I've never recovered such a piece. They disappear into another universe, even when there is a large lighted floor with no where for it to hide. You can get down on your knees and get your face close to the floor, flashlight at a shallow angle...nope, gone forever. Someone else found the one they lost...MURPHY!😎
Spending hours on parts specification, painstakingly making sure that all are in stock with the distributor(s), only to find that when I go to place the order a few days later half the parts are now out of stock.
Tom
Tom
eyesight issues...
A body / physical thing (*no overcoming it)
Having to use 2 different strength "reading glasses" for different work and needing to use (photo type) magnifying loupe to even see and check certain details. My *eyes are just not what they used to be... pretty major.
A mind thing (possible to over come)
During the build making and committing to choices [trimming power transformer leads] not allowing them to be repurposed in the future. The point of no turning back with choices made. pretty minor.
A body / physical thing (*no overcoming it)
Having to use 2 different strength "reading glasses" for different work and needing to use (photo type) magnifying loupe to even see and check certain details. My *eyes are just not what they used to be... pretty major.
A mind thing (possible to over come)
During the build making and committing to choices [trimming power transformer leads] not allowing them to be repurposed in the future. The point of no turning back with choices made. pretty minor.
I hate that feel I get when I finish soldering everything up turn the the project on for the first time and something doesn’t work. I can’t get it to adjust or there there is no sound out of one or both channels. This usually happens late at night when I’m to tired to spend time trouble shooting, so I go to bed and try to sleep thinking about all the money and time I have invested. I hate that feeling.
No the plus side when I finally het it up and running I feel great.
No the plus side when I finally het it up and running I feel great.
I have to remind myself (at times)
I do this for fun...
It is .supposed. to be fun.
...Trying not to rush... getting in hurry
being so excited to test and
listen to a new build.
~ we do this for fun ~
*repeat*
I do this for fun...
It is .supposed. to be fun.
...Trying not to rush... getting in hurry
being so excited to test and
listen to a new build.
~ we do this for fun ~
*repeat*
The other thing I hate is forgetting a part in an order, especially on the is very cheap or ordering the wrong part. The shipping is more then the part.
As per one of Murphy's laws:
If you need N components, N-1 are in stock.
Requiring multiple orders, blowing the budget due to shipping costs
If you need N components, N-1 are in stock.
Requiring multiple orders, blowing the budget due to shipping costs
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only thing i hate about do it yourself is waiting for parts ordered miss the days of buying local
I hate when I order the core component for my new DIY project, wait for weeks, and upon arrival I realize the very same component has been in my drawer since years, so that I completely forgot about its existence 
This is an age thing.
This is an age thing.
When you remember that one extra critical part that you needed to order, but you already hit the 'order now' button and the free shipping minimum will cost another $60.
Then spend the rest of the evening scouring the categories for stuff you don't need, just to get that free shipping.
Or maybe that's just me 😉
Then spend the rest of the evening scouring the categories for stuff you don't need, just to get that free shipping.
Or maybe that's just me 😉
Why would you be using UNLEADED solder in a amateur/one off situation?
You are not obliged to do so unless intending to sell end product under ROHS compliance.
You are not obliged to do so unless intending to sell end product under ROHS compliance.
Any metal or wood work. I haven't been successful yet at making those things look great like some of you can.
I've got so many parts, modules, kits that need to be assembled and then housed.
I've got so many parts, modules, kits that need to be assembled and then housed.
Did you try emailing or ringing the supplier about adding the part to your order?
How about being compromised in your designs to things you can actually make, materials you can actually handle? Or to that which you have a good chance at inventing the tool you'll need to execute?
Saw a really nice piece of 3/4 cabinetry ply on the sale rack at HD - one side got skid-marked - could have got the sheet for <$20. (It did have voids and wasnt hi count laminate plywood)
I couldnt lift the thing.
The fit young man who told me he'd just put it there and what a bargain it was would have helped me hoist it onto the Subaru roof rack - but then I was on my own. Reluctantly, I passed - imagining the work it would have taken to get it home, off the car w/o damage and then into sized pieces I could physically move about.
(I suppose if I'd used my imagination, I could have asked him to cut it up into thirds and then loaded it into the back hatch. Unfortunately, that didnt occur to me at the ripe moment I was presented with)
30" sections of 4" PVC pipe is more my speed these days :'(
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For the first 10 or 15 years of my audio obsession, my motto was, "Every new project deserves a new tool." 😎 But still I find myself thinking about how I'll make something with the tools I have, or jigs that I can make. A lot of times, things can be accomplished if sequenced in the right order. Sometimes, the fabrication challenges are part of the fun. 🙂
I made some TL cabinets from a kit plan once that called for 1 inch thick MDF. It could have been made by gluing 2 layers of 1/2" together, but decided to stick with the plans. Finally found a lumber yard that carried it about 35 miles away. I realized that I was in trouble when they loaded a single sheet with a forklift, and then watched my pickup squat when it was put in the bed. I figured it was somewhere between 125-150 pounds. 😱 I was able to slide it out onto some saw horses, where I had to use the circular saw to cut it into manageable pieces.
Currently I'm working on a scratch-built mixing console, and that's highlighted a few things that are majorly frustrating.
Most frustrating thing for me is being limited by distributors and minimum order quantities, particularly with pots. They never have the right shaft type, with the right taper in the series I want.
Another for me is finding a place to do silkscreening at a non-insane price.
A final, and really seriously frustrating, is that some distributors can't be bothered to enter the data into their parametric searches correctly.
Most frustrating thing for me is being limited by distributors and minimum order quantities, particularly with pots. They never have the right shaft type, with the right taper in the series I want.
Another for me is finding a place to do silkscreening at a non-insane price.
A final, and really seriously frustrating, is that some distributors can't be bothered to enter the data into their parametric searches correctly.