On Sun, 6 Aug 2017 15:37:15 +1200 Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
> On 06/08/17 13:18, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > On Sunday, 6 August 2017 11:31:29 -04 Richard Hector wrote: > >> On 05/08/17 03:56, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >>> Thanks to all. The problem seems to be solved with such a cable: > >>> https://www.thomann.de/at/pro_snake_78219_yadapterkabel.htm > >> Except that it's hard to tell what size those connectors are. > >> Unless there's something in the description that I can't read that > >> says they're 3.5mm, they look to me more like 6.25mm. I'm not sure > >> what it is - I think 3.5mm plugs are usually more rounded on the > >> end, while the larger ones often have that point. Also, it looks > >> like the case comes apart, and I think the only ones I've seen > >> with such skinny bodies are moulded plastic. If that's 3.5mm, I > >> think it would be very hard to assemble by hand, which the body > >> designs suggest. > >> > >> Richard > > 3.5mm and 2.5mm plugs can be soldered all right but > > Yes - I was trying to suggest that the plugs in the picture, if it's a > 3.5mm plug, look a bit small in the body to be user-assembled - yet > they clearly come apart. The ones I've soldered have bigger bodies > relative to the actual connector. The really thin ones tend to be > moulded. > > I'm not sure if I'm making myself clear ... it would help if the site > actually specified what they're selling :-) > Yes, but I think the real issue in making one is that the plug is a right-angle one, and right-angled plugs are usually pigs to fit. But they are certainly 1/4" in the picture, the proportions are different for the miniature versions. No problem getting 2.5mm and 3.5mm mono or stereo rewireable plugs: https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/35mm-metal-stereo-plug-fj99h https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/25mm-plastic-stereo-plug-fj85g though as another poster said, they need fairly lightweight cable. -- Joe