One of these days she will have to be finally retired for a Hakko but a little tap every now and then keeps her going.
I love the use of pipe fittings in the rack.
One of these days she will have to be finally retired for a Hakko but a little tap every now and then keeps her going.
I love the use of pipe fittings in the rack.
I added patina to the copper supports and can swap them out when I change gear if need be. All racks are solid cherry. I also built these shelves for a buddy in California.
Then one of my mini racks in use.
One of my headphone stands. I built the cables of course and use mini four pin XLR’s so I can swap between 3.5mm, quarter inch, and standard four pin XLR’s.
The 4.4 situation really drives me crazy. It seems like it's basically original Pentaconn or near junk. I haven't tried the Eidolic plugs though. I think the main issue is the plastic, which I wish someone would make the plugs with teflon, like you can get with some regular 6.3mm TRS plugs.
Though it's tedious, I did manage to solder even the cheaper 4.4mm plugs by cutting the wires to exactly the right length to solder to each point, then lining everything up with helping hands, tinning contacts beforehand etc.
Solder the tip first, so the smallest contact. Easiest one. Then wrap that joint and all its metal in some plumbers tape (Teflon tape). Cut along its length to narrow it, then give it a good 2 or 3 winds.
Now you can solder the next in line without fear of bridging. Wrap it again and keep going. Multimeter test and give it all a light tug, if passes then give it all a good tight wrap or hotglue her up
Solder the tip first, so the smallest contact. Easiest one. Then wrap that joint and all its metal in some plumbers tape (Teflon tape). Cut along its length to narrow it, then give it a good 2 or 3 winds.
Now you can solder the next in line without fear of bridging. Wrap it again and keep going. Multimeter test and give it all a light tug, if passes then give it all a good tight wrap or hotglue her up
I just wanted to come back and thank you for those tips. That teflon tape hack made the job much easier! I don't typically fill my connectors with hot glue, but going forward I will. Re-using them was my reason, but they're cheap enough to just use a new one when needed.
Anyone got some recommendations for some mid-priced copper wire? Looking to make a thick cable, either 4 or 8 strand and want bright shiny copper. not looking to spend $30 a foot but I'm also not looking for Home Depot lamp cord. It's hard to wade through the myriad of Aliexpress sellers trying to figure out what's legit and not.
Not looking to re-litigate the eternal cable question. Just want something big, fat, and shiny. The way I view cables are sometimes nice things are nice. I want to build a cable that I can look at and say "that's a pretty cable and I made it".
Anyone got some recommendations for some mid-priced copper wire? Looking to make a thick cable, either 4 or 8 strand and want bright shiny copper. not looking to spend $30 a foot but I'm also not looking for Home Depot lamp cord. It's hard to wade through the myriad of Aliexpress sellers trying to figure out what's legit and not.
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