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Growing older has an impact on DIY

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When your hearing becomes impaired, your sight goes down, your hand is less firm, then it's time to quit building.
To compensate for inaction I design LTSpice models of the hardware that I might build someday.
Sometimes I end up with some unique circuit that would be otherwise impossible to design without computer.
Like in this case.

Omnes feriunt, ultima necat.

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Shaky hands... - andy evans 03:09:25 10/17/24 (3)
I've given up speaker projects and just do small scale electronics. I divide amps into 2 or 3 chassis so I don't have to lift anything heavy.

Shaky hands are quite comical and lots of swearing at times. I need to steady my hands against something solid. Worse when it's colder. Normally my hands are fine - it's just when I start soldering.....
- RE: Shaky hands... - mwhouston 14:45:47 11/10/24 (0)
  I too suffer from the shacks, mainly in my left hand but when soldering you need two good steady hands. At 72+ Im still knockout two tube power amps and two tube preamps a year.. I have been doing DIY audio for over 50 years. I concede, though, there will be a point where I have to stop. So what do you do after that which will allow some non-steady hands and good sight?
  
  http://retro-thermionic.blogspot.com/
  
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- RE: Shaky hands... - thermionic addictions 01:52:46 10/18/24 (1)
  I used to have a couple of beers to steady my hands before i'd start soldering but now that i've quit drinking I have to resort to a lot of cursing.
  And then there is the thing about the eyes not working as well as they once did. Its tough getting old.
  - RE: Shaky hands... - mwhouston 14:53:04 11/10/24 (0)
    Sometimes I work (DIY) very late at night into the early hours. After a day of red wine and whiskey my hands are quite steady. Another DIYer told me have a whiskey before working to steady the hands. Well its true but I do most of my DIY in the morning to mid-afternoon and Im not drinking at 10 in the morning just to have steady hands.
    
    There must be some natural or not so natural things we can take to steady hands. Any clues?
    
    http://retro-thermionic.blogspot.com/
    
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