jack plug design

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:35 am

hi

this is maybe a long shot but i thought i'd ask as ive tried google and suchlike with no success so far....

im doing a project at college which involves making a mono jack plug from scratch, so does anyone know where i can get a copy of an accurate technical drawing or plan of a jack plug? like in cross section or something with dimensions and angles etc etc

many thanks

CarlSeleborg · Post by **CarlSeleborg** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:50 am

Hi slatepipe,

You can try with Google Images...

Cheers,

Carl

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:20 pm

thanks carl

some of those images are pretty close but not quite what i'm after, though i should be able to draw one myself if i use some of the images as a start point

anyone else?

ta

robbmasters · Post by **robbmasters** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:33 pm

Products section of Neutrik web site - e.g. http://tinyurl.com/27d2ed

DXF also available if that helps!(but there are lots more)

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:10 pm

you need to MAKE one? what class is this? you mean take a blank piece of metal and lathe one down?

get a pair of calipers and measure one.

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:52 pm

Tone Deft wrote:you need to MAKE one? what class is this? you mean take a blank piece of metal and lathe one down?

get a pair of calipers and measure one.

hi mister

well i dont need to make one but i want to make one, only i want it to be like land of the giants style, about a foot long and all in proportion. im doing a sonic art degree and i have to make a piece for an exhibition. obviously i wont be able to plug it into anything but i want it to make the same noise that a normal sized plug makes when you touch the tip or sleeve. then using it with a distortion pedal i can use it like some kind of musical instrument.

listen to 'add hapter' on my site, it's a track i made with a regular sized jack plug :

http://www.slatepipe.co.uk/pages/songs.html

so yeh, using some pics from the net and my own limited expertise in technical drawing, i shall attempt to draw one so i can get it scaled up and machined at the workshop at college.

i need to customise my distortion pedal too but i think i got that sussed

cheers for the advice anyhow folks

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:54 pm

robbmasters wrote:Products section of Neutrik web site - e.g. http://tinyurl.com/27d2ed

DXF also available if that helps!(but there are lots more)

bingo!!!

cheers!

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:04 pm

ahhh sounds like a really cool art project!