Couplers for Sun DB13W3<->VGA DE15 adapter

[Joseph Lang]

The socket is a metal piece with an inside thread on one end and an outside thread on the other end. You commonly see them on serial connectors usually on the equipment the cable attached too.
The bottoming out I was refering too was it you use a standoff you may have too much exposed thread on the screws. They will meet inside the standoff before the connectors are properly seated. 

Joe

> On Oct 25, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Eric Christopherson <echristopherson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Joseph Lang <joe.lang.0000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 4-40 is the correct size. I would remove the jack screws on one side and
>> replace with sockets. If you use standoffs the screws May bottom out too
>> soon.
>> 
> 
> Could you explain that in more detail? I'm not aware of "sockets" except as
> the tools that are used for turning hex nuts; is there a kind of socket
> that actually gets installed on a bolt?
> 
> And I'm not sure what you mean about bottoming out. You just mean there
> wouldn't be enough length of thread to fit both male ends securely?
> 
> 
>> 
>> Joe
>>> On Oct 24, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Eric Christopherson <
>> echristopherson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a Sun machine with a 13W3 framebuffer output, which is connected
>>> via a Monoprice VGA adapter to my LCD monitor. It works great, but the
>>> ends of the standoff bolts without nuts come together where the VGA
>>> cable meets the adapter; that is to say, the VGA cable's nuts are on the
>>> far side of the shell from its male end, and the adapter's nuts are on
>>> the far side of the shell from its female end.
>>> 
>>> I'm wondering what I can put between the two to keep the cable from
>>> disconnecting from the adapter. Some searches seem to indicate I want
>>> some 4x40 (or 4-40) female-female (coupling) nuts; does this seem
>>> correct?
>>> 
>>> --
>>>       Eric Christopherson
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
>        Eric Christopherson