[sdiy] Tool for fitting 3.5mm jack sockets

[Ken Stone]

I made my own by using a sheet metal nibbler to cut an appropriate gap and
clearance on a small piece of scrap metal. It does the job.

Ken

>Hi,
>
>I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen a tool designed for tightening the 
>knurled metal ring that fixes some types of jack socket like the 3.5mm 
>one in this picture:
>http://www.rapidelectronics.co.uk/i/20013001.jpg
>
>I'm having to fit very many of these to a plastic panel and it's very 
>difficult to do so with pliers without:
>(a) marking the plastic around the metal ring by holding the ring too low
>or
>(b) making a big scratch in the plastic panel when the pliers slip off 
>because the ring is held too high
>
>There are 2 slots in the metal ring, so there must be some kind of tool 
>that fits this, but I have looked everywhere and can't seem to find 
>one.  Any help would be much appreciated :)
>
>Thanks,
>Seb
>
>
>
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