These are my first builds - ever - so I want to start out by saying this is an amazing forum! The Workflow is a game changer. Unbelievably helpful. So thanks!
I started with the boost, obviously. Sushi Shoestring is a tongue twister that my daughter made up (or at least, we'd never heard it), so that's what I named it. I made the mistake of completely housing it before I added the decal, so I had to go back and add it later, which was a huge pain. I didn't really plot out the layout for the waterslide very well, so it's hard to read the text, but it says "wasabi". Also - just to say it - I hate waterslide decals. Hate. Maybe it's because I bought cheap ones? Hands-down the most frustrating part of this whole process. I'll probably switch to a skinnier knob later on.
I fixed the insulation around the jack after I took this photo, btw.
That feeling when you plug it in, hit the switch, and the light goes on - and then it actually works... damn. I'm definitely hooked.
When I moved on to the Kliché, I made a few changes. 1. I actually bought some helping hands with a magnifying glass after I melted some blue tack, and that was a game changer. 2. I switched from a pencil to a chisel tip, and my soldering got a lot better, I think.
My shoddy drilling messed me up a little here. The pot soldering trick from the Workflow only really works if your holes are symmetrical (which it says). Something I didn't think about until I was trying to fit it inside. My other cottonheaded-ninnymuggins moment was when I cut the wires for the jacks too short... all of them. Had to improvise there. It's always easier to manage more wire than to not have enough. That said, the sheer joy when this one worked was incredible.
I used a 1N270 and a 1N34A for D1 and D2, respectively. But they're socketed, so I'm going to play around with those. May get some D9s to try out.
I'm also going to get some tall skinny knobs and switch them out.
I started with the boost, obviously. Sushi Shoestring is a tongue twister that my daughter made up (or at least, we'd never heard it), so that's what I named it. I made the mistake of completely housing it before I added the decal, so I had to go back and add it later, which was a huge pain. I didn't really plot out the layout for the waterslide very well, so it's hard to read the text, but it says "wasabi". Also - just to say it - I hate waterslide decals. Hate. Maybe it's because I bought cheap ones? Hands-down the most frustrating part of this whole process. I'll probably switch to a skinnier knob later on.
I fixed the insulation around the jack after I took this photo, btw.
That feeling when you plug it in, hit the switch, and the light goes on - and then it actually works... damn. I'm definitely hooked.
When I moved on to the Kliché, I made a few changes. 1. I actually bought some helping hands with a magnifying glass after I melted some blue tack, and that was a game changer. 2. I switched from a pencil to a chisel tip, and my soldering got a lot better, I think.
My shoddy drilling messed me up a little here. The pot soldering trick from the Workflow only really works if your holes are symmetrical (which it says). Something I didn't think about until I was trying to fit it inside. My other cottonheaded-ninnymuggins moment was when I cut the wires for the jacks too short... all of them. Had to improvise there. It's always easier to manage more wire than to not have enough. That said, the sheer joy when this one worked was incredible.
I used a 1N270 and a 1N34A for D1 and D2, respectively. But they're socketed, so I'm going to play around with those. May get some D9s to try out.
I'm also going to get some tall skinny knobs and switch them out.