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Offline Booper

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JD40 Christmas Build!
« on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 09:29:13 »
Well, thanks to GeekHack, I'm pretty much getting the best Christmas presents ever. And by pretty much, I mean definitely!

I got a JD40 kit and some building tools from the super awesome jdcarpe in the mail Tuesday.
I gathered a lot of valuable info from Captain Badass' JD40 Build Log and from jdcarpe as well as a few soldering videos and started setting it up immediately.

Below are photos of most everything. I had never soldered before this, so please don't judge my skills too harshly! :D I'm not sure if I got the order correct for all the steps or did everything in the ideal way, BUT it works and it feels pretty solid! So YEAAAA! :D

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JDcarpe was really cool and put my little "boop!" on the back!




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Thanks for checking it out! & MERRY CHRISTMAS!  :thumb:
« Last Edit: Thu, 25 December 2014, 10:32:32 by Booper »
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 10:51:21 »
Great job on your first try.  Props to JD on the custom plate.  All this build needs now is some purple.
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 14:14:17 »
Great work! The JD40 is not the easiest project for a beginner, but you successfully built yours, as a first time solderer. That is no small feat! As long as it works, the solder job doesn't have to be exactly perfect. I hope you enjoy it!!

Merry Christmas
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 14:31:49 »
Very cool, looks great with the Granite caps. Nice plate JD, that looks awesome, I love the JD40 logo! Congrats Booper on a successful first solder, and happy holidays to you all!  ;D
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 15:28:14 »
Boop!
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:06:37 »
This is such an amazing gift! I am in awe of JD's holiday spirit. You did a good job on your build too booper.  :thumb:
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:54:09 »
Excellent gift, and a nice little log too.

How are you enjoying the 40% form factor so far?
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 07:01:48 »
Classy build, nice stuff. 
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 11:24:19 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 25 December 2014, 14:14:17
Great work! The JD40 is not the easiest project for a beginner, but you successfully built yours, as a first time solderer. That is no small feat! As long as it works, the solder job doesn't have to be exactly perfect. I hope you enjoy it!!

Merry Christmas

:D Thank you so much!! I'm definitely enjoying it!! :D

Quote from: user 18 on Thu, 25 December 2014, 17:54:09
Excellent gift, and a nice little log too.

How are you enjoying the 40% form factor so far?

I like it! It's sooo small. There's not much room for inaccuracy in my keystrokes so I'll have to get used to it, but I really like it!

Thanks!
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 12:17:13 »
This is awesome.  Huge props to JD for his generosity!  Looks like he not only gifted the JD40, but also the FX-888D??  Holy crap.  :eek:

And congrats on the successful first build, Booper!  As you build more and more things, you'll learn better techniques that work for you and your style and allow you to be more consistent, but there's nothing wrong with a build that functions.  :)  Especially for a first-time solderer.   :thumb:

YAY CHRISTMAS!
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 19:02:34 »
Where can I buy mine?
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 20:19:15 »
You can still purchase a JD40 from BunnyLake and the crew at the [CTRL]ALT store.

https://ctrlalt.io/store/items/jd40
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 20:23:36 »
Thanks!
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 21:09:21 »


Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 25 December 2014, 14:14:17
Great work! The JD40 is not the easiest project for a beginner, but you successfully built yours, as a first time solderer. That is no small feat! As long as it works, the solder job doesn't have to be exactly perfect. I hope you enjoy it!!

Merry Christmas

Rub it in jd... Rub it in. Just kidding!

I'm loving the build log! Congrats on the board Booper!
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #14 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 22:05:45 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Fri, 26 December 2014, 21:09:21


Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 25 December 2014, 14:14:17
Great work! The JD40 is not the easiest project for a beginner, but you successfully built yours, as a first time solderer. That is no small feat! As long as it works, the solder job doesn't have to be exactly perfect. I hope you enjoy it!!

Merry Christmas

Rub it in jd... Rub it in. Just kidding!

I'm loving the build log! Congrats on the board Booper!

It's okay CBA, you have a long standing tradition with your builds so we understand what happened with yours.  :))

<3 u CPTBadAss  :-*
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #15 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 23:41:30 »
Very nicely done!

The GIF of resistors going into place = :))
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #16 on: Fri, 26 December 2014, 23:52:16 »
Thumbs up, Boop.  Build looks great, especially for your first one.  Thumbs up to JD, as well.  I'm happy to see so much generosity and positiveness going around, lately.  It's been pretty awesome.
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 31 December 2014, 15:00:56 »
Congrats booper! I know I'm excited to start mine, can't imagine how much more exciting it is having all the parts in hand. :D
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 31 December 2014, 16:56:06 »
Really great work! That keyboard looks awesome, now i want one too :)
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Re: JD40 Christmas Build!
« Reply #19 on: Thu, 01 January 2015, 05:23:55 »
Good work Booper!  I'm impressed you had the patience and confidence to do a build log of your first build especially when everything arrived at once.

I think JD needs to work on his wrapping skills though, such an awesome present deserves some ribbon and a bow ;)
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