[sdiy] need tech help fixing a bunch of DIY disasters gone wrong [and some Korg stuff too]

[Dave Magnuson]

In my opinion:   I would learn to repair these yourself.    

Pick the most simple board you can, with the fewest lifted pads.   Perhaps your Synthrotek power supply?    

You'll need to scrape a little of the solder mask off the damaged trace, and connect with a tiny piece of hook-up wire (I use old telephone wires I stripped out of my house when I upgraded to Cat5).   Use flux, a temp controlled iron, and patience.   

After testing, affix the part firmly with a dab glue or something if it's loose in any way.

Diagnosis and repair is a very important part of the building process.    You will learn a lot.     You'll also advance your soldering skills.

And, if you have some olj junk electronics (old AM/FM radio, etc) practice on it.    Use solder wick and remove some parts.    Tear a resistor off deliberately and fix the traces, etc.

One of my first DIY adventures was on a DR-110.   I lifted many pads on my first try.... but was able to fix it, and she's still running strong

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of sines
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:06 PM
To: SDIY <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
Subject: [sdiy] need tech help fixing a bunch of DIY disasters gone wrong [and some Korg stuff too]

You may ask yourself, why is a DIY’er posting to a SDIY list looking for another DIY’er? The answer is, I’ve hit a wall, and the people I usually go to around here are busy as hell with other projects. 

That said, these pieces are worth something to me, but also don’t often warrant $100 minimum bench fees per item, which is usually beyond the cost of the kit or item. 
Sadly much of the DIY is plagued with lifted pads [pre temperature controlled iron] and will need rerouting to get stuff to talk to each other.

I’m looking to have someone have a look at the following:

Korg VolcaKeys: power inlet needs replacement or conversion to standard 9V Boss 2.1mm barrel, check / replace resettable fuse Korg Monotribe: power inlet needs replacement or conversion to standard 9V Boss 2.1mm barrel,  check / replace resettable fuse 

Euro: 
** Intellijel uVCF **
missing 1 diode, 2 resistors, 1 Zener Diode, all SMT. Replaced multi turn 50k trimmer [side] with 50K single turn [top], can reverse this. 

TipTop 909 Clap: Envelope not working at all. Acts as if it's a roaring crowd of applause, which is cool, but not quite what I'm going for. 

Division 6 dual sequencer : lifted pads and need to reinstall TL431 & L4931CZ50 Regulator. Worked until L4931CZ50 got damaged somehow. 

HexInverter NeinOhNein Snare: barely makes sound, pots appear not to have barely any affect on sound.

Synthrotek Deluxe Power: lifted pads near power inlet, +5V rail never worked 

Synthrotek Verb: lifted pads for control pots — not operating as advertised

Ryo Ampmix: Help all over. Never made / passed sound. First DIY build, been sitting around for a while. 

STG / Magic Smoke Mankato Filter: chopped down from frac to Euro size. Most components there, including V2164, except 2k tempos. 
Seriously no idea what I’m doing on this. 

STG Wavefolder: stuffed minus ICs. 4 lifted pads on diodes D1-D2, D22-D23. 

people local to NYC would be great if possible.

Thanks!


Todd
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