[sdiy] Banana vs. 1/4" question

[Tom Arnold]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 11:36:11PM -0500, Grant Richter wrote:
> Not dissing bananas, but they do cost at least a quarter apiece.
> 
> Has anybody got an idea for a really cheap connector?

I keep running across some connectors that are extremely cheap.  Dont know
how to describe them but I'll try.
Think of a plastic tube that you could just fit a coathanger in.  Now drill
a couple small holes in one side and insert a piece of metal thru one and
out the other and bend the ends at right angles so they stick out for soldering
but the metal runs along inside and acts like a contact/spring.  ie :

( bad ascii art time if I can pull it off ) 

     __________
    ()________()
      |      |

That make sense?  I can go buy some and take a picture if it sounds
interesting.  tonnes of them surplus.  solder them to a board along the edge
and you have major high density simple connectors.  A bag of a couple hundred
is usually a couple bucks.  No idea what they were used for.  Patches could
be as easy as tinned 18ga wire, or real fancy could use cheap meter test
lead kits ( junk chinese made ones are usually 25cents for a red and black
lead ).

I've thought about buying some of these to make a Matrix, but never have.

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