Yeah…I “thought” I could solder…but I had never dealt with printed circuit boards before. I had the biggest issue removing the old components.. The capacitors went fine..tedious but OK…but on my 1st resistor removal I tore the circuit off the board when I tried to remove the old resistor GULP cause I got it too hot….a video of my face at that moment may have been a keeper. So I stopped and called a friend who knows more…sent him photos of my carnage….first he LAUGHED LIKE HELL at my FOLLY …which I kindof enjoyed, too!….and he said that sometimes the leads on the thru-hole components are fatter than the hole and that they are wedged in there and then soldered..making them difficult to remove.,..So he was like…no problem…just solder a piece of wire to the torn circuit and run it to its destination and solder it there. (It was one of the pin receptors for one of the tubes), I stayed calm and did that. I could have made it a whole lot worse at the moment of my mistake trying to repair it, but I stopped and got help. PHEW! Then for the rest of the Resistors I just made an executive decision. I snipped them all off and left their leads hanging out of the board and soldered my new Audio Note resistors to the old leads. ! …Saved a LOT of time, was less invasive and worked out fine. I was a little more than nervous when I fired that bad boy up for the first time! LOL!
Doing the vents was waaaaaay more in my wheel house…tedious though…I got out the wide blue tape and taped the whole top up so that I did not scratch it. Finicky…slowly removing the metal in the curves after cutting them out…Doing the layout and getting it perfect before cutting took patience…but I was soooooo thrilled when I seated those vents. FUN STUFF!
Doing the vents was waaaaaay more in my wheel house…tedious though…I got out the wide blue tape and taped the whole top up so that I did not scratch it. Finicky…slowly removing the metal in the curves after cutting them out…Doing the layout and getting it perfect before cutting took patience…but I was soooooo thrilled when I seated those vents. FUN STUFF!
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