19 Dec
2015
19 Dec
'15
4:34 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com>
wrote:
On 19/12/2015 20:41, Dave Wade wrote:
Bottom of this page?
http://www.analogmuseum.org/english/collection/eai/tr10/
I may not follow your meaning here. Can't you just leave patch connections
loose as long as the ends of connection is secure? My Donner 3500 for
example has required improvisation.
http://vintagecomputer.net/donner/Donner-3500_voltage-test-plugs.JPG
--
Bill
I can easily obtain 4mm plugs and sockets, and
solder a resistor
between them, but when I try and mount them on a short rigid tube all
my efforts fail. The plug and socket need to be twisted in opposite
directions and any soldered joint just fails.
Any usggestions?
Are you trying to screw them into a tube? Could you instead push them in
and then fill the tube with epoxy or potting compound through a hole in the
side?
Could you make the tube in two short lengths, with a left-hand thread
between them; screw the plug into one part and then screw the socket into
the other while also screwing the two parts of the tube together?
Could you use a split (lengthways) tube, solder the resistor to the plug
and socket, and fit the tube on with epoxy?
Or if it doesn't need to be absolutely rigid, mould some Sugru round the
parts instead of using the tube?
--
Pete
