[sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay

[John L Marshall]

Funny.

There was a very recent post on Analog Heaven about using a surplus telco
1/4 inch patch bay. The 1/4 inch telco patch bays are rugged and can be
found surplus at a low price. They are generally not pretty though.


Take care,
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: [sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay


> Does anyone have any suggestions for a good place to purchase a fairly
> large quantity of 1/4" mono phone jacks and plugs that will withstand
> use in a patch bay?  After looking at the prices of patch bays, and
> being a bit thrifty, I decided to go the DIY route to see how little a
> 64 jack patch pay can be built for.  Does anyone think US$30, or even
> US$20, to be an unreasonable goal to aim for?  Surely it's possible!
> :-)
>
> I found one surplus place selling chrome-plated jacks for as low as
> US$0.29 each in quantities of 100, and plugs for US$0.50 each... so
> far, this seems fairly cheap, but, surely, way cheaper prices for
> chrome plated jacks, and plugs, can be found somewhere... :-)
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
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