80% of Pedal Building is...

[Aleph Null]

They say that 80% of sewing is ironing. 80% of woodworking is sanding. What would you say makes up 80% of pedal building?

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Seems like for some of us, it's 80% parts ordering. Others it's 80% memes. My first 5 builds were probably 80% sulking and threatening to quit building pedals.

 

[Harry Klippton]

80% inkscape

 

[sticky1138]

It's definitely NOT 80% playing

 

[darwin999]

If you care how it looks, then 80% seems to go towards finishing the enclosure with holes, paint, labels, and artwork.

 

[Blooze]

Just like building amps it’s 80% wire routing for me. Uggg.

 

[owlexifry]

80% parts inventory management

 

[Nostradoomus]

80% BSing here instead of building

 

[p_wats]

Populating boards without ever boxing them up? ...speaking for a friend...uh...yeah

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Unfortunately for many it seems to be 80% troubleshooting , others is 80% unrealistic wishlist requests or my favorite, 80% ordering pcbs that will never be built

 

[pbrommer]

80% swearing.

 

[steviejr92]

80% waiting on parts to come in

 

[Aleph Null]

80% convincing myself I really do need another fuzz and/or overdrive

 

[jcpst]

80% procrastinating, but that applies to everything in my life.

 

[Paradox916]

%80 thinking about why the hell did I build a Klein bottle?

 

[BuddytheReow]

80% fooling around with all the knobs/settings/mods until I realize I wasted my time building a pedal I don’t like

 

[rwl]

For me, 80% is Photoshop.
The other 80% is ordering parts, waiting for an optimally priced cart, and then waiting for them to arrive.

 

[jimilee]

80% buildings things you’ll never use.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

80% wondering where @Robert keeps finding these strange looking CH-1s he keeps posting on his workbench.

 

[jimilee]

80% is waiting on build docs that aren’t necessary.