benny_profane
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To be fair, some of the UV printing can be rather temperamental. I lifted a 1mm dot indicator with my finger a few weeks ago (double pass white on black sand, no gloss).
Restoring Rocket Sockets
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finebyfine
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Oh yeah like I 100% should not have printed that one the way I did - that part would've come off pretty quick anyway
benny_profane
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Isn’t plasti-dip rubbery? I think that would make print lifting more likely?
finebyfine
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It is. But I'd take it over a metal socket any day
andare
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That's essentially what I use, minus the colors. I never noticed any marring of surfaces.Yep, that's what I mean. Not enough to get any of the dip inside the socket, just ..... the tip.
Harbor Freight has these, I have a set of metric and SAE. They also have Plasti-DIp.
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finebyfine
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I've probably used them to build 100 or so pedals. Figure a few times I grab one that's a close enough size to work but isn't the exact right size on accident and then a handful of times trying to overtighten a quarter turn. I'm surprised they even lasted this long
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
I don't know if I have diagnosable OCD, but my brain makes me tighten things as tight as possible. Because WHAT IF THEY COME LOOSE??? So I go through sockets fairly regularly. The money I've saved 3D printing sockets instead of buying new sets covers the cost of my new 3D printer 200% or so.
Robert
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1/4" jacks need to be tightened down with superhuman strength.
ICTRock
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I'm waiting for someone to list a Torque wrench setting for Alpha, Tayda, Cusack & so on ....... !
I just tighten 'em til my wrist clicks!!!
ICTRock
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every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough
vigilante398
Authorized Vendor
That would be helpful. I've only broken one pot from overtightening, but I've broken a handful of toggle switches.
Alan W
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it’s almost the only time I pull my socket set out at this point. I mean, I’m careful not to press the fronts of the sockets against the pedal, but if your finish can’t take that, then it’s not going to stand up too well as a stomp box, will it? In terms of torque, I just hold the bare socket in my hand and turn it, so it’s always seemed safe to just give it a good snug.
I always have a nut at the bottom of the thread on toggle switches or it will snap the threaded snout of the switch!
This way it is only compressing the threaded area, not the main switch body.
StompBoxParts
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We just sand down rocket sockets at the shop to get more life. Some heavier grit (~80) sandpaper to do the real work and shave off 1-2mm, then something finer (~120 to 220 grit) to clean it up.
StompBoxParts
Authorized Vendor
For board mounted pots, we just finger tight and then apply a bit of torque with a socket. With all the pots and toggles mounted, it should stay in place for its life. No need to tighten much beyond that or you'll risk twisting the pot legs and stressing the solder joints. For panel mounted (usually solder lug) pots, hold the pot firmly in place and give that a bit of extra torque compared to board mounted.
