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Howdy All -

For the 20 or so folks who are going to build Todd's kit, here's a 
heads up and a question.

First, the heads up: make sure you correctly orient the PCB on the 
Stooge braquet before you cut and solder any of the connections.  A 
dry one is fine, no need to bolt it down.  The issue is that the PCB 
was meant for the OMeg pots with brackets, so the PCB on the Stooge 
Bracket will be backwards with the pot pads on the other side from 
the pots.  The power connector will then be up almost against CV pot 
1.  You can mount it upside down, then the pot pads willbe CV3 up 
with CV 1 down and you'll have to cross the wiring.  Also in this 
case, the socket connections will be at the top of the module 
requiring long cable runs.

Whichever way you choose, measure twice and cut (and solder!) once...

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?

Mike

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.

Thanks, Scott, I'll try the screwdriver trick...

--- In motm@y..., Scott Juskiw <scott@t...> wrote:
> 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.