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Step 1: Make some time.
Some guys seem to be able to
churn out project after project. One guy in a radio forum wrote that
he couldn't sleep so he built a beautiful radio during the night,
with pictures to prove it. Not me, I just don't have the time or the
skill.
The Ferrite Ferret took over a month to build, an
hour here and an hour there, usually late at night. There were parts
and materials to acquire, schematics to compare and test, and the
final version needed to be assembled. After the "Ferrite Fox" was
built on the breadboard I spent two weeks experimenting to create
the "Ferrite Ferret". By "two weeks" I mean that I spent
an hour (or less) at night for two weeks.
Several bottles of wine were consumed in the
process. Since it took a month, I'd say THIRTY bottles of
wine were consumed, all after midnight (I worked 4PM till
midnight). The Ferrite Ferret gave me something to do while drinking
the wine, which I would have been drinking in any case. I have since
switched to tea.
However, you can't pull extra time out of
a hat. To create more time I just stopped watching television.
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