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leapinlew:
--- Quote from: jennifer on March 25, 2016, 12:01:27 am --- It takes serious discipline, I will not sugarcoat.... It also helps to set your shop up like a factory (Stern was my model, with smaller production areas obviously), Do multiples of the same project to save time (IE: not 1 cap kit but do three or so while you got the stuff out.) Keep the parts coming in constantly with regular frequency, And spend 2 hours a day, everyday teaching yourself something new out of your comfort zone.
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In my world, this is how you get nothing done. Moving 10 projects 2% closer to completion isn't my idea of progress. Since I have real life obligations, doing more than 1 hobby at a time isn't really possible. It would take me 2 years to get 10 projects done, or I could get 1 project done every 3-4 months.
BadMouth:
For the most part, I've broken the habit of buying crap for projects I won't get to for years.
Every once in a while if something small comes up cheap, I'll buy it. Nothing like I used to do though.
Arcade/emulator wise, I need to:
Install workarounds for some games/emulators after switching my cab over to hacked xbox controllers.
Set up console emulators on the Alienware Alpha I got for the living room.
Get a driving cab back together, even if only temporary.
I have two Sega bases with nice car seats installed on them in my basement doing nothing.
I just need to make the front part of the cabs.
vwalbridge:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 25, 2016, 09:55:22 am ---
--- Quote from: jennifer on March 25, 2016, 12:01:27 am --- It takes serious discipline, I will not sugarcoat.... It also helps to set your shop up like a factory (Stern was my model, with smaller production areas obviously), Do multiples of the same project to save time (IE: not 1 cap kit but do three or so while you got the stuff out.) Keep the parts coming in constantly with regular frequency, And spend 2 hours a day, everyday teaching yourself something new out of your comfort zone.
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In my world, this is how you get nothing done. Moving 10 projects 2% closer to completion isn't my idea of progress. Since I have real life obligations, doing more than 1 hobby at a time isn't really possible. It would take me 2 years to get 10 projects done, or I could get 1 project done every 3-4 months.
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This is the dilemma I'm having right now. I see things or have ideas in my head that I just can't pass up on. The next thing I know, I working on 6 projects at once and feeling like I'm getting nothing done.
However, when I've got the bondo out or I have the slot cutting bit out...I just want to bondo or slot cut all the cabs. This "assembly line" process is very hard to keep going.
I'm probably going to have to buckle down and just finish ONE project first. I need just one significant victory right now.
pbj:
- don't die
leapinlew:
I think back to my dads workshop when I was younger and how having kids and getting older must have really caused him to slow down on project work. It seemed there were half completed projects everywhere and many that were never started. I never wanted that for me, so I switched over to 1 single arcade project at a time.
There is a certain amount of juggling of projects I can do before it all falls to pieces. Don't get me wrong, I have an arcade project, but I also have some landscape work, some kids playroom stuff, some car stuff, etc. projects going on, but my arcade is nearly perfect. (I had a mobo die in the jukebox last week that is next on the list).
By having projects completing, there is a sense of getting stuff done for me. If all I could show after 2 weeks of work is cap kits, slots cut, but not 1 completed cab, it would seem like an overwhelming amount of work left to do. Also, an arcade cab has so many projects in it that building one, planned right, takes time.
Woodworking
Artwork design\ordering
Controls (research, ordering, etc)
Painting
customizing the computer
wiring
etc. etc.
Building a single cabinet takes 100% of my time for the length of the project, so there isn't much time to lean or time to save. I've built almost 3 dozen cabs in the 10ish years I've been doing it and I try to get them to 100% before moving on.
Everyone has their own method and everyone can handle half completed projects differently.