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I would have got a lot further today if I hadn't had to:

- replace the tap in the kitchen sink and clean out the sink downpipe ( the stuff that accumulates there is sooo gross :chunder: )
- try and get my wife's new LaCie external FireWire CD-RW drive working :inferno:

I've never built a hifi kit of my own before but I have a fair bit of soldering experience and electronincs experience. When I was a student I spent a summer working for Philips building police/taxi radio base stations

Philip, I guess it all depends. In many ways I am a novice at this thing. What's most important is a bit of common sense and problem solving skills. The hardest part of the project by far was making the holes in the rear panel and fitting all the sockets etc. I don't expect to have any issues with the soldering.

Today all I've managed to do is fit the obligatory blue LED to the front panel, which is a seperate (and thicker) piece of anodized aluminium. I'm also just in the middle of finalizing where everything will go before I drill the holes in the base of the case.

Michael.

<blockquote data-quote="michaelab" data-source="post: 521635" data-attributes="member: 1011">I would have got a lot further today if I hadn't had to:- replace the tap in the kitchen sink and clean out the sink downpipe ( the stuff that accumulates there is sooo gross :chunder: )- try and get my wife's new LaCie external FireWire CD-RW drive working :inferno:I've never built a hifi kit of my own before but I have a fair bit of soldering experience and electronincs experience.&nbsp; When I was a student I spent a summer working for Philips building police/taxi radio base stations <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Philip, I guess it all depends.&nbsp; In many ways I am a novice at this thing.&nbsp; What's most important is a bit of common sense and problem solving skills.&nbsp; The hardest part of the project by far was making the holes in the rear panel and fitting all the sockets etc.&nbsp; I don't expect to have any issues with the soldering.Today all I've managed to do is fit the obligatory blue LED <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> to the front panel, which is a seperate (and thicker) piece of anodized aluminium.&nbsp; I'm also just in the middle of finalizing where everything will go before I drill the holes in the base of the case.Michael.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelab, post: 521635, member: 1011"] I would have got a lot further today if I hadn't had to: - replace the tap in the kitchen sink and clean out the sink downpipe ( the stuff that accumulates there is sooo gross :chunder: ) - try and get my wife's new LaCie external FireWire CD-RW drive working :inferno: I've never built a hifi kit of my own before but I have a fair bit of soldering experience and electronincs experience. When I was a student I spent a summer working for Philips building police/taxi radio base stations :) Philip, I guess it all depends. In many ways I am a novice at this thing. What's most important is a bit of common sense and problem solving skills. The hardest part of the project by [i]far[/i] was making the holes in the rear panel and fitting all the sockets etc. I don't expect to have any issues with the soldering. Today all I've managed to do is fit the obligatory blue LED :D to the front panel, which is a seperate (and thicker) piece of anodized aluminium. I'm also just in the middle of finalizing where everything will go before I drill the holes in the base of the case. Michael. [/QUOTE]

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