Building Brass Terminals for Wires.

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Building Brass Terminals for Wires.

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Brass terminals are hard to buy. But it is easy to build it by your own
Here is a small step by step tutorial.

What You Need...

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1   brass screw 3 mm / 30 mm
1   telephone jack or another piece of plastic that fits around one knurled head screw
1   brass washer 3mm
2   ring connectors
2   knurled head screws 3 mm

some wires

Prepare the Ring Connectors

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One ring connector is for the inner cabling of the device. The other one for connecting the devices outside.

Solder the Wires to the Connectors

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Mantle and Mark the Wires

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You can mantle the wires with a shoelace and mark it with colored yarn.

Prepare the Insulater

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The insulator part of the telephone jack needs to be a bit wider to fit over the knurled head screw.

Ready to Mount

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So everything is ready to mount the terminal into you case.

The Cabling Inside

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Here you can see the inner cabling.

The Mounted Terminal.

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Here you can see the complete terminal. The first knurled head screw fits into the insulater of the telephone jack.

Everything Connected....

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