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ICL1P
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I have absolutely no known PCB soldering and kit building skills. How easy is it to acquire them? Edited by ICL1P - 20 Mar 2013 at 10:12pm |
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Ifor
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Fatmangolf
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There are video tutorials on youtube and practice improves your basic technique quite quickly. Once mastered you can build kits and make decent DIY interconnects.It's something I've done off and on for nearly 40 years so I may not be the best person to comment on how easily you can acquire the skills, can anyone else share recent expereince on this?
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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BackinBlack
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Some simple tools, screwdrivers, small side cutters (wire cutters), a good smallish soldering iron (Antex 25watt or similar), flux and of course solder. First a little practice is needed, plenty of you-tube videos give guidance then hands on practice, a simple Velleman kit might provide this. Meanwhile order a Genera kit. Then, when it arrives, if you read the instructions, read them again and carefully follow the build instructions you'll have a Genera.
Go on, give it a try, you'll enjoy it.... Any problems, there's plenty of us willl help. Ian |
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iamalexis
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I didn't either but I built the Novo headphone amp kit and the Genera kit having only soldered leads before. I tried out a few cheap kits first from a well known high street electronics shop to get my skills dialled in! Graham's kits have clear instructions, photos and all the components you need. I found it good fun and not too difficult! Give it a go, they sound great too! |
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Hi guys, thanks for the advice and encouragement. I'll start checking out YouTube and will get some cheap kits to practice on.
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Ifor
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ICL1P
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I am currently building my first ever Velleman kit. My eyesight is rubbish so it's proving to be quite a challenge. I've only burnt myself once so far.
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Ifor
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Get yourself a magnify glass on a stand, in fact if you are going to be doing anything with cables or connectors a then desk clamp with magnify glass could be useful.
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Steve
------------- Various bits of GSP Kit ..well two so far, unless you count the cables that is. |
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