I didn't use pots for the first round, I instead used a calculator to get a certain value for the frequency & duty cycle. Either way it worked.
I also chose to use fixed values because I found the R1/2 and the D1/2 section to be difficult (I was enjoying some wine with the wife, so a bit tipsy) and I just worked around it. Somehow when I was going to connect all the stuff from pin 3 to pin 2/6 it just came out on the breadboard looking a little different. I am still relatively new to this so bumps in the road are expected.
I also chose to use fixed values because I found the R1/2 and the D1/2 section to be difficult (I was enjoying some wine with the wife, so a bit tipsy) and I just worked around it. Somehow when I was going to connect all the stuff from pin 3 to pin 2/6 it just came out on the breadboard looking a little different. I am still relatively new to this so bumps in the road are expected.