How do you guys find the time??!?! [RANT]

puretube · June 22, 2005, 06:55:06 PM

here`s looking at you, Mark...

you know how to whistle !

NaBo · June 22, 2005, 07:46:51 PM

Well i thought summer was gonna shape up to be stompbox heaven for me... seems i had more time when I was away at school... perhaps cuz it was easier to shirk responsibility and whatnot...

But now I'm busy doing feet-killing work from 7 to 5 most days, sometimes out of town for a night or two. I haven't built nearly as much as I planned to... once in a while I'll get into it and stay up til 3 or 4 to finish something. But at least, instead of building new circuit boards, for the most part, im boxing up the ones I have.

I still have about 300$ in parts to attend to though. Just not tonight... i only got a 15 minute break at 10, and no lunch. It's almost bedtime now, too. :?

nelson · June 22, 2005, 08:25:27 PM

Currently my problem isnt time its having money to buy components... :x I have ran out of pots, jacks, enclosures and some values of capacitors, with only maplin near me, i decided to wait till i have some money to buy a bulk load of components online.
I have just got a new job for the summer. Soon money wont be an obstacle. Plus my new job is pretty flexible with regards to working hours.

I dont have any kids and my g/f is very cool about my hobbies.

So, instead of buying components or actually building any circuits I am developing an ever growing list of circuits I want to do when i can buy the components. Doesnt take alot of time, but it certainly is frustrating.

:x

Travis · June 23, 2005, 01:29:19 AM

I can stay awake all night.
And I will make mistakes all right.

chrishopkins · June 23, 2005, 06:55:16 AM

I work as an Internet Tech Monkey for Tesco Broadband from 4 til midnight.

What i try to do is a little bit here and there...Trouble is I end up on the forum for hours and time flies by.

MartyMart · June 23, 2005, 07:05:49 AM

Quote from: chrishopkinsI work as an Internet Tech Monkey for Tesco Broadband from 4 til midnight.

What i try to do is a little bit here and there...Trouble is I end up on the forum for hours and time flies by.

... ... ... .... Er, yeah I know THAT feeling !! :shock:
Too much info to read through sometimes, after you wade past the 800th
"DS-1 LED" question ... !!

Marty.

Thomas P. · June 23, 2005, 07:24:00 AM

It's now been a year since I didn't post anything. For I'm a student of physics (outside germany it would be called master, I guess, here it's called Diplom) and by the time I have much to do with quantum mechanics. This is why there are several etched boards waiting to get packed - I have the feeling they have to wait for some time...the thing is very complicated. As my prof used to say: You can't understand quantum mechanics you just can get used to it!

Regards,
tomboy

Paul Perry (Frostwave) · June 23, 2005, 09:04:00 AM

Good to see several people have got wise to the "no TV" deal. Not having a TV is like the Beatles song, you get "eight days a week" you know where the extra one came from!
I keep each 'ongoing' project inside a plastic case (like a tackle box but wihtout dividers) along with any specialist parts. It is very bad to lose time hunting for a part :x
The other thing is, you can't solder on a train (I did see a guy wirewrapping!!! once) but, you can work out circuits & scratch out a stripboard layout.
But if it is ever a choice between play with the kids or build FX, play with the kids.

nelson · June 23, 2005, 09:11:10 AM

Quote from: tomboyIt's now been a year since I didn't post anything. For I'm a student of physics (outside germany it would be called master, I guess, here it's called Diplom) and by the time I have much to do with quantum mechanics. This is why there are several etched boards waiting to get packed - I have the feeling they have to wait for some time...the thing is very complicated. As my prof used to say: You can't understand quantum mechanics you just can get used to it!

Regards,
tomboy

Hey Tomboy, i have recently been cloning the EH Clone theory. working from your schem and the original. Did you ever manage to clone one?

GreenEye · June 23, 2005, 12:25:24 PM

wow, lots of good advice and responses, thanks!

