How do you attach wire and components to turrets?

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Jaz

Good video! Pretty much sums up the method. Back in school we were required to make the joints mechanically stable before soldering. I've seen some pictures where wires were crossed over a buss ground without wrapping and soldered relying on the solder. It probably is fine, but I can't bring myself to do this because if there was ever an overcurrent situation that could melt the solder I wouldn't want to end up with a wire flipping off to short somewhere. I use mostly eyelets because they are cheap and I push the wires through the eyelet and twist them together from the backside, solder and trim them. It may be overkill but it makes a secure joint. I recently bought a premade turret board for a 5E3 because the deal came cheaply. I liked the turrets, but not enough to switch from eyelets. The