[sdiy] alligator patchbay ideas?

[ed cope]

I found this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1039&item=5948895610&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW&tc=photo
im sure that there are thousands of these that will come up on ebay all 
the time

ed

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

>I'll bet pieces scrap house wiring wire, single solid strand,
>like 16 or 14 gauge copper could be found at new home
>building sites.  Cut it into short pieces and solder into the
>board.  The heavy wire cut short will be so stiff that it
>won't bend.  And found wire is *free*.
>
>"Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>  
>
>>I should have said, cheap AND 'easy',
>>in the sense of not beign too labor intensive
>>(otherwise, I'd use U-shaped bits of wire
>>& solder them to the PCB). I'm wondering
>>whether I could use self-tapping screws
>>& just screw the suckers into the PCB thru
>>the metal. Maybe brass screws & solder
>>the joints later.
>>
>>keep the ideas coming!
>>
>>paul perry Melbourne Ausralia
>>
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>>
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