[sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay

[Electronium]

Even Funnier.

I just sold one of these on ebay.... only got 10 bucks for it. (plus $22 to
ship it!)

It had something like 114 patch points mounted on half inch bakelite.

mb
mike at electronium.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "John L Marshall" <john.l.marshall at gte.net>
To: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay


> Funny.
>
> There was a very recent post on Analog Heaven about using a surplus telco
> 1/4 inch patch bay. The 1/4 inch telco patch bays are rugged and can be
> found surplus at a low price. They are generally not pretty though.
>
>
> Take care,
> John
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:46 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay
>
>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for a good place to purchase a fairly
> > large quantity of 1/4" mono phone jacks and plugs that will withstand
> > use in a patch bay?  After looking at the prices of patch bays, and
> > being a bit thrifty, I decided to go the DIY route to see how little a
> > 64 jack patch pay can be built for.  Does anyone think US$30, or even
> > US$20, to be an unreasonable goal to aim for?  Surely it's possible!
> > :-)
> >
> > I found one surplus place selling chrome-plated jacks for as low as
> > US$0.29 each in quantities of 100, and plugs for US$0.50 each... so
> > far, this seems fairly cheap, but, surely, way cheaper prices for
> > chrome plated jacks, and plugs, can be found somewhere... :-)
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
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