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Title: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: jkokura on April 22, 2012, 05:19:30 AM
Hey guys

I was doing a batch of battery snaps like I do once in a while. Dropped the iPhone on the desk and made a 2 minute video. Please not that the same principle can probably be applied to pretty much any wires, including batches of 3 or four wires, but I haven't tried that.



Jacob
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: gtr2 on April 22, 2012, 12:43:40 PM
Thats a cool trick!

Josh
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: Diamond on April 22, 2012, 04:07:46 PM
Ha, that's awesome!! :) I connected some battery snaps to an adapterplug, to have an on-the-go adapter for quickly testing pedals. That's another tip!
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: chromesphere on April 23, 2012, 11:12:10 PM
Cool tip Jacob!  Does such a neat job twisting it as opposed to by hand.  Thanks for sharing!
Paul
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: jtn191 on April 24, 2012, 12:53:36 AM
hm could you do that for pots too?
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: claytushaywood on May 25, 2012, 09:07:27 PM
this is cool!

I've been contemplating how I could add some strain relief to my battery snaps.  I've seen pedals that have extra holes they run the battery snap wire through to act as a kind of strain relief for the solder joints.

anyone got any tips or ideas on that?
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: jkokura on May 25, 2012, 09:23:27 PM
Well I can share what I do.

I use a zip tie mount inside the enclosure, along with a zip tie. You can find what I mean by zip tie mount here: http://www.amazon.com/Zip-Tie-Mount-25-Pack/dp/B000BSJHLE (http://www.amazon.com/Zip-Tie-Mount-25-Pack/dp/B000BSJHLE)

Here's what it looks like.

(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1594/imagekew.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/411/imagekew.jpg/)

Jacob
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: timbo_93631 on May 26, 2012, 02:25:00 AM
That's the same way I do heater wires in an amp!  Awesome!
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: claytushaywood on May 26, 2012, 05:15:13 PM
thanks!  now that's an immaculate pedal- i think i'm gonna start doing 125's so I can do top mounts hardware and neater guts
Title: Re: Building tip - Battery snaps
Post by: jimijam on July 01, 2012, 02:31:55 PM
I actually have bought spools of 3 wires twisted for pots and I bet thats how its done only on a larger scale. you could make a rach to hold 3 spools and twist up an assload of pot leads and cut the to 4/5 inch sections and stick em in a drawer for later use. I'm playing with my drill today. weeeeeeeeeee!