Hey I put together my first cmoy last night. I'm happy how it turned out, but I now have a different idea of which tools are more useful than others.
- First of all, I need a better tip for my wes51. I think a smaller one will help a lot.
- I find my tweezers very, very helpful!
- The panavize by itself is not that useful when you are soldering wires, because it only holds 1 item. Helping hands might be better in this case, however I find the vise quite stable.
- I thought I had cutters....
- I thought I had cable stripper...
- Most importantly, I thought I had a DMM!!! This thing that I have was really bad. Even tough I was able to use it to measure dc voltage on left and right channels, resistance was a different story. Actually my cheap (analog?) meter was better at resistance than the digital. As a result: -$120 for fluke dmm from ebay (I've updated the lists in my original post).
- I need more colors of the same gauge wire!
I have filmed almost the entire process, so I'll probably spend the evening editing and maybe have something later today to show you all so you can laugh a bit before bed
Regarding the cmoy, the current is drifting when I connect headphones, there is a slight hiss (added 100Ohm R5, but still there) that disappears when I touch something on the board. So it sounds like grounding issue, but can't figure out what I did wrong. I hope you can help when I post the pics.
So the most important thing I need to get now is wire cutters!!! Mine failed me miserably and I was trimming the resistors with my multitool scissors.
- First of all, I need a better tip for my wes51. I think a smaller one will help a lot.
- I find my tweezers very, very helpful!
- The panavize by itself is not that useful when you are soldering wires, because it only holds 1 item. Helping hands might be better in this case, however I find the vise quite stable.
- I thought I had cutters....
- I thought I had cable stripper...
- Most importantly, I thought I had a DMM!!! This thing that I have was really bad. Even tough I was able to use it to measure dc voltage on left and right channels, resistance was a different story. Actually my cheap (analog?) meter was better at resistance than the digital. As a result: -$120 for fluke dmm from ebay (I've updated the lists in my original post).
- I need more colors of the same gauge wire!
I have filmed almost the entire process, so I'll probably spend the evening editing and maybe have something later today to show you all so you can laugh a bit before bed
Regarding the cmoy, the current is drifting when I connect headphones, there is a slight hiss (added 100Ohm R5, but still there) that disappears when I touch something on the board. So it sounds like grounding issue, but can't figure out what I did wrong. I hope you can help when I post the pics.
So the most important thing I need to get now is wire cutters!!! Mine failed me miserably and I was trimming the resistors with my multitool scissors.
