Outie jack done right

[Robert]

See? They aren't all bad.

 

[JamieJ]

I like that!

 

[K Pedals]

I’ve done that before with the white washer off of a footswitch… lol

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Quoth Gene Ween: "I understand it, but I don't want it"

 

[manfesto]

For a while I did outie jack + nut + lock washer inside, washer + nut on the outside.

It was classy looking overkill.

 

[jubal81]

 

[andare]

I still don't understand what's so bad about them. The only thing worse than offboard wiring is offboard wiring that traps circuits in the box.
If Lumberg made small outies I'd be all over.

 

[scheffehcs]

I agree, I actually like how they look better than the standard innies

 

[Robert]

I like em. I don't care for them sticking out far enough that the audience trips over them, but otherwise they make more sense.

It seems like almost every loose DC jack I've ever encountered was an innie. There's nothing to grab onto when tightening the nut.

 

[Feral Feline]

Innies are nice looking on the outside, but who the hell looks back where the plugs are going in and out of the pedal (no side-jackassage allowed, top-jacks only, JTW) and sees the power-outie and says "gee, that looks so big & ugly compared to the signal jacks with plugs"?

Mainly, I always am cramming inside the pedal-confines, and need as much internal clearance space as possible — if not for my mods/intended-future mods, but also so I don't muck up Caps or other components when my lack of binocular vision-cues sets the soldering-iron tip too close to something.

Depth perception, wish I had it.

Outies uber-alles.

 

[almondcity]

I like this idea and stealing it next time I need an outie

 

[xefned]

The obsession with outie jacks is one of my favorite things about this forum. IAIGF gave me so much joy—especially when I was the target. Getting memed was my proudest online moment.

I won't begrudge our resident aesthetes their firmly held beliefs. That said, I'll never view a DC jack as anything but a functional port to stick a plug into. I'm neurotic enough about other things in life so it's a relief to be on team dgaf on this particular issue.

 

[peccary]

I say plus 10 points for creativity, but minus 1,010 points for not owning their shame.

 

[xefned]

Does this count as an outtie jack? It sticks out far enough for the audience to trip over it so I think that makes it an Outtie 5000™.

 

[swyse]

Any idea where the nut came from? The datasheet looks like M12.7x1 but I didn't have much luck finding that size.

 

[Deperduci]

that's the rest of the world way of saying it's 1/2 inch.... it's what size I drill to install them 13mm works but a little schloppy. the wrench will be 9/16 or 17mm.

 

[Feral Feline]

No outie jacks. Ever.

So, for your builds you want a really FUGLY GUTSHOT?

Any idea where the nut came from? ...

I'm from Canada.

 

[xefned]

Any idea where the nut came from? The datasheet looks like M12.7x1 but I didn't have much luck finding that size.

Although it's plastic, you could probably use one of these assuming the threads are the same. 12¢

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

Although it's plastic, you could probably use one of these assuming the threads are the same. 12¢

They fit well on the outie jacks and give it a great look IMO.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

I have 1/4" plastic cylinders with a #8 hole. The phillips head goes on top of the circuit board. Under the board is the cylinder, a nut, then the chassis and another nut. Making my own standoff for a fraction of the cost for my amps. But where do you get the extra nut for the DC jack? Do they sell those separate or ?