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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: jimilee on February 05, 2020, 12:24:28 AM

Title: Ordered my Klein bottle kit
Post by: jimilee on February 05, 2020, 12:24:28 AM
I got antsy and ordered the kit, he was down to 4 kits, and I didn't want to have to wait on a possible restock. Has anyone built theirs yet?
Title: Re: Ordered my Klein bottle kit
Post by: EBK on February 05, 2020, 12:33:33 AM
Yep.  Welcome to the awesome madness.   ;D

There is one tricky bit of soldering near the top center of the board.  It would be easier to solder a couple things in a different order, but I can't remember it at the moment.  Somewhere I posted a note about this.  I'll have to search later.

(Mine is sitting on my repair pile for some unrelated minor rework, but let's not talk about that right now.  ;))
Title: Re: Ordered my Klein bottle kit
Post by: benny_profane on February 05, 2020, 02:47:06 AM
Another in the Klein Bottle Club. Still haven't done my mod with the enormous capacitor. Be aware that it's a four layer board with a lot of copper. Things take a bit longer to heat up than normal. EBK is right about the hard-to-get-to pot. It's nestled in a grove of caps beside a few inductors. Search the forum and you'll find some helpful threads. Good luck! And have fun with it! It's a really fun circuit.