7 Apr
2012
7 Apr
'12
11:20 a.m.
It's an L-shaped block.
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cable goes in here --> | |__
|_____| <-- male DB25 sticks out here
I figure it could be made like this: Take a square billet and route out a
groove to get the L shape. Slice it into pieces. Machine out a
Does it have to be one piece? I could see making it from 2 bits, with a
couple of small-diameter screws to hold them together.
compartment for the DB25 and cut a groove from the
cable entry to the
compartment. Put the cable and DB25 in the compartment and run the cable
where it needs to go, then fill with epoxy and smooth it out.
Is there not enough space to use screws to anchor the DB25 connector? I've
had enough problems with broken wires in moulded or potted cable
assemblies to not want to add to a reparier's difficulties by making one
myself.
Alas I don't have an SX64, and it's not the sort of machine I am going to
spend much money to get. Which means I am not going to get one...
-tony