Actually what some of you may be forgetting, is that DIY can have much
more humble origins. It's great to high and lofty about what great
original modules you've designed, but for some of us, DIY is how we
can afford to get into these synths at all. I'd love to have a super
nice modular, but the only way I'm going to get the expense approved
by the powers that be ("the wife") is to go the cheapest route
available, hence kits. One of the factors that led me to make the
decision to go with motm format was because Paul seemed committed to
supplying kits. Now 3 years later, some 20 modules into it, some 3K+
invested, only some 8 modules more to go, and the plugs been pulled on
me. Not for what I was concerned about - that maybe something bad
would happen to Paul or whatever, but just because he was tired of
doing it. Rats, too bad. I've aready got most of the basic stuff, and
hopefully can swing most of the 8 motm modules I "want" by the end of
the year, but after that I don't know if I'll be much of a customer
anymore, which is a shame. Everything I've bought from Paul so far has
been a kit. I wish there was some way he could rethink his big change
and leave some vestige of his kits available.
On 7/5/06, Adam Schabtach <adam@...> wrote:
>
>
> > Some people seem to have forgotten about the "Yourself" in "Do It
> Yourself" ;)
> > To them I say, go out and learn some new technology!
>
> Hear hear.
>
>
> > Things like surfacemount are not hard, they're just
> > different. Anyone who tells you otherwise hasn't done it themselves.
>
> Yup. Some SMT assembly is actually easier than through-hole assembly, in my
> experience. By following the suggestions on the following website I was
> able
> to successfully build a SMT-based microcontroller board (also obtained from
> the same site), with no prior SMT experience: http://www.bdmicro.com/smt/
>
> I found these things today which look great for prototyping with a mixture
> of SMT and through-hole packages: http://onepasinc.com/bonnie/smt/smt.html
> They're about US$10 each. I just ordered some for my next project, which is
> a sort of output-buffer module which combines two small mixers with
> balanced
> output drivers.
>
>
> > Accurate panel cutting can be done with a inkject printer, a centerpunch,
> > and a drill.
>
> ...Particularly if you use the stepped bits that I think have been
> mentioned
> on this list in the past. I'm still a big fan of Front Panel Express,
> personally, but I tried those stepped bits recently and they really do work
> well.
>
> --Adam
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