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

[Roman Sowa]

I buy them for $0.1 (10 cents). They look exactly like
Switchcraft 112
but bushing is 9mm, not 3/8'', and the nut is ugly,
sometimes twisted.
I consider buying extra nuts somewhere else and use them
instead.
I could select the best and waste the rest, but they are all
decent enough.
Well, maybe 80% of them are decent. But for the price of 1
Switchcraft
I get 20 jacks to choose from.

You asked for cheaper price, so...

----- Original Message -----
From: R. D. Davis <rdd at rddavis.org>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 4:46 AM
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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