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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: To those that have built a '410....

From: "groovyshaman" <groovyshaman@...>
Date: 2005-10-29

Adam I remember looking at your web site a few years back and seeing a cat.
Now I've heard some horror stories about synths and cats. Maybe it was the
cat's fault?? :)

-George

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Schabtach" <adam@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: RE: [motm] Re: To those that have built a '410....


> 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@...]
> > 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
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