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mrtim30:

Thanks everyone for your support and warning about losing fingers. As long as I have one left to point and say I built that I will be a happy man. This was my first post here and I cant believe the number of replies I have had and the really positive advice. Just bought a house today and move in in January. Has a hobby room in the basement. So I have 3 months to work out what I'm going to make. This is already great fun and all I've done is bought a book and made a post here.

ids:

Go for it.  I've been reading stuff here for years.  Finally bought some translucent buttons months ago, and some LED's.  Got some trackballs more recently, then some wire, hacked a mouse....  It all takes time, esp if, like many, you've got a wife and kids and maybe not a lot of cash to spend too quickly.  The book is fairly good, some of it is getting old, but there's a lot of good info, and some good cabinet plans.

Wiring, woodwork, etc are all easy enough - just keep reading, lots of good tips on this site.

Good luck

Bartman:

Definitely go for it!  If nothing else, its a good excuse to buy some new tools.  And take your time.  Its as much the journey as the destination.  I started buying parts at the beginning of the year, got lumber around mid summer, and I'm getting close to the finish line.  I doubt you'll ever run into a problem that can't be answered on the forums.

Good luck!

-Bart


Chunce DeLeone:

Don't look to far ahead, if anyone of us looked at the whole project from start to finish at the beginning we probably would never start it,  The short answer is you are in over your head, you and everyone else, and thats whats makes this so rewarding and cool,  if you buckle down and focus on whats in front of you right now, what is the first problem to solve, solve it and move on, don't think about problem 85 before you have fixed the first 20.  This Board is all the support you need besides an unyeilding desire to keep on trucking, and MAME your nards off!!!!!!

DaOld Man:


--- Quote from: Chunce DeLeone on October 18, 2007, 03:37:26 pm ---Don't look to far ahead, if anyone of us looked at the whole project from start to finish at the beginning we probably would never start it,  The short answer is you are in over your head, you and everyone else, and thats whats makes this so rewarding and cool,  if you buckle down and focus on whats in front of you right now, what is the first problem to solve, solve it and move on, don't think about problem 85 before you have fixed the first 20.  This Board is all the support you need besides an unyeilding desire to keep on trucking, and MAME your nards off!!!!!!

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Amen brother!

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