I think I may have a problem...

[v00d00blues79]

I just went through and organized all of my unpopulated, partially populated and ready to be boxed pcbs, and I'm at 65 unique projects that need some form of love or another.

Anybody else have this issue?  Please don't tell me I'm alone in this.

Andy


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[jimilee]

Wow, got me beat.


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[galaxiex]

Hmmmm, lets see....

I have at least a half dozen or more guitars that need re-fret jobs. (yes, they are all mine, I do my own fret jobs)

Approx 20, maybe 30 pcb's for pedals that I might get to sometime this century.

Another half dozen cool vintage cheap Japanese practice amps (Teisco's Univox etc...) that I keep trying to make silk purses out of.
(really, they just need a decent input buffer and they sound great!) I know, I know, just stick a pedal in front of them... where's the fun in that....

Not to mention restoring the vintage car in the garage that is in about a million pieces....

.... and as far as this life goes.... I have come further that I have yet to go....

I don't see the problem... I'm somewhere in Egypt close to de-Nile.....

[Haberdasher]

I think I'd actually prefer to quit the hobby rather than have to spend the amount of dough on enclosures it would take to box up all the circuits I've built.  It'll never happen.

[slacker775]

I think I'd actually prefer to quit the hobby rather than have to spend the amount of dough on enclosures it would take to box up all the circuits I've built.  It'll never happen.

Sigh.... All too relatable....

[v00d00blues79]

I think a large part of my "problem" is that I build in volume.  I buy up a bunch of boards and start populating them till I run out of parts.  Most of the time I have enough parts on hand to get a large chunk of them to the point of needing pots.  That is where a lot of mine sit until I can afford to cough up a chunk of change for pots and jacks.  I'd say quite a few of these are still from my 2013 buy/build spree.  Eventually they'll get built up into enclosures.

Populating pcbs is my personal type of therapy.  I can do it for hours and it helps me to forget the stresses of the day.

Andy


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[matmosphere]

Populating pcbs is my personal type of therapy.  I can do it for hours and it helps me to forget the stresses of the day.

Andy

I can relate to that. Populating boards can be very relaxing. It takes up just enough of my attention that I can't focus on other things, but it's not so overly complex work that it becomes stressful.

Occasionally I'll listen to music or a book on tape when I'm working, but generally I enjoy the silence.

[dan.schumaker]

Populating pcbs is my personal type of therapy.  I can do it for hours and it helps me to forget the stresses of the day.

+1 on that one

[Martan]

Right there with you. I have bottlenecks at populating boards, buying parts, troubleshooting, buying parts, designing graphics, buying parts, buying enclosures, finishing enclosures, buying parts, stuffing boxes, final troubleshootings, and buying parts.

[v00d00blues79]

My bench is in my basement that has no windows.  It's like a Vegas casino when I go down there to work. I don't know how long I'm down there till I come back upstairs and realize I'm only getting a few hours of sleep because it's way past when I should have knocked off for the night.


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[blearyeyes]

You R not alone.

I have 35-40 PCBs. All of which I really want to have on my pedal board. Sure thing!

17 more that are populated that need boxing..

And I just ordered all the 1590G PCBs

Totally stressed at work.

Do I have a problem?

Yea I wish I would have started thinking about retirement a long time ago.

[EBRAddict]

I think I'd actually prefer to quit the hobby rather than have to spend the amount of dough on enclosures it would take to box up all the circuits I've built.  It'll never happen.

Not just the cost, the time. Setting up the drill pattern, doing the graphics in PS, drilling, boxing, paint-or-powder, decal, coating.

I've probably got two dozen PCBs I won't box, 4 boxed builds in need of attention, 2 PCBs I want to box, and 6 PCBs in progress. I have 20+ boxed pedals I wonder why I even bothered.

[matmosphere]

Wow, I generally build one thing at a time and won't start another until it's done.  It's probably a necessity to do it that way though. I lack the funds to keep much going at once. Probably do have about six boards I need to get parts for.

[blearyeyes]

Wow, I generally build one thing at a time and won't start another until it's done.  It's probably a necessity to do it that way though. I lack the funds to keep much going at once. Probably do have about six boards I need to get parts for.

Keep doing it that way!!!
I got all "efficient" and built stuff faster than I could box it.  Decided I didn't like not having a part when I needed it.. It just sorta snowballed down the mountain into a big pile of stuff. Wish I could just start one and finish it. Freakin ADHD.  SQUIRREL!

[davent]

Wow, I generally build one thing at a time and won't start another until it's done.  It's probably a necessity to do it that way though. I lack the funds to keep much going at once. Probably do have about six boards I need to get parts for.

Keep doing it that way!!!

Yeah i'd say that's the smart way to go about it.

When the fire goes out and it probably will for most, there's far less stuff to get rid of or have laying around cluttering up the work space.

dave