Also the allen wrench needed to tighten the MOTM style Alco Knobs to pots
works great too and is round on the end so it won't cut your wire by
accident like my good ol' flathead screwdriver did. I need to build about 3
power cables myself this evening... Excitement!
Thomas White
>From: Scott Juskiw <scott@...>
>To: mmarsh100 <mmarsh@...>, motm@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [motm] OMS-410 kit
>Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:07:09 -0600
>
>At 1:28 AM +0000 2002/04/22, mmarsh100 wrote:
> >Now the question: the kit comes witht the pieces-parts for the power
> >cable and the connector to the 410. The connectors are some sort of
> >compression-fit deal, you can't solder them. I believe you're
> >supposed to press the cable into place and this will cut the
> >insultaion and make contact. The problem is, I can't figure out how
> >to do this! Paul told me once a while back ago that making your own
> >power cables required a special tool. I did buy a hand tool that is
> >supposed to do this (it looks like a big plastic "T") but I can't
> >figure this out.
> >
> >Any help on this?
>
>You don't need a special tool, just a very narrow screwdriver. I do
>this all the time by just placing the wire across the connector and
>then pushing down on one side and then the other with a flat edge
>screwdriver that's narrow enough to fit in the hole. Or, if you have
>two narrow screwdrivers, you can try doing both sides at once.
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