hey guys i have learned in most of the ways that have been posted here, from howthingswork.com to taking apart different things. My next item to be taken apart on a large scale is a 1990 D.E.C. PrintServer Printer, its massive my dad worked for DEC, then Compaq and now HP so i get top see alot of mechanics and computer things through him and also by a major class in my school. As many of you have heard of Project Lead The Way, well it started in my area, at our sister school Shen ans one of the classes we have at our school is Principles of Engineering. If anyone else has that class or has the oppertunity to take it or any PLTW class, do so they are so awsome and a great learning experience. Also in P.O.E. i have learned everythin g from thermodynamics to Electrics, each unit is a a condensed verion of a full college semesters class. (If anyone want a project form the class or anything from it i have my notes and thigns i can copy for you, as a learning experience) ! Also i have learned many things jsut by tinkering around, including Electric Relays and transformers (partially also to POE). Well if you have any questions visit the PLTW website
www.pltw.org or im me on aim dezdezdez25
~Mike