Easy enough?
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I have one.earwaxxer said:
Thing is, I don't know ANY of the vocabulary.Caucasian Blackplate said:
Believe me when I say you don't need to know the vocabulary. Everything will be explained or self-explanatory when you get it. When I built my Crack, I basically had zero electronics experience. I am a lawyer. All you need to do is read carefully, look at the pictures, and do exactly what you are told. Don't try to interpret or read into the instructions, just do exactly what it says and you will be fine. The instructions are as comprehensive as the following instructions on how to boil water:
1. Open the door to the second kitchen cabinet from the right.
2. Remove the 5 quart saucepan (silver, with a copper bottom and black handles).
3. Place saucepan in sink.
4. Open cold water tap by rotating handle clockwise 90 degrees.
5. When saucepan is three-quarters full, close cold water tap by rotating handle counter-clockwise 90 degrees.
6. Remove saucepan from sink and place on large stove burner.
7. Turn on heat for that burner to "high" ("9" or "10" if controls are numerically marked).
8. Allow water to heat until it begin to boil (water will be rapidly churning as large - not small - bubbles form).
If you can follow those directions, you can build a Crack.
1. Open the door to the second kitchen cabinet from the right.
2. Remove the 5 quart saucepan (silver, with a copper bottom and black handles).
3. Place saucepan in sink.
4. Open cold water tap by rotating handle clockwise 90 degrees.
5. When saucepan is three-quarters full, close cold water tap by rotating handle counter-clockwise 90 degrees.
6. Remove saucepan from sink and place on large stove burner.
7. Turn on heat for that burner to "high" ("9" or "10" if controls are numerically marked).
8. Allow water to heat until it begin to boil (water will be rapidly churning as large - not small - bubbles form).
If you can follow those directions, you can build a Crack.
wolfetan44 said:
The pictures will help you fill that in. Along with that, you can always refer to the terminal numbers listed in the manual, most of the time there will only be one or two components attached to each.
wolfetan44
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Something just hit me. The Crack doesn't play well with planar-magnetics does it?
wolfetan44
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Damn. Well, I'm going to sleep on it for a couple of days and see what I want to do. Thanks for all the help guys, will report back.adamct said:
Caucasian Blackplate said:
Ditto what PB said! The crack was my absolute first diy project aside from a cable or two, and the clear and detailed assembly manual and macro photos of each and every step make it totally beginner friendly. It is the paint by numbers of amp kits.
Cutting and stripping the wires is a minor chore, and I would echo the advice of others who suggest that you do all that in advance of any soldering. (For my speedball, I cut, stripped and scotch taped each piece of wire next to the relevant steps on each page of a print out of the manual.) The final product is just wonderful if you have high impedance dynamic headphones!
