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Title: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: add4 on January 02, 2017, 11:25:31 PM
Dear all,

i would like to try to make a PCB for the 3PDT and the jacks for a 1590B.
I was checking the available space in the pedal with a few closed jacks i have lying around and they are too long to fit in the box by couple millimeters...

Am i using the wrong part? i am sure that some commercial pedals (MXR) use pcb mounted jacks in 1590B.
or maybe i can just shave the extrmity of the jack with a sharp blade?

How do you do this?
THanks
Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: add4 on January 02, 2017, 11:28:29 PM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170103/b74f59e3dc935f0fdc21d8c767452416.jpg)

Here is a picture explaining the problem [emoji28]
Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: alanp on January 02, 2017, 11:35:31 PM
IIRC, a slot is cut for the narrow part of the back to fall through.

Check the datasheet for the part, if one is available.
Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: add4 on January 02, 2017, 11:51:08 PM
Thanks for your answer Alan but I'm afraid I don't get it. What do you mean by IIRC?


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Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: add4 on January 02, 2017, 11:51:34 PM
Thanks for your answer Alan but I'm afraid I don't get it. What do you mean by IIRC?


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Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: alanp on January 03, 2017, 12:08:22 AM
IIRC == If I Recall Correctly.

What model jacks are these? Speaking as someone who hates doing wiring, you're better off with chassis mounted jacks in a DIY pedal, unless you're getting into F(FX) or EHX level production.
Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: add4 on January 03, 2017, 12:27:12 AM
No plan for going commercial at all :D
But i'd love to do that for once, for the sake of making it happen.
To be honest, these jacks are lying in a bag for so long that i don't have the slightest idea where i got them and how i could get the datasheet.

Are there other parts available someplace that would solve the problem?
Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: midwayfair on January 03, 2017, 06:08:09 AM
Cut the nub off the end where the jacks touch. The cable itself doesn't go in that far.

Page 2 here: http://www.valvewizard.co.uk/makingpedals.pdf
Title: Re: closed jacks in a 1590B?
Post by: add4 on January 03, 2017, 09:57:10 PM
Wonderful! thanks for this information!