Soldering wire to pots thru PCB?

maurycy · 12th January 2011, 05:19 PM

I always have a trouble soldering wires to small pots. Just recently I have acquired stereo pots that have very small pins. Do you guys know of any places that sell PCBs that would allow me to solder the pot onto the PCB and then wires (but not directly to the pot).

Thanks.

pacificblue · 12th January 2011, 05:46 PM

Perfboard maybe?

VictoriaGuy · 12th January 2011, 06:29 PM

You could certainly improvise something, as pacificblue suggests.

Hifidiy.net has these....

maurycy · 12th January 2011, 07:12 PM

Thanks to all who replied. Forgot to mention that those are Alps 09 type pots so the hifidiy.net board will not fit. But this is exactly something that I am looking for. Just need a size smaller.

Minion · 12th January 2011, 07:19 PM

Just use a Piece of Blank PCB material and either etch or grind the traces into it ......

VictoriaGuy · 12th January 2011, 09:01 PM

Another approach from the olden days...
Restoring Boatanchor Radios

maurycy · 13th January 2011, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictoriaGuy

Another approach from the olden days...
Restoring Boatanchor Radios

That's a clever idea. I actually had to click on the link to get the whole picture. Couldn't figure out what's going on from the two pictures you have posted :-)

VictoriaGuy · 13th January 2011, 05:42 AM

Especially on older, well-built gear the wires are fastened very securely before soldering. I've broken a few solder lugs and lugs on tube sockets trying to 'unsolder' components- now I use the wire spiral trick.
;-)

cent88 · 14th January 2011, 04:08 AM

how about etching the PCB by yourself?

maurycy · 14th January 2011, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cent88

how about etching the PCB by yourself?

Since this is DIY board, I guess that's how I should do it. Unfortunately, I would spend more time and money since I have nothing that would allow me to etch PCBs.

I found this item on Ebay. Fits my pot and comes down to little over $1 a PCB.

12th January 2011, 05:19 PM	#1
maurycy diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NJ	Soldering wire to pots thru PCB? I always have a trouble soldering wires to small pots. Just recently I have acquired stereo pots that have very small pins. Do you guys know of any places that sell PCBs that would allow me to solder the pot onto the PCB and then wires (but not directly to the pot). Thanks.

12th January 2011, 05:46 PM	#2
pacificblue diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	Perfboard maybe? __________________ If you've always done it like that, then it's probably wrong. (Henry Ford)

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12th January 2011, 07:12 PM	#4
maurycy diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NJ	Thanks to all who replied. Forgot to mention that those are Alps 09 type pots so the hifidiy.net board will not fit. But this is exactly something that I am looking for. Just need a size smaller.

12th January 2011, 07:19 PM	#5
Minion diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	Just use a Piece of Blank PCB material and either etch or grind the traces into it ......

13th January 2011, 05:42 AM	#8
VictoriaGuy diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC	Especially on older, well-built gear the wires are fastened very securely before soldering. I've broken a few solder lugs and lugs on tube sockets trying to 'unsolder' components- now I use the wire spiral trick. ;-)

14th January 2011, 04:08 AM	#9
cent88 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pearl of Orient	how about etching the PCB by yourself?

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