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With PBT Notion and NK Creams. What a delightfully wide Ortho board. Many thanks to

  • weteor for overall board design
  • chewiedies for the case design (chewie also printed this case and sent me the PCB)

All I really had to do was solder on some sockets.

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[–] series_editor@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

this looks fantastic, I really have to learn to solder so I can make one of these I keep seeing

[–] hyperreal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Soldering is a skill you can absolutely pick up quickly. Grab a cheap kit from Amazon (or a pinecil), watch a couple YouTube videos, and practice on a spare PCB (can get actual soldering practice board for quite cheap).

[–] chewiedies@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Plus one for the Pinecil. It's a great iron and inexpensive

[–] Jakobabs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Echoing hyperreal, get a pinecil. I’ve hand many soldering irons and this thing is amazing and only $25

[–] chewiedies@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I could build one for you. I have 2 pcbs left. Message me on discord username chewiedies