MOTM

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>

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>
>