[sdiy] PCB mounting tips

[David Brown]

As mentioned, I have made my brackets fit just the jacks.  The Hendry 
jack brackets worked well because the stainless is thin and there 
isn't a lot of extra thread depth on a jack.   My aluminum brackets 
tend to be a bit on the thick side.

For Switchcraft enclosed 112-type jacks I have used two other mounting methods.

For my Analogic module, I just screwed the sheet metal plate to the 
side of the jacks.  There is enough room for a #2 screw head inside 
the jack housing.  I did this on two jacks, one at the top and one at 
the bottom.  The PCB is small and there isn't much stress on the jacks.
http://modularsynthesis.com/modules/DJB-016/djb016.htm

For my JH Scanner Chorus/Vibrato I was also somewhat out of space to 
use a conventional bracket mounting scheme.  I also had a straight 
row of jacks up the side but didn't want to screw the bracket to just 
two jacks because of the larger PCB and panel wiring.  I ended up 
making a bracket "sandwich".  I used a smaller bracket and tapped it 
for screws in-between each jack.  I then screwed the larger bracket 
to the smaller piece with all 9 of the jacks sandwiched 
in-between.  I just tightened it down and it made a great structural 
bracket to mount the PCB.  There's a good photo on my page.
http://modularsynthesis.com/jhaible/scanner/jhscanner.htm

Dave


At 12:53 PM 10/17/2010, David G. Dixon wrote:
>Hey Team,
>
>Does anyone have any tips for mounting a PCB/stooge bracket to a panel which
>contains only open-frame jacks?  I'm thinking I'll probably have to use long
>standoffs screwed to the panel between the jacks, but I'd be interested to
>hear any other ideas.