ouch
i came home from boston to find a partially disassembled motorized toy in my office. it's a cheap piece of boring plastic junk from china. a screw was stuck and they weren't willing to risk stripping it. i of course immediately ruined it and removed it with pliers. i realigned the gears and tested it. it worked. we kept testing it as we reassembled it. at some point it stopped working. huh. while checking the batteries i thought it was possible the spring wasn't making secure contact. so i removed the battery and grabbed the spring to bend it back into shape. ow ow ow owich owie ow ow ow. the sun of a gun was extremely hot. i have blisters on my fingertip and thumbtip. ouch. there was a short circuit. we fixed it with electrical tape and reassembled the thing. so now the boys' toy works again. and we had a nice little talk about why you need to be careful with electricity and fire.