[sdiy] switching jacks

[ChristianH]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:41:50 +1030 Matthew Smith <matt at smiffytech.com> wrote:

> 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!

If you ask me - disassembling a run-of-the-mill jack isn't worth
anybody's time, be it commercially or diy. Unless it is some
unobtainable special brew that can't be replaced easily, that is.

Christian