Haha, a blast. I never post much on here, so I hope this is the correct forum.
I have been waiting for a long time to build all of the Eggtimer devices that I have purchased over the last two years. I’ll admit that I was worried that I would mess it up. I decided that this past weekend was going to be the time to build.
I went on the website to print out the most recent instructions for the Eggtimer Apogee. After waiting by my printer for what seemed like a 10 minutes for the instructions to print duplex. (trying to save paper) I was ready to get started. Unfortunately, I dropped the instructions on the way to my bench. It was like I walked though a tornado. Papers everywhere and all out of order. So this time, printing seemed to take 15 minutes. (Easier to print again than to risk a step out of order) I made sure to keep a tight grip on the papers this time.
After carefully walking back to my bench, I started to read the instructions. It took a lot of restraint to not just jump in and put iron to board and solder. I’m glad I read the instructions first, I’m sure the people at Eggtimer have built a couple of these and already have the build process perfected. The instructions were very detailed and walked me though step by step. I’m glad I started with this kit because the through the hole components made assembly easy and I got into a grove before I had to mount the one surface mount. The surface mount was also easy and I had the whole kit completed soon after.
The big test was plugging in the battery and turning the apogee on with the screw switch. I got all the expected beeps so I think the build is good.
The total time beginning to end was about 2 1/2 hours. Some of that time was spent waiting on the printer and picking up papers. Tonight I’ll build another Apogee and I’m sure the time will be much better. So if you have been waiting to build an Eggtimer, just get started. I wish I hadn’t waited so long myself.
Thanks,
Jeff
I have been waiting for a long time to build all of the Eggtimer devices that I have purchased over the last two years. I’ll admit that I was worried that I would mess it up. I decided that this past weekend was going to be the time to build.
I went on the website to print out the most recent instructions for the Eggtimer Apogee. After waiting by my printer for what seemed like a 10 minutes for the instructions to print duplex. (trying to save paper) I was ready to get started. Unfortunately, I dropped the instructions on the way to my bench. It was like I walked though a tornado. Papers everywhere and all out of order. So this time, printing seemed to take 15 minutes. (Easier to print again than to risk a step out of order) I made sure to keep a tight grip on the papers this time.
After carefully walking back to my bench, I started to read the instructions. It took a lot of restraint to not just jump in and put iron to board and solder. I’m glad I read the instructions first, I’m sure the people at Eggtimer have built a couple of these and already have the build process perfected. The instructions were very detailed and walked me though step by step. I’m glad I started with this kit because the through the hole components made assembly easy and I got into a grove before I had to mount the one surface mount. The surface mount was also easy and I had the whole kit completed soon after.
The big test was plugging in the battery and turning the apogee on with the screw switch. I got all the expected beeps so I think the build is good.
The total time beginning to end was about 2 1/2 hours. Some of that time was spent waiting on the printer and picking up papers. Tonight I’ll build another Apogee and I’m sure the time will be much better. So if you have been waiting to build an Eggtimer, just get started. I wish I hadn’t waited so long myself.
Thanks,
Jeff