What is your least favorite part of building?

[Ghost Planet]

Mine has to be drilling the enclosure. It's one of those processes where you get one shot to get holes lined up. Although since getting a stepped drill bit the process is much easier. I've drilled the dc jack hole to close the pot hole, haha pot hole, and dc jack would not insert all the way because it was too close to the back of the pot. What are the steps you all least enjoy?

[timd]

I would say mine is attaching the circuit board to the housing. I've tried a few different methods and haven't found my favorite yet.

[R.G.]

Mine is the crying when I find out where I didn't think enough before committing it from mental to physical form.

[glops]

Lately, drilling, current limiting resistors to LEDs, putting on knobs.

[digi2t]

Building.

When I finish a layout, I wish the finished product would just magically appear.

[timd]

Lately, drilling, current limiting resistors to LEDs, putting on knobs.

I think the "putting on knobs" stage is one of the best - For me it means the build is done!

[J0K3RX]

Painting the enclosure or whatever... hate it! 

[cloudscapes]

Drilling sucks, but is pretty quick.

Building more than one or two of something.

The worst was possibly drilling PCB lead holes, hundreds of them. I dont do that anymore.

[gritz]

Actually stopping prototyping and calling it done so it can be put in a box. I'm in an extended phase of messing about with insignificant details right now, rather than getting on with PCB layout and whatnot.

I just can't let go!

[Derringer]

i wish everything could just stay "solidly" on the breadboard ... like I could just throw a lever and the breadboard would become indestructible and shrink to the proper size to be housed in a pedal

The drilling I'm happy with. I like measuring twice and drilling once.

[defaced]

I hate wiring.  And I always get nervous when I'm working on a design and I have to call it "finished".  If I don't give it time to sit between working on it and "doing" it, I almost always forget something. 

Building.

When I finish a layout, I wish the finished product would just magically appear.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.  I like the mental part of this hobby alot more than the building part of it. 

[Keppy]

Used to be wiring, but I've started using a bunch of board-mounted pots. Now it's a tie between wiring & drilling the PCB.

Oh, and mixing Envirotex. The last batch didn't cure.

[bean]

LEDs. Hate doing them.

[Jdansti]

#1 Realizing that I've cut the wrong vero traces because I didn't mirror the layout in my head when I flipped the board over.

#2 My butt and legs going numb from sitting for several hours at a time.

#3  Cutting, stripping, and tinning all of the off-board wires. I don't know why, but I just don't like doing it.

[Bill_F]

Ordering the parts

[markeebee]

That moment when you realise it's not as good as you thought it would be.

And wiring.

[rockhorst]

Looking at the clock when you thought you did a fast job...and wiring pots (a related issue).

[LucifersTrip]

I hate when you accidentally lay the soldering iron across it's own chord, exploding it in two, with a loud popping sound as the wires short.

actually, I'll go with drilling.

[petey twofinger]

not being able to walk the next day

[Eric.nail]

Graphics. I suck at the graphics. I'v actually resolved to just leaving everything unmarked and popping a "brand" sticker with my logo and name of the effect on it. Screw decals and screen printing...

Actually on the subject - What's the preferred method to securing circuit boards? I'v usually just left them free floating and attatching some nice foam padding to the underside and fastening it to where it's secure in place, but not in harms way of grounding to anything...Debating just getting a mass amount of silicone and filling up the empty space in there with calking haha!