[sdiy] switching jacks

[Paul Perry]

I know you are joking, but even so, the key to these things is the 
elasticity of
the metal - which will likely be changed for the worse by any heat 
treatment!

paul perry Melbourne Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Smith" <matt at smiffytech.com>
To: "Synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] switching jacks


> Quoth Dave Manley at 02/02/11 19:31...
> ...
>> My experience with any re-bent metal is it fatigues and breaks off, but 
>> I've
>> only replaced old jacks - sorry no help here.
>
> I guess the insulating material on these is paper or plastic (all I've
> ever seen) so knocks out my favourite method of fixing fatigued metal -
> raise to red heat with blowtorch. Annealing is your friend ;-)
>
> Then again, if it can be disassembled, this could be an option. But
> probably not!
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
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