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Sorry buddy, those mini plugs aren't available anywhere coz I customed them from normal plugs and with some complex heatshrinks.

First LOD

My timid effort of making a LOD ( first one ) i post a thread with the spec...

I am guessing you bent the prong for the connections downward to get a slimmer plug, then cut the barrel down, while sealing everything in heatshrink.

what were the original connectors? how did you mod them just cut them? and what heat shrink did you use?

Yeah c'mon man, we'd love to see some internal pics we know you've got stashed somewhere . I might give it a go to a neutrik I've got laying around.

BINGO!...well almost.

- Get two normal Mini-Mini - preferably those with plastic body/shell
- Trim the poles to even length (short and neat)
- Solder the wires firmly
- Apply Hot Glue to provide strain support between the three poles and to prevent them from shorting during the "bending" process
- Then size up the length according to your need (the shorter the harder to make)
- Prep the cables with the first layer of heatsrink to get them all tied together
- Now CUT the barrel short leaving enough height just to make sure the thread will still work. This is why I recommend a plastic body because if you use the metal shell it will take forever to saw
- Slide in the sleeving now
- Use 7mm heatshrink to seal them off. I use 6mm for the very tight look, enlarging the heatshrink first using a nose plier
- With a cigarette lighter, carefully shape the heatshrink so that the plastic barrel inside will soften to give that rounded look.
DONE! - now finish the other end

EDIT:
- Once both sides have been completed. Apply heat (very carefuly) at the "neck" and carefully bend the heatshrinked section to form an RA

Baird GoW & the rest. Hope you guys get the idea yes?

LOL, all that work...hope you're satisfied for, oh I don't know, another 10 minutes?

If your trying to make yours a one and only I understand but which plugs did you use?

The plugs are sourced locally and unbranded. They are the reasonalbly cheap with decent build quality. You can do this with practically any mini plugs. The difficult part is finding one with a plastic shell because I would not want to cut a tank like Switchcraft or Canare F-12. Neutrik NYS may be used for the plug poles because they are small enough but you still need to find a plastic body still.

Ah thanks for the instructions. I hadn't guessed that you used a cut down barrel (thought you just left without a barrel). Top stuff, will give it a burl sometime.

^ BTW: You can get the stuff for the EFN plugs at RadioShack.

They also have some pretty nice silver solder there too and the essential - flux.

can be done fairly easily with a neutrik or switchcraft too. just need a hacksaw for the cut and sandpaper to get rid of and rough/jagged edges so as to avoid tearing the insulation or techflex. ive had good results with doing it with RA neutrik (so avoiding the complex heatshrinking process, and the terminals are already tiny, just cut down the barrel so its just long enough for the thread. also with switchcraft RA, (but cant be so compact because of the design; and neutrik and switchcraft straight body. pretty much ay mini can be modded this way with enough motivation

or a great mini, mini to mini cable

thanks for instructions

My first cable work:

KSC75, with 75ohm resistors. Mogami mini quad with Switchcraft plugs, wrapped in multifilament.




Mini-to-mini interconnect, with the same cable and plugs.


I think they came out alright, for a first attempt.