What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

[Passinwind]

Looking good! Is there a sexy enclosure reveal incoming?
Don't know what iron you're running but for T18, I enjoy the Hakko T18-S7 tip I picked up last year.
It's like a fine tip with a small 60° chisel. It took a little getting used to but it's proven very flexible. It still has a fine enough tip to do small/thin pads(if angled correctly) but can also handle grounds on the back of guitar pots when the chisel is laid flat.

Probably my most used all around tip. Great for bigger SMD parts such as 1206 and 1210 too.

 

[DGWVI]

 

[jwin615]

Probably my most used all around tip. Great for bigger SMD parts such as 1206 and 1210 too.

It really is flexible. You just have to pay attention to orientation.

 

[DGWVI]

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I'm out of Lumberg jacks, but I love this thing

 

[temol]

Finally finished - Stalker, double tracker.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I'm out of Lumberg jacks, but I love this thing
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It really is king of the rats.

 

[Nic]

One of the great things this community has given me is confidence to try and repair things. This week-end, my fridge stopped working. It apparently needed a new board, valued at 500$.

My feeling was either a bad relay. Fingers crossed but I might have been right. So a big 40$ in parts and mainly shipping and it looks like we might get a few more years out of it. Worst part was getting those relay out...

 

[Nostradoomus]

There’s real stuff on my bench now. Had a day off and went to town! Very pleased so far…especially because I found the pegboard lying around left behind by the previous tenant

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Been kind of a busy week but I got my jazzmaster WRHBs in on Monday.

I got to work on ageing the covers to match the old ones which are the same color as the knobs.
I used a UV-C bulb and think it came out pretty good.

Then I finished wiring up the pickguard. Hopefully tonight I'll do a full setup

 

[Cybercow]

The VFE BumbleBee is tightly packed circuit, yet claims it will fit into a 1590B enclosure. So as a test, I did a test drilling on junked 1590B enclosure for a test fit.
And now that I know it works, (and wow is it a tight fit), I've sent my drill/artwork template off to the fab house to have the enclosure professionally finished.

 

[DGWVI]

 

[chris.knudson]

I love those easy ones! Broken trace from the positive input to the first cap. I tried reflowing a few times but just gave up and jumpered it. Fired right up.
Strange instrument, definitely not for me.
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I've never seen anything like that -- what exactly does this thing do?

 

[chris.knudson]

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oh god

Good luck not singeing a cap there...

 

[PunchySunshine]

I've never seen anything like that -- what exactly does this thing do?

 

[chris.knudson]

That thing seems pretty cool.

 

[PunchySunshine]

That thing seems pretty cool.

It sure was a happy hippie I gave it back to once it was fixed!

 

[Erik S]

The VFE BumbleBee is tightly packed circuit, yet claims it will fit into a 1590B enclosure. So as a test, I did a test drilling on junked 1590B enclosure for a test fit.
And now that I know it works, (and wow is it a tight fit), I've sent my drill/artwork template off to the fab house to have the enclosure professionally finished.

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Looks great.

Strong bee-girl vibes.

 

[JTEX]

I have 50 21-pin headers to solder. 1050 solder joints. Been procrastinating about it for an hour, doing anything BUT that. Closest I came was to take a group picture. Tomorrow maybe?

 

[Erik S]

When was the last time this happened to you?

 

[jessenator]

When was the last time this happened to you?

when I tried to archive a recording of my grandfather PANXIETY