Hello,

I was a big fan of Heath Kits growing up. Where'd they go? I used to be real good at building things. Wirewrap and point to point. Too many to count! I got away from electronics for 10 years because the eyes were going bad. Trifocals now and someone needed something special so here I am back to building things. I like the easy availability of PCB's so I buy 3 boards and build something. I would only buy a kit if it was something I realy wanted and didn't want to take the time to just build it myself. Having an enclosure that looks good is important. My current project was built around a small enclosure from TEKO so it was relatively easy to build and looks very presentable to my customer.

I really would like to get into SMT but it looks so teadious to do with the solder screens, paste, tweezers, trembling hands, oven, etc. Another current project is perfect for SMT but only if the customer wants more than 100. Still in prototype testing.

I did see a kit I was thinking of buying from Jaycar though and that was the clock with the seconds LEDs filling up as the seconds went by. Just never got around to ordering it.

Hope this helps Trent.

BobK