The no-TV is probably key. I get sucked into Law and Order reruns. The problem is, the show is on 24 hours a day!!

mojotron · June 23, 2005, 12:39:36 PM

Quote from: Paul Perry (Frostwave)Good to see several people have got wise to the "no TV" deal. Not having a TV is like the Beatles song, you get "eight days a week" you know where the extra one came from!
I keep each 'ongoing' project inside a plastic case (like a tackle box but wihtout dividers) along with any specialist parts. It is very bad to lose time hunting for a part :x
The other thing is, you can't solder on a train (I did see a guy wirewrapping!!! once) but, you can work out circuits & scratch out a stripboard layout.
But if it is ever a choice between play with the kids or build FX, play with the kids.

I do all my layouts and simulation on the train I take every day - comuter trains are an interesting social phenomina for sure! :shock: But, for 1.5 hours a day I have time to devote to all the background effects stuff - and that is a huge asset as well - especially reading all the AMZ stuff.

Melanhead · June 23, 2005, 02:06:07 PM

Quote from: Paul Perry (Frostwave)Good to see several people have got wise to the "no TV" deal.

Well there's not much to watch anymore ... I work all day editing Dialog for TV and Film so I guess at the end of an 8 hr day watching TV is the last thing I wanna do

I do enjoy watching CSI with my wife however, but usually just before bed as she's allready watching it in the bedroom

....

Eric H · June 23, 2005, 02:14:12 PM

Quote from: Paul Perry (Frostwave)Good to see several people have got wise to the "no TV" deal. Not having a TV is like the Beatles song, you get "eight days a week" you know where the extra one came from!

Doesn't work if you (the collective "you") have traded TV-time for computer/internet time --as I did in 1990. Web-browsing is a seductive siren for the information thirsty, and addiction is addiction.

QuoteBut if it is ever a choice between play with the kids or build FX, play with the kids.

Good call.
At least get out and interact with people.

-Eric

Thomas P. · June 23, 2005, 02:43:02 PM

Quote from: nelson
Hey Tomboy, i have recently been cloning the EH Clone theory. working from your schem and the original. Did you ever manage to clone one?

That's good news, really! Unfortunately I didn't manage do build one, yet.
But tell me, how did it come out?

Regards,
tomboy

barret77 · June 23, 2005, 03:18:25 PM

well, I simply don't find time, and 90% of my projects keep shelfed. BUT my wife will be away for a month, and a mouser order has just arrived. It's now or never!

nelson · June 23, 2005, 05:30:02 PM

Quote from: tomboy
Quote from: nelson
Hey Tomboy, i have recently been cloning the EH Clone theory. working from your schem and the original. Did you ever manage to clone one?

That's good news, really! Unfortunately I didn't manage do build one, yet.
But tell me, how did it come out?

Regards,
tomboy

Well, I have done the PCB layout. I havent built anything yet. Low on money.
But its top of my list of projects. you can see the results for yourself. There was an error in your schem pin 4 of MN3007 should go to ground and not pin 11 of CD4047, pin 6 of the MN3007 should go to pin 11 of CD4047 instead. There was also a cap that should have been 270n instead of 270pF.

The thread is here. Has a link to two PCB layouts.

http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewtopic.php?t=34110&highlight=clone+theory

Perhaps you can add to it.

kdog · June 23, 2005, 05:38:36 PM

If you want something done, ask a busy person.
-- Unknown

puretube · June 23, 2005, 05:42:30 PM

sorry, nelson: 270n is 0.27Âµ...
but you had 270pF in the LFO...

nelson · June 23, 2005, 05:47:47 PM

Quote from: puretubesorry, nelson: 270n is 0.27Âµ...
but you had 270pF in the LFO...

I new tht.............woop :oops:

amz-fx · June 23, 2005, 07:25:46 PM

Just try to squeeze in a few bits of work here and there...

Have a look: AMZ workbench

-Jack

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How do you guys find the time??!?! [RANT]