Tips (might be useful)

[James D]

Amazing little animals and far too clever for their own good - very sociable too but they **** everywhere... as their diet is 95% hay and dry pellets so is their **** - thank goodness!

Britain is becoming too warm for them... they can suffer heatstroke and die beyond about 25 deg C.

What was the topic? Ohh Tips... let me see... how about

Buy High, Sell Low

[Stratmangler]

Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow.

[Rob042]

my tip

don't let the wife distracted you when you are wiring up a psu.
the result for me was major damage to a pcb,chips and a handful of black gate caps!!

Rob

[Scottmoose]

Don't skimp on the finish. It's amazing how many people will accept a pair of 6ft corner horns if you get a nice veneer on them and oil etc., them properly.

[Greg.]

Wet your soldering iron properly. With a new (new iron even) or replacement bit, at switch on, immediately subject the end of the bit to solder before it even starts to get hot. That way the solder will start melting on the bit immediately it reaches melting temerature and eliminates any start of oxidisation which should ensure, with the use of a damp sponge between soldering applications, of ever loosing iron use efficiency through the build up of a carbon layer. With a chizel bit, allow a bobble of solder to melt on the face and sits there wetting for a couple of minutes. With fine point bits, allow it to remain immersed in the molten solder for a while. Do this and you'll never ever need bit cleaning attention before the bit finally burns out with good use and old age.

Best wishes,

Greg

[Little Mick]

Those old CD mechs, the ones that are hard to find can some times be found in old car units.

Regards


Stuart

[Paul Barker]

Don't touch the probes of your insulation resistance tester.

[Shane]

If you have to solder up a DIN plug, hold it in a DIN socket to keep the pins in place. The plastic body WILL melt a little. Start with the earth pin and move outwards.

[Darren D]

When marking out a top plate or phono sockets ready for drilling.

Use a drawing package, a simple freebie CAD program off the net will do.
Draw it out on the computer, print it off and then stick it over your casing to be drilled.
Saves marking and messing up the finish of the casing.
As a bonus, the paper will protect from swarf and you can flip it over if doing mono blocks for right and left handed units.
You also only draw it the once and alterations are easy.

[pre65]

Hi-that is useful.

can you recommend a suitable program that a div can use ?

when i made the Adire crossovers i drew the diagram for the holes on a piece of white Fablon and stuck it to the plywood as a template.there was enough stick left to peel off and use on the 2nd one.


Philip