right there with you. there's something massively zen about
soldering. it's one of those things like cooking, where if you rush
it or don't pay attention, you'll screw it up. but as long as you
take time and care with it, the result is yummy!
i don't buy anything assembled any more - and if you'd told the me of
5 years ago that, i'd have laughed you out of town.
>I don't rationalize the economics at all, I just LOVE soldering. I
>enjoy building things with my hands, even most of the cabinets and
>desks in my studio are built by me, custom made for whatever nook &
>cranny I'm trying to fit something into. It's not a matter of money,
>it's a matter of fun. My day gig is all software design and testing,
>blech. I need hardware to bring my universe back into balance.