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Vero Board tidbits

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:08 am
by tuffteef
so ive never worked with veroboard before and had a crack at a circuit today

couple of questions

if i was to cut the wrong track would i have to start all over again on a new veroboard
i didnt use a drill bit just a doctors knife and sliced it
i kinda flowed a bunch of solder over the one i did wrong not sure if that works :lol:

im building a fuzzrite from markIVI vero board version
bypass works fine pots adjusting volume others kinda acting like a gate of no sound maybe a tad of crackle trans are socketed using 2n2222a's

Re: Vero Board tidbits

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:11 am
by McSpunckle
Bridging the trace would be fine.

I'm not really familiar with the Fuzzrite circuit, but generally when I build something that doesn't work, I break out the multimeter and poke around with it on the continuity setting, starting with power and ground.

Then it's kind of an awful process of "are THESE connected? ... nope... damn."

Re: Vero Board tidbits

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:32 am
by dune2k
You could also solder a little piece of wire (eg something you clipped off of a resistor) to bridge the accidental cut.
If there are any errors and you are searching for them, try the "audio probe" and follow the path of the signal. Usually helps to find cold solder joints etc.

Re: Vero Board tidbits

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:52 pm
by nbabmf
Be careful that you didn't bridge adjacent tracks accidentally. I use a very narrow razor saw (for model building, etc.) between the tracks before firing up to clear any solder that might have run off course.