[EFM] Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?

[Jim Patchell]

Harry Bissell wrote:

> Class...
> I expect a report from all US members tomorrow following the holiday
> weekend.
> World class members... no excuse! Unless you had a national holiday,
> emergency,
> etc. Then a note from your mother (or wife) will suffice. Your
> assignments are still
> due on time...
>
> your Teacher !!!
>
> I've been
> 1) Building my MiniModular (about half done... want to wash it tomorrow
> in ozone-safe
> <don't worry, still toxic to humans...>  defluxer before putting in the
> pots and polystyrene
> caps. Spent a hour painting in the lines in the tiny little pots. Used
> fluorescent red and a
> 5-0 paintbrush (left over from negative retouch... eh oldtimers ???)
>

    I would have been working on my MiniModular except I am missing some key
components.  When I ordered the resistors, I didn't order what I _knew_ I
had in stock.  One small problem, I should have counted the ones I did have,
and verified that my memory was correct on others.

    I use a ozone safe defluxer, but mine I can also drink (but not after
cleaning the flux!).  In fact, I probably drink more of my defluxer than is
probably good for me.  In fact, I could probably drownd in the stuff.

    As far as my other weekend activities (besides drinking lots of defluxer
:^)), I spent a lot of time at the computer running the autorouter on my
synthesizer module.  It took about 10 minutes for the autorouter to do it's
job (not bad for 3000 connections on a moderately dense board).  It took
longer for me to get the router set up.  About all it does is let me know if
there are any problems with the parts layout.  I suspect that I am still
going to end up hand routing this sucker anyway (the router makes such a
mess).

> H^)  harry

    That little old defluxer drinker....

    -Jim