just finished soldering the damned smd diodes for the left hand, and then soldered the other components.
while assembling the case i noticed that the acrylic plate squeezes the diodes. so i went back to check the instructions and sure enough, right before the ton of useless images of the empty board, step 2 solder diodes on the back. the distraction images did their job...
i also noticed that it doesnt impact much the fit. i mean the pins of the switches still goes all the way thru the board. just the plastic pins does not fully secure, but there is a plate...
i have a few options.
1 leave as is (here i need your help. anyone already used diodes in front?)
2 desolder extra components and make it right hand (sigh, i will probably damage something. also my thru holes ended up perfect while the smd job sucks)
3 buy a hot air tool and redo smds correctly.
i really want to go with option 1...