I appreciate the support!
Right now I’m stuck and I think I need to rewire one more time, or order a new board. I made these mistakes (I choose to blame the fact that this is the year I finally needed glasses, and I tried to be a cool guy and used insufficient magnification):
So here’s my mess:
And then I cleaned it up. Put on the proper set of lenses, and decreased the size of my solder tip.
Still, no luck.
There was also a brief moment where I got to see the quad blade illumiate before it shorted, and the cellophane wrap I did isn’t gonna cut it. Any thoughts on material or particular diffussion product that can fit into a 3/4" blade tube? I’m trying these diffusion sheets next.
Onward!