Ninja Sixty-Fource worklog

Noah · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:48 pm

SonyQrio wrote:

:neutral2: Dude ...

I hate putting people down, but you obviously have no electronics experience.

Portables are a real challenge, and are not for people trying to learn how to solder.

I have a solid background in electrical engineering, and I still struggled through my portable.

Do yourself a favor, learn how to crawl before you attempt to run. Otherwise, this project will simply end up in frustration and wasted money.

-SQ :wink:

This so much. I see people who join, thinking they can build a portable, and then their first question is, "How do I solder?"
It's the number one thing you need to know when building a portable. It isn't possible without knowing how. It took me weeks to get the basics of soldering down, and I'm relatively good at it, but I've been soldering for 5 years, so it takes patients, which a lot of people seem to lack.

Oh and Sony, I think I'm in love with this quote. Learn how to crawl before you attempt to run.

SonyQrio · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:56 pm

Anybody can attest that it is 100% true. Learn how to scotch tape the wires (better than solder imo) before building a portable: learn how to crawl before you attempt to run.

Noah · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:57 pm

SonyQrio wrote:

:wink: Anybody can attest that it is 100% true. Learn how to scotch tape the wires (better than solder imo) before building a portable: learn how to crawl before you attempt to run.

bentendo64 · **Joined:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:12 pm **Posts:** 55

SonyQrio wrote:

Spoleyo: To answer your question, I started working with electronics when I was really young. I learned how to solder when I was 7 or 8 and ever since, I've been fueling my interest in electronics.

When I was in diapers, my mom gave me an unplugged power bar and all the appliances in the house as toys. :dahroll:

I guess you could say I wasn't your average baby. :mrgreen:

I guess I could say my story is similar lol :lol:

ShockSlayer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:57 pm

*Gets internet bat*

S5114 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:02 am

Yeah... I found a soldering iron once in my dad's tool chest and I asked if I could use it in 6th grade. I was so ignorant that I thought I was doing it right :sweat:

then I looked on the internet... I was wrong.

ToastBucket · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:33 am

SonyQrio wrote:

:neutral2: Dude ...

I hate putting people down, but you obviously have no electronics experience.

Portables are a real challenge, and are not for people trying to learn how to solder.

I have a solid background in electrical engineering, and I still struggled through my portable.

Do yourself a favor, learn how to crawl before you attempt to run. Otherwise, this project will simply end up in frustration and wasted money.

-SQ :wink:

When I made the Elephant64, I had not done anything really electronics related other than sound mixing. I started out with practically no experience and no knowledge and now I can make portables (If I don't keep getting bored with them

) and know quite a bit. Sure sometimes it's probably best to start small and work your way up. But I say, be ambitious. You will learn lots LOTS more that way.

Also, Sony, I'm curious as to what your "solid background in electrical engineering" is, because you still seem to be wrong a lot.