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Kit Complexity: 4

(1=Easy, 5=Difficult) Is the kit easy, moderate, or challenging to build for its most likely target audience? Kits clearly aimed at children would, for example, be rated differently from microcontroller kits.

Molecular Cocktails

Molecular Cocktails

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Molecular Cocktails

$80

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Reviewed: November 11th, 2011

The Molecular Cocktails Starter Kit is the perfect gift for the mad-scientist mixologist in your life. It comes with the tools, chemical compounds, and information needed to create gels, liquid-filled spheres, foams, and UV-reactive glowing drinks. The included book contains chapters on foundational techniques derived from molecular gastronomy, as well as 50 recipes.

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3-Axis Monster Mill Stepper Motor Driver Kit

3-Axis Monster Mill Stepper Motor Driver Kit

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3-Axis Monster Mill Stepper Motor Driver Kit

$350 (as tested $624)

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Reviewed: October 26th, 2011

Probotix offers several kits that add computer numeric control (CNC) to the X2 Mini Mill. I used their 3-Axis Monster Mill Stepper Motor Driver kit, plus a Ready-to-Run bundle that includes some additional components required to get it operational. For the computer itself, I used my old ThinkPad, but if your laptop is too new […]

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