Learning pains

[icecycle66]

I spent a few weeks trying to start a Macheen build and failed.  I eventually found out that the reason nothing was working was because of my circuit board.  Screw that, I'm not making my own anymore.

Madbean and Haberdasher will get a lot of business from me.

Tonight I finished putting all the wires and parts together.  The effect sounds great. My fingers hurt.  I've burnt the hell out of my left index finger.  I have a burn on the top and my tip is a little cooked.  That sucks.

Next week I will move on to the enclosure.  Let's see how that goes.

[gtr2]

If it was easy everyone would be doing it 

Josh

[jkokura]

Quick tip: if you burn your finger on your soldering iron, quickly hold the burn to your earlob which will draw the heat out and reduce the burn's effect.

Jacob

[alanp]

If you drop the iron, don't bother trying to pick it up, just get out of the way and retrieve it once it's stopped rolling around the floor. Just like dropping a knife.

I remember keeping my index finger in a glass of ice water one night... too used to holding a pen to write with I guess!

[courtneyisaboy]

i finished my first enclosure about a week and a half ago.  i didn't burn my fingers but i did break a soldering iron in childlike frustration.

keep it up.  it can be frustrating but it's also so much fun;  just like disc golf.

[pickdropper]

Another bit of advice that I'd throw out there is to walk away for a little while if you find yourself stumped.  I find that simple problems are often solved rather quickly when I revisit them a bit later.

[gtr2]

Another bit of advice that I'd throw out there is to walk away for a little while if you find yourself stumped.  I find that simple problems are often solved rather quickly when I revisit them a bit later.

This ^^

[oldhousescott]

Be sure to wear safety glasses when drilling, and try not to drill through any body parts.

[sgmezei]

Be careful when clipping the resistor leads. They can go everywhere. Avoid your eyes and the floor because stepping on them SUCKS.

[madbean]

I still burn myself every time I build something. Just a nick.

[pickdropper]

Be careful when clipping the resistor leads. They can go everywhere. Avoid your eyes and the floor because stepping on them SUCKS.

It sure does.  I rate it #2 behind stepping on legos in the middle of the night.

[DutchMF]

Quick tip: if you burn your finger on your soldering iron, quickly hold the burn to your earlob which will draw the heat out and reduce the burn's effect.

Jacob

I am so surprised by this suggestion that I almost went to heat up my iron to burn myself and try it. Almost.... 
No reason to doubt you, but does this really work? 

Paul

[timbo_93631]

Yeah, it works.  I learned it back when I used to hit the bong regularly.  Don't really miss those days!

[9Lives]

BECaREFUL clipping the little nub on the potentiometers.. They do go flying.. Specially twords pets and children. And guitars hanging on the wall.. This is NO lie.

[courtneyisaboy]

Yeah, it works.  I learned it back when I used to hit the bong regularly.  Don't really miss those days!

are you sure you just weren't so high that you thought it worked.  i once thought i wrote a masterpiece when i was high, then i read it sober.  i went from being kurt vonnegut to stephenie meyer.