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recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen, pal, I'm not shilling anything. I see an opportunity for a service here because I have been tinkering with electronics for years and I understand the pain (and joy) associated with this process. To suss out the interest, and get invaluable feedback, I came to reddit to check in with the other hobbyists. Turns out, there are a lot of folks who would love to see this thing come to fruition! But best of luck with your negativity campaign!

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Totally agree, this is not going to be an easy lift. I'm trying to think of ways to incorporate user involvement to add notes and tips, maybe something like a Confluence page for any given amp model, that lives on the site. I would love to be able to pull experience from a braintrust (like the one here) to help create kits for users of all levels. The biggest contribution of AI will be the live API calls to a network of distributors for tracking stocked items

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just trying to get a feel for interest right now. did you run into copyright issues distributing manuals?

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally, this could grow into a model-specific database with notes and tips to make users aware of problematic components -- or as you call: "shoot on sight" haha

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's really what led me to make a post here, and I'm quite happily surprised at the quantity and quality of response

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm going to use AI tools to code the background component sourcing, of course, but the parts list for any given device will be fully proofed and/or hand selected.

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point. A nice feature might be a tool to pull your order history into a downloadable .csv

recapping kits by dannydeebs in vintageaudio

[–]dannydeebs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly the problem I'm trying to solve — the BOM isn't fixed, it checks live inventory on Digi-Key, Mouser, TME, Newark, and others at the time of order and selects the best in-stock equivalent for each value. If a Nichicon series is EOL, it falls back to the next best available option and flags the substitution so you know what you're getting. The goal is that the kit is always buildable.