[sdiy] Wood working cv jacks!?

[Roman Sowa]

yes, cover it all with metal plate. This way no matter how bad the
wood cutout is done, it's not visible at all, and instead it looks like 
10k$ audiophile product :)

Especially when you say carpentry is not your thing

Roman


W dniu 2014-11-12 18:31, Dan Snazelle pisze:
> I had thought of just replacing the entire top with metal Are you
> suggesting that you I could instead just cover part of the wood with
> a piece of metal or brass  ?
>
> That would mean I already have some suitable pieces
>
> Sorry if I'm having trouble with all of this , I'm not so great at
> carpentry !
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 6:00 AM, "Roman Sowa" <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
>>
>> I would recommend adding small aluminium or brass panel on the
>> wood. 1/8 jacks rarely alow for more panel thickness than 3mm, and
>> wood of that size is just too fragile. Besides, such a plate looks
>> super cool when compared to tiny jack pooped on a wood, which looks
>> more like a knag or dirt from a distance.
>>
>> Roman
>>
>> W dniu 2014-11-11 22:15, Dan Snazelle pisze:
>>> Wow thanks everyone!!!
>>>
>>> I'm gonna look into some of these great ideas!!
>>>
>>>
>>> Is counter boring something I might already have the bits for? Or
>>> is it a special attachment?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Nov 11, 2014, at 3:39 PM, "Oren Leavitt"
>>>> <obl64 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/11/2014 12:04 PM, Dan Snazelle wrote: Recently I have
>>>>> been working with a custom wood shop for some custom Xmas
>>>>> stuff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The boxes are great for gtr stuff BUT don't go thin enough
>>>>> for cv jacks
>>>>>
>>>>> As he doesn't recommend making panel faces less than 1/4"
>>>>> thick or thicker for controls on a wooden box
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> kobiconn shafts are very small!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> So anyone know of 1/8" jacks avail at mouser with bigger
>>>>> shafts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or bigger body style  ??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thnx
>>>>
>>>> Another idea if the counter bore or metal panel options don't
>>>> work out, is to thread an inline 1/8 jack in from the front.
>>>>
>>>> - Oren
>>>>
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