MOTM

Is that solder I smell, or is someone making veggie pizza? : )
Jim

bruce@... wrote:

> Ok,
>
> Lets talk about slow in the head.  Once upon a time, I wanted to build
> a modular synth. I ordered some rather nice kits from Synthtech, and
> through a miracle of UPS, they arrived.
>
> I carefully looked at the Synth-Tech web site.  It had a lovely list
> of "buy me before you start" stuff.  Heck, I have done electronics
> projects before, so some of it I had.
>
> But I went and made sure I had everything before I started.  But I was
> stuck finding the solder on a rainy Southern California afternoon
> (anyone see the problem yet).
>
> I was down, for in my limited Dodo mind, I lacked the solder to
> construct the first parts of my beast.
>
> So I opened up my MOTM-900. Vowing to solder the small number of
> joints using the spool of "no clean up" that I did find.
>
> So there in a little bag is some solder.
>
> At this point, I am flabbergasted.  I check the other kits, hell...
> they have solder in them too.  I have been looking for 2 days for this
> stuff.
>
> Guess I am too careful, I was not going to risk losing anything
> before I started building, so I left everything in their little bags.
>
> So yes, now I know that solder comes with the kit.  I am now enjoying
> myself.
>
> Bruce
>