mike_mccue I'm an Everly Drillbilly. :-)
mike_mccue
musicman100 well as far as DIYing there was the Heathkit © approach and the true build from scratch. Google Heathkit, but they produced Ham and electronic equipment in kit form, chassis already punched and silkscreened, circuit boards etched, and components packed in bags. The instructions were step by step with pictorials for every step, and it was one wire one component at a time. Now, contrast that with forming your own enclosure or chassis on a brake, marking and drilling holes with a drill press, masking and etching a circuit board, going down to the Lafayette radio electronics (or similiar) parts house for your components, OR a swap fest for parts. You got the schematic or circuit diagram from Pop Electronics, or Electronics Illustrated,or a Ham journal.No step by step, you read a schematic and knew enough theory to wire everything correct wit hthe proper lead lenght and routing. I have done both, and both were rewarding, one looked commercial, one had a def home brew appearance. Not saying what Mike is doing isnt DIY, but DIY is a vast camp.. just saying
Jonbouy musicman100 well as far as DIYing there was the Heathkit © approach and the true build from scratch. Google Heathkit, but they produced Ham and electronic equipment in kit form, chassis already punched and silkscreened, circuit boards etched, and components packed in bags. The instructions were step by step with pictorials for every step, and it was one wire one component at a time. Now, contrast that with forming your own enclosure or chassis on a brake, marking and drilling holes with a drill press, masking and etching a circuit board, going down to the Lafayette radio electronics (or similiar) parts house for your components, OR a swap fest for parts. You got the schematic or circuit diagram from Pop Electronics, or Electronics Illustrated,or a Ham journal.No step by step, you read a schematic and knew enough theory to wire everything correct wit hthe proper lead lenght and routing. I have done both, and both were rewarding, one looked commercial, one had a def home brew appearance. Not saying what Mike is doing isnt DIY, but DIY is a vast camp.. just saying DIY even covers a greater scope than you've put there... There's nothing quite like the full 'hands-on' experience.
