Has anyone got any of these they can spare????
I went to log onto Ampwares to buy some and see he went out of Biz.
Wasn't he about the only place to get those @*$# things .I used up my stash of them on my last Express build.
What did Ken use on the originals for Pots? Were they CTE's?Maybe I'll go a different route than useing PEC's.Something you can solder to the back of.
Anyone else using something different?
Thanks Steve
Okay... So I was looking into having a batch of these solder tabs made because like so many others have stated they are hard to find. And obviously and understandably those who have them have chosen to hold on to them due to their scarcity. In the mean time... I was in the middle of a Rocket build so I came up with what think is an elegant solution. See attached rendering.
I used some 14 ga. silver plated copper wire (the same wire that I use as buss wire) and some small round needle nose pliers I formed the solder tabs. It only took a few minutes to get the shape right, and then it took about 10 more minutes to make four of them. See attached photo of the final product.
I realize that it’s not ‘authentic’, but it does serve the correct function. I used the internal tooth lock washer that’s supplied with the pot in between the formed solder tab and the chassis. Because the wire is thicker than the stamped solder tabs you’ll lose a little threading on the pot but there’s still enough thread length left for the nut to be fully threaded onto the pot.
Also because there's not much room between the PEC pots I had to rotate the wire from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock. Again see photo. That’s about it. Enjoy.
Steve
I’ll be posting all the photos of the amp when I get it into a cabinet. The amp is dead quiet! I’ll be posting clips too along with the photos.
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sst4270 wrote:Okay... So I was looking into having a batch of these solder tabs made because like so many others have stated they are hard to find. And obviously and understandably those who have them have chosen to hold on to them due to their scarcity. In the mean time... I was in the middle of a Rocket build so I came up with what think is an elegant solution. See attached rendering.
I used some 14 ga. silver plated copper wire (the same wire that I use as buss wire) and some small round needle nose pliers I formed the solder tabs. It only took a few minutes to get the shape right, and then it took about 10 more minutes to make four of them. See attached photo of the final product.
I realize that it’s not ‘authentic’, but it does serve the correct function. I used the internal tooth lock washer that’s supplied with the pot in between the formed solder tab and the chassis. Because the wire is thicker than the stamped solder tabs you’ll lose a little threading on the pot but there’s still enough thread length left for the nut to be fully threaded onto the pot.
Also because there's not much room between the PEC pots I had to rotate the wire from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock. Again see photo. That’s about it. Enjoy.
Steve
I’ll be posting all the photos of the amp when I get it into a cabinet. The amp is dead quiet! I’ll be posting clips too along with the photos.
Hey Man,really nice looking build thier.
I'll have to check out that buss wire,good idea.
I too was contemplating making up something myself.
Thanks for the info.
Steve
Grounding lugs for BNC connectors could be what you are looking for.....
Lugs for isolated BNCs hav an appx 1/2"hole....
Non isolated lugs are roughly 10mm or 3/8....
Being in Europe, I've never ordered anything from Digikey, Mouser etc.
- except once from Digikey for company parts- some transistors I couldn't find elsewhere here in Europe....I'll have to leave it to you US guys to sort out who's best at your side of the big pond..
In general terms, it is becoming a real problem though, both professionally and privately, that most of the small component retailers have gone out of business and only the dinosaurs are left....
Even as a small professional business, you're just not interesting enough with your order of tens or sometimes hundreds.. 10.000 or more seems to be the figures that'll just barely make them interested....
I work in sounding rocket telemetry systems and geophysical instrumentation, and the hunt for special or odd parts is becoming more and more difficult these days. Sigh...
.I used up my stash of them on my last Express build.
