When to WIP šŸš§ āš ļø?

Paradox916

Paradox916

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Here is a question for everyone, when is a WIP warranted? I know there are no rules with that really and as someone who frequently colors outside the lines or plays fast and loose with modifications. I have a healthy contempt for authority and rules, obviously a color by numbers overdrive build WIP isnā€™t going to be terribly exciting, but when does it become interesting? Is it more exciting to see a lengthy detailed build report or to see it come together over an entire thread of multiple posts? Maybe this glaringly obvious but it might be my inability to connect with people that makes me ask such an obtuse question šŸ¤£. Ether way Im curious about your two cents on the subject.
 
I was gonna say, my WIP thread would take years to finish šŸ˜‚ but if you think you can wrap things up quickly and there is enough original design or modding going on, Iā€™d say go for it!
 
Iā€™ll try a hot take here.

WIP is definitely less interesting on a stock KlichĆ© build. I think the one exception to this is if itā€™s a first build. Thereā€™s a greater chance that a n00b will ask questions that other n00bs are thinking- about subjects that well-known members might take for granted.

I think WIP makes more sense if there are a lot of unknowns, or itā€™s a large-scale project.

I find it really interesting when build reports detail problems that had to be solved along the way. I know I will forget about some of them by the time I have the thing wrapped up.

I think a good alternative to a WIP thread is a build report that has all the backlinks to discussions during the design, or where someone got an idea from. It makes the forum even better.

I tried starting a WIP thread for the first time. Itā€™s my first amp build, and thereā€™s some customization. I plan to add an update after the amp fires up, then one more after itā€™s fully completed in its cabinet.
 
WIPs for artwork are cool.
WIPs for things that are evolving (a guitar build with a lot of experimentation, or WIP for developing a new circuit, from phases or breadboarding, to pcb design, to finished boxes) are cool
WIPs for things outside of the ordinary for most of us in the hobby, such as @steviejr92ā€™s metal folding chronicles, or @Harry Klipptonā€™s bathroom renovations are cool

A WIP thread that mainly just consists of pcb ordered > parts ordered > more parts ordered > resistors populated > rest of stuff populated > shit, I got the wrong IC > new IC ordered > why doesnā€™t it work? > forgot to connect the output, whoops! > here it is boxed upā€” are not all that cool, and are better served as a single build report thread when itā€™s completed.
 
Paradox916 said:
I have to admit the ā€œworkbenchā€ is a great non commital thread to post such things, a WIP is more effort than I think I want to put in , a build report is bad enough šŸ¤£
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Agree. The exception is maybe something one is developing themselves or something that is prolonged, not by motivation or materials but sheer man-hours.
Studio or workspace build outs come to mind.
I mean, if I didn't post my WIPs in the workbench thread, I would have significantly less content contributed. It would basically be transistors that I bought that I don't need and trying to help in troubleshooting threads.

Edit to add: if it's something you are super excited about or proud of, just post it. If anything, posting may provide motivation to actually finish it. šŸ˜‚
 
Paradox916 said:
But I remain conflicted, so here is what Iā€™m beating around the bush withā€¦


WIP it or ā€œ workbenchā€
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Assuming this is a portion of what the final product will be, I'd say post it. Following along with someone's progress on a large project has it's value. It's also more entertaining than a 17 page build report.
 
Paradox916 said:
WIP it or ā€œ workbenchā€
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Both!

Iā€™m into WIP threads and workbench posts even on boring stuff.

Extra points if you take the time to write a story.

Double extra points if you include zoomed out pictures so I can spy on the crap on your workbench. šŸ‘€

In general Iā€™m probably more interested in your build process than I am in your finished build.

If itā€™s REAALLY boring, or it devolves into some fight about white washers, Iā€™ll just stop clicking on it.

I have second guessed myself when I felt like I was over posting in the workbench thread and monopolizing the conversation with stuff not everyone cares about, but I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever been annoyed about someone else over posting.

If itā€™s interesting to you itā€™s probably interesting to most of us.
 
First thing I had to do was look up what a WIP was. Now that I know, I like em. Whether it's tractor getting rebuilt, or an amp, or metal folding, anodizing. I like stuff beyond the norm.

I kinda live vicariously through thru a lot of the guitar builds and stuff as well. I agree too that I'm less interested in the finished product than the thinking behind the process'.
 
Well, if you ask Ben Shapiro: never. According to him, women's vaginas don't get wet. Wet Ass P-words don't exist.

Oh. *WIP*. Whoopsiedoodle.

Uh...speaking for my own let's learn CNC thread: WIP is difficult to do when the end result is less than planned. It can get messy.

Looking back at that one: I think that there is value in seeing how utterly failed so many of my experiments were. As cautionary tales, maybe. But there's way too much information in there to be sorted through by someone with an attention span like mine. Most of it is of no use, a testament to nothing but my own ego and belief that perhaps my journey could be useful to someone else on a similar journey. Cause, if there is one thing that is true about Stickman: he suffers from an acute case of main character delusion.
 
WIP? On the manufacturing systems I've worked with it always referred to a physical location on the manufacturing floor known as "Work In Progress" What in the heck does it mean on pedals?
 
jcpst said:
What do you guys think of meta discussions? I was hoping we could go over the threads about threads- a meta-meta thread, if you will.

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Day one. The first day I conceived of doing a work in progress thread. A work in progress.

Today, I realized that I was, indeed, considering a work in progress thread. But my thread discussing my work in progress thread was also in progress. Not being one to ad-hoc things, I decided that my work in progress towards an eventual work in progress wasn't quite ready yet, and needed another thread in which I would progressively work towards a thread in which I would work towards a work in progress thread.

That's when the pink light hit me, and my existence merged with that of a man named Thomas from the third century AD that was being persecuted by the Catholic church.
 
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