Originally Posted by BackwardPawn

I was actually thinking I'd get a prebuilt unit off ebay. Not quite the same quality, but they aren't bad and it keeps me in the same price bracket so I have money to get a set of rock headphones...my current ones are more for classical, though I use them for both. I'm afraid with the double vision I'll end up burning up parts or missing the soldering joints.

That said, your idea about picking up a toy kit is a good one and I might do that before ordering my ebay unit. I definitely wouldn't be able to build it with the double vision, and I'm thinking that the lack of depth perception with tape over one lens will cause a problem--I have trouble getting the insulin needle into the vile, I'll probably go to solder a joint and end up burning up a resistor.

Its nice to think I can do things, but I have a habit of setting myself up to fail (like buying a manual shift car when I could see my health was failing). As I'm in no condition at the moment to work on the kit, I can always get my ebay unit, then practice with one of the toy sets until I'm more comfortable, and build a better one at that point, and sell off the old one.

Anyway, I wrote a really long response to a simple answer. So, thanks for your advice, I definitely will pick up a toy kit to practice with, but will get the ebay unit for now so I don't waste money on something I can't do (wow, you actually helped me make a decision--thank you ).

Jeff