
Also, homebrewed guitar pedals and pickups.
Estate sales for vintage electronics being sold or given away 'as is'.
Call your local library and check if they have archives of old hobbyist magazines for electronics/HAM radio

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Makes me miss old school Radio Shack

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Back in the day, they had simple electronics kits for noobs/kids. They came with red plastic project boards which were a blessing and a curse. It taught you the importance of heat sinks and not overheating components because you would melt the plastic before you could ruin anything. On the negative side it did lead to a lot of beginner cold solder joints though.

Found a picture of them, I think I did all of this at some point. I know the first one I did was the goofy lite kit.




I also had one of these. I "played" with it a ton. You can see it had little springs that you bent over and held the wires.




At some point, I cut the little meter out and built an anemometer with it. I used a small universal motor some erector set parts and the bottoms of 4 Dixie cups. I attached it to our fence in the backyard, ran wire in through my window and hooked it to the meter on my desk. It actually worked until it rained enough that it ruined the motor.

First, repost this on the tech board..

Second, you don't want a soldering kit. Your want a kit with a prototype breadboard board where you can insert and remove components at will.


Finally, any simple electronics building kit will do. However you can salvage some parts from. Worn out electronic devices. Some things are worth it, others are not. For example I'll usually strip switches, buttons, capacitors, motors and leds. Resistors are cheap and not worth the hassle.

Practice on old electronics. Practice taking relays off and replacing them.
Get a solder iron and a solder syringe.
And some Flux and solder.
Good Flux helps a lot.


These two items are important for me in the field.

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Sparkfun

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Good, but overly expensive.

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I had that electronics kit, too

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I don't know if I had that exact one, but I had one very similar.

This is the modern equivalent. I use it when teaching our scouts the electronics merit badge.