[El_Doug]

Besides the convoluted workaround of putting this http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=7194043 on a lathe, is there any good alternative for a Stax jack (5 or 6 pin, will be used for pro bias)? 
 
Any source, any price, doesn't really matter.  I'd prefer not having to buy a $100 stax extension cable to snip off the female end, as this forces me into the same silly modding as the above.  However, if it comes down to it, $100 for something special that works in its stock form is not out of the question. 
 
 
In the end, I just want to make my life easier - if there is a way to procure a stax jack in the same fashion as buying an xlr from mouser, with a single click?  Help me  

 

[Lil' Knight]

Are you looking for a cable or chassis jack? The best chassis jack you can get now is custom made from teflon.



Moon Audio has cable jack, not sure about the quality though.

 

[El_Doug]

chassis jack, I apologize for not specifying.  i'm certainly not looking to make an extension cable  
 
i'd surely like to make one out of teflon, however I do not have a mill... and I can't bring myself to impose on the only guy I know who has one.  i believe he made yours, actually, and at the last meet commented upon how difficult they are to make  
 
Quote:

Are you looking for a cable or chassis jack? The best chassis jack you can get now is custom made from teflon.



Moon Audio has cable jack, not sure about the quality though.

 

 

[Lil' Knight]

Well, I just bought one from him. He might have some spare ones...

 

[n3rdling]

What amp are you planning to build Doug?  I know Frank Cooter has a ton of Stax compatible jacks, you could see if he'd sell you a couple.

 

[El_Doug]

Just practicing with a lundahl transformer at the moment, until the KGSSHV is finalized
 
i appreciate the tip, as well as the others people have given me via pm.  beginning search phase 2:  pestering people

 

[pabbi1]

 
 

 

[pabbi1]

Sorry to bump, but can someone tell me the source for the pins?

 

[Lil' Knight]

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-CMC-4P-Tube-Socket-Glod-Pin-Hex-Snap-3-5x13mm-Hole-/130342226487?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1e59008a37

Need to check the size though. Seller has various sizes.

 

[pabbi1]

Does anyone know for certain what size the Stax pins are? They have 3.5x13 (in mm, which is too big - sigh), 2.7x13, and 2x10? I don't have a micrometer, so I can't measure accurately.

 

[ericj]

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Does anyone know for certain what size the Stax pins are? They have 3.5x13 (in mm, which is too big - sigh), 2.7x13, and 2x10? I don't have a micrometer, so I can't measure accurately.

I do have at least a digital caliper. It's late so i'm not going to mess with it now, but when i remember tomorrow I can measure a stax pin, an octal tube pin, and maybe the pins on a 4-pin rectifier if it turns out that octal isn't close.
 
Given teflon stock in whatever shape, it shouldn't be 'difficult' per se to build a set of jigs to drill holes in the right positions with any drill press. I guess the devil is in the details, though. Easiest with rectangular stock, unless you want to mount round bar stock in a rectangular holder before you drill it. 

 

[pabbi1]

I have all the teflon, just need (more of) the right pins... fabbing that is easy, since KG was gracious enough to post the coordinates back when.
 
Reposting per KG, and this has been proven repeatedly in practice:
 
If you have the right tools you can make your own out of a piece of teflon and some of the yamamoto tube socket pins.

Imagine the socket as a 6 pin with the 6th pin missing, but at position 0,0 (x,y)
The rest of the pins are at
0,.2175
-.2175,0
+.2175,0
-.1087,-.1883
+.1087,-.1883

(in inches)