MOTM

Thanks to all for the suggestions, they are appreciated.  I do have a
magnifying lamp that I use and a hand magnifier for resistor color
declassification (!) but I took a bump on the head back in May and
sometimes I can't look at small stuff for long periods.  Or maybe it's
the solder fumes?  Boy I used to do a lot of that when I was younger :)

Anyhow, I am doing more music now than DIY'ing so I guess the
trade-off is good.  My synth is done-ish, but as soon as we get MOTM
2.0 I'll be warming up the old CC...

Mike (looking with interest at the Cwejman voice card)

PS- Paul, would'nt a voice card (VCO, VCF, VCA or so) be a great
candidate for the Engine?  You could string them together for poyphony...

mm

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "groovyshaman" <groovyshaman@...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
> 
> Eyes letting you down??  Might I suggest a good magnifing bench lamp.
> Search ebay for "Waldmann OMNIVUE".  I've got one of these (ESD
version) and
> swear by it.  (Have not tried SMT with it yet though!)
> 
> -George
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Adam Schabtach
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:20 PM
> Subject: RE: Caps [was RE: [motm] Re: 510 Parts Question...]
> 
> 
> I guess it depends on how you look at it. Paul quitting kitting was
in part
> what spurred me to broaden my DIY skills. Now I'm quite comfortable
with SMT
> assembly (which is really truly not hard, once you try it) and I'm
etching
> my own PC boards. My latest project involved hand-soldering a 64-pin
TQFP
> SMD microcontroller to a PCB I etched in my garage. Worked like a
charm. My
> eyes are starting to become middle-aged also, but that's what
magnifiers are
> for.
> 
> --Adam
> 
> 
> From: Mike Marsh [mailto:michaelmarsh@...]
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:36 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Caps [was RE: [motm] Re: 510 Parts Question...]
> 
> Thanks for this Adam; I usually Google some converter on the net but
> it still uses a part of my brain that is, uh, challenged :/
> 
> SMT? Paul quitting kitting is a great excuise for me to stop
> soldering my own stuff - it's gotten tough on the eyes. Couldn't
> imagine hand soldering SMT components! I know there have been
> explications on how to do this on the various groups, but it's not for
> me...
> 
> Mike
> 
> <snip>
>