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Al Rettich

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Solder Jig..
« on: March 17, 2020, 04:30:15 PM »

I have A LOT of soldering coming up.. I was wondering if anyone had a solder jig that might hold a XLR or ¼" to allow for soldering. I've found a few, but their on backorder, or sold out.

Wondering if any of out there know of any? Big winner would be one that I could 3D print!
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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2020, 04:33:57 PM »

I have A LOT of soldering coming up.. I was wondering if anyone had a solder jig that might hold a XLR or ¼" to allow for soldering. I've found a few, but their on backorder, or sold out.

Wondering if any of out there know of any? Big winner would be one that I could 3D print!

Here is one I cobbled together.

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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2020, 04:48:54 PM »

Forget printing one.  Just take a block of wood, mount the connectors on it, use a sharpie to indicate pin 1 (so in the heat of battle you don't think a male is a female) and you are good.

A couple of minutes of work.

I had a male and female XLR screwed into holes in the wood.

The 1/4" was the type with a overall plastic housing (so it was squareish) and I just epoxied it down to the wood.

I put some foam strips on the bottom so it didn't slide around and protected the surface i was working on.

You could always write a reminder to "PUT THE SHELL ON", just in case.
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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2020, 04:54:30 PM »

You need a Panavise.
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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2020, 05:21:56 PM »

Just take a block of wood, mount the connectors on it, use a sharpie to indicate pin 1 (so in the heat of battle you don't think a male is a female) and you are good.

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You could always write a reminder to "PUT THE SHELL ON", just in case.

I like it, Ivan.  Obviously this isn't your first rodeo!

After soldering thousands of XLRs over the years, I still sometimes forget to pay attention to where pin 1 is (my own personal "pin  1 problem").  By this time I'm pretty good without using a jig, but most commercial cables testers will work as a jig, with the added advantage that you can test the cable (for that "pin 1 problem") before you put the shells on.  Just don't make the same mistake on both ends.  After a few dozen connectors, you may notice some flux splatter on the jig (or cable tester), but it comes off fairly easily with a hot damp cloth.

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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2020, 05:39:31 PM »

Forget printing one.  Just take a block of wood, mount the connectors on it, use a sharpie to indicate pin 1 (so in the heat of battle you don't think a male is a female) and you are good.

A couple of minutes of work.

I had a male and female XLR screwed into holes in the wood.

The 1/4" was the type with a overall plastic housing (so it was squareish) and I just epoxied it down to the wood.

I put some foam strips on the bottom so it didn't slide around and protected the surface i was working on.

You could always write a reminder to "PUT THE SHELL ON", just in case.

My method too. XLR-M, XLR-F, and 1/4" mounted to an old (30 years ago when I built it!) block of 2x4
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2020, 07:30:20 PM »

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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2020, 04:18:30 AM »

I just use my Behringer cable tester.


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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2020, 09:15:36 AM »

I've used a small bench vise and an assortment of mating connectors since about 1975 and have rarely come up short on a soldering solution.

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Re: Solder Jig..
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2020, 01:04:49 PM »

I use an old peavey cable tester as a jig.  It still works so I can test the cable when I am done.

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