DNA30 enclosure

[VapingBad]

I agree with both @scooby & @windows the Shapways stuff is a really good avenue is you can afford them and don't have the tools or basic skills to have a go. I would consider one if they did a small one, but I managed 17x21x38 mm on my first attempt so it is very possible, it was hard to do and a lot of work. I can solder well, but all the other stuff was new to me as I only did a term of metal work at school and never done any at work. I seem to be a throw myself in the deep end and make it work kind of person, that may not suit everyone ant there is a lot to be said about taking smaller steeps and building on your success, but then you have to budget for more mods before you get the one you wanted and that was my main goal.

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Oh yes @windows don't get me wrong, they let you see what it's like to put all the bits together in a box, something you don't really get from looking at build pics and vid's. Even though I'd done scale drawings of my Eclipse, it was still like trying to wallpaper your hall through the letterbox when it came to building it.

You must agree though that there's more pleasure to be had from something you've designed and grafted on yourself?

[Greg]

Bits started arriving today

[smarties]

Yes mine did as well Greg just waiting for some magnets a switch and stuff and the courage to start, I'm thinking I should have bought 2 dna's like you did.

[Greg]

May 19, 2015 20:52:34 GMT smarties said:

Yes mine did as well Greg just waiting for some magnets a switch and stuff and the courage to start, I'm thinking I should have bought 2 dna's like you did.

I'm still waiting on a few more bits like a soldering station and the box which is a couple of weeks away yet. Itching to get started 

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May 19, 2015 21:05:00 GMT Greg said:

May 19, 2015 20:52:34 GMT smarties said:

Yes mine did as well Greg just waiting for some magnets a switch and stuff and the courage to start, I'm thinking I should have bought 2 dna's like you did.

I'm still waiting on a few more bits like a soldering station and the box which is a couple of weeks away yet. Itching to get started 

I have to go through the shapeways wait on a regular basis, drives me mad

[phatfil]

get a solder sucker too, its way too easy to over solder if like me your a novice at the art and a solder sucker lets you try n try n try n try again its also way easier if you tin (solder cover) both bits before you try to join them, cos then its simply join and heat using the solder already coating the 2 bits..
ebay solder sucker

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This is useful too
de soldering braid

[Greg]

May 19, 2015 21:09:12 GMT phatfil said:

get a solder sucker too, its way too easy to over solder if like me your a novice at the art and a solder sucker lets you try n try n try n try again its also way easier if you tin (solder cover) both bits before you try to join them, cos then its simply join and heat using the solder already coating the 2 bits..
ebay solder sucker

Got a couple of those already 

[phatfil]

s' ok then, i just noticed your shopping list earlier was missing one and i tried using the braid wick solder removal technique before getting mine and it was a disaster....

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May 19, 2015 21:19:01 GMT phatfil said:

s' ok then, i just noticed your shopping list earlier was missing one and i tried using the braid wick solder removal technique before getting mine and it was a disaster....

Braid is best used for the removal of large areas of solder. For example if you were soldering to say a battery contact and you apply to much and puddles out to a large area. You can lay the braid on it and it will soak it up.

[phatfil]

and if you dont pick it up pdq it ends up part of the problem..

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May 19, 2015 21:41:42 GMT phatfil said:

and if you dont pick it up pdq it ends up part of the problem..

Its a lot easier if you use it still attached to roll

[phatfil]

i still have a 20 x 4 lcd display soldered to a board with a roll of braid attached when i thought it would be a good idea to switch it to 3 wire serial coms 1/2 way through the project dum dum dum.. in the end i ebayed a new display and used that..

[Greg]

Postie been again