Re: Re: [sdiy] Panel wiring questions

[Roman]

Scott Bernardi <sbernardi at attbi.com>:

>Isn't that always the case? You get a very nice and neat looking 
PCB, and
>then the front panel wiring looks like a rat's nest no matter how 
hard
>you try to keep it neat.  Yours looks better than a lot of mine.

thanks!
When I look at this it resembles an old plant with full of pipes 
going everywhere. The bad look isn't yet so bad. When I think about 
the time I spent wiring it, I'd never do it again. It was probably 
more time consuming than soldering whole PCB. And my envelope 
generators look even worse - similar amount of wire in smaller space.
That's why I don't do it any more and strongly recommend to everyone 
who haven't tried it yet. Since then I make larger PCBs that cover 
whole module, and mounting a pot is a matter of simply bending it's 
leads and soldering to PCB. It's more expensive and PCB design isn't 
trivial. Imagine making double sided PCB for a module as big as 
sequencer can be. Mine SQ boards were ones of most expensive PCB 
orders I ever placed. But no longer messy wiring and besides - it 
looks so much better.

Roman