One of my fondest memories of Stooge Larry was how diplomatic and
polite he was when he pointed out the ∗23∗ cold solder joints on my
JLH-822. This was laso after many modules w/o errors. ∗Sigh∗.
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Schabtach" <adam@s...> wrote:
>
> I killed vactrol #3 when I built my second 410, and I was using a
> temp-control Weller station at the time. Paul told me that the
things can
> sometimes be damaged by static electricity. I assembled mine in a
very dry
> climate in a room with a carpeted floor, so draw your own
conclusions. :-)
>
> The symptom in that case was that filter #3 passed audio only very
faintly.
>
> I was having a run of bad luck then, I think. I assembled my third
300 VCO
> at around the same time, and I managed to wire its output jacks
wrong. These
> mistakes were made after I'd assembled ~25 MOTM kits over the past
few years
> with zero problems.
>
> --Adam
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: groovyshaman [mailto:groovyshaman@s...]
> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:43 PM
> > To: motm@yahoogroups.com; Mike Marsh
> > Subject: Re: [motm] Re: To those that have built a '410....
> >
> > A vactrol was my problem back when I built my 410. I held the
iron to a
> > leg
> > for too long and killed it. I promptly tossed the iron and went
out and
> > bought a Weller WSD80 station. :)
> >
> > -George
>