How to Solder a "Pancake" Plug (Switchcraft
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2018
- These plugs are great for pedalboards. Use the right technique when soldering the connector and you'll have a truly road-worthy cable! One thing not mentioned is to tin the body of the jack (where the ground is going to go) to make it much easier to solder the ground to the body. For some reason, that part wasn't filmed. :(
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Awesome! This is the first one of these videos where the creator bothered to make sure the macros shots of the actual cable meeting the connector/jack are in focus and sufficiently unobstructed so the viewer is getting useful visual information regarding the critical aspect of the project. Bravo!!!
Thanks man I've been monkeying around with a Right Angled Guitar Jack Pancake Connector for hours. got it now.
We all wish we had strippers at work
Yes, but eventually someone will get burned.
Whammy! Thank you.
There is no video online that shows how to solder a vintage RCA male plug. Could you make one please.
I'm using everything on this tutorial, and have a critical question: I'm getting the solder to stick to the wire, and the hot jack, but I'm having trouble getting the inside of the casing to hold solder for the ground. I usually have to quickly dip my gun tip in acid flux and scour the inside casing surface with the tip of the gun to eventually get the solder to stick, but the connection with the ground/casing isn't nearly as easy as soldering the wire to the hot jack. It's like the casing will just heat up but not accept solder very well. I noticed you edited the video at the part where you soldered the ground to the casing and figured you've experienced this as well. What is the solution for this problem? *PLEASE HELP!* I can't find an answer online. My gun is already at 800 degrees. I can see needing any more heat.
Soldering irons rarely need to be above 750F, max. I actually set mine to 675F. The part that wasn't filmed and didn't make it in the edit was of pre-tinning the plug's body prior to trying to attach the wire. Clean the body, apply flux, and flow some solder onto it. Similar to soldering to the back of a volume pot. Pre-tinning makes all the difference. Hope that helps!
@@NextGenGuitars It definitely does. I will try that. I did notice that when I loaded a gob of flux to it, it worked better. So I guess I'll just use more flux until it sticks. Thanks for your response, my friend!
Try putting some solder on the connector and tin the ground first.
I'm having the EXACT same problem. have tried 3x's to no avail.... Will give the above suggestions a try, as well.
i believe using sandpaper will remove the oxidated layer
Do you have a recommendation for the soldering iron? I can't seem to find a good one that works well.
Weller WE1010 or Hakko FX-888D are excellent consumer-level options.
@@NextGenGuitars Thank you, I really appreciate it! Kind regards.
i couldnt get the ground copper wire to stick to the inside of the pancake plug help :(
General soldering tips (not shown in the video):
1) Clean all surfaces that will be soldered.
2) Use Eutectic solder (63/37). It is ideal for our purposes.
3) Use a hot enough soldering iron (750W is a good place to start.)
4) Pre-tin all surfaces prior to attempting to join them.
5) When you try to flow solder on the surface, make sure the surface is hot enough. Larger surface areas require more heat because the heat will dissipate throughout the surface. It's a balance, hot enough for solder to flow, but not so hot as to damage the parts being soldered. Comes with practice.
Optional, but often helpful:
- Use flux on the joining surfaces to aid the flow of solder. (optional, but often helpful)
- If you used flux, clean the joints and surrounding areas again after they cool.
With switch craft 228’s use mogami 2319 cable, twist the ground and have it clamped in with the neck of the cable where it gets screwed in. Spencer Henderson does a great tutorial on west coast pedalboard’s TH-cam channel.
Pretty much what I do except I tin the plug in advance as well. No biggie for the hot but it means less time heating the ground wire and possibly weakening/melting the insulation (I use a bigass iron and like to get in/out fast). +1 on the damn Switchcraft screws lol
100% correct! Pre-tinning the hot isn't generally needed, but the ground certainly benefits. Sadly, we forgot to film pre-tinning the body for the ground. That's why there's that weird edit when we do the ground. :(
Well done, missed the most useful part of the vid. I came to find out if you soldered to the body or just clamped the shield.
It is normal that my pankcake plug has only one connection?
Where am i supposed to solder the ground wire?
Yes, just like in this video. If you have a genuine Switchcraft #228, there are no lugs inside. Hot is soldered to the center, ground is soldered to the jacket/casing.
what cable did you use?
In this case, RapcoHorizon cable. Now we make our own cable, first full production run arriving soon. The perfect balance between durability and flexibility! Will post further updates when we have it in hand and ready to ship.
what is the diametr of the cable?
That was 6.23mm cable. Switchcraft recommends cable that is 5.33mm-6.35mm (0.210"-0.250").
When soldering the ground to the case, it appeared he melted the solder with the iron just over the wire sitting in the case. Better to heat the work - the wire and case - and have the work melt the solder rather than the iron melting the solder. If the work is hot enough to melt the solder you know you cannont have a cold solder joint.
Agreed. As mentioned in the description, that's what we did. Notice the cut away at 2:20? I realized I forgot to tin everything, so I reset and did that. Sadly, forgot to turn the camera back on and film that part. Didn't turn the camera back on until it was already done. What you actually see after the cut at 2:20 is me pretending to finish the joint for the camera.🤦♂
Ok! Got it and makes sense. Thank you for a clear vid.
@@rickschiller It would be way better if we actually planned everything and filmed it all. 🤣
did Jack break your heart?
😢😢😢 😂
Jack. It's a jack plug. Say plug and you could mean any type of plug, phono, din, XLR.... It's a jack plug, do call it a jack like the rest of the planet.
There are half a dozen common names for these kinds of things across the various industries they are used in, because there is no officially standardized name. We call them 1/4" plugs, which mate with 1/4" jacks. Pretty common in our industry. I suppose the most common name used throughout history would be phone connector. But that term is pretty lost on people these days. Rock on!
F$&k it! It’s a Jack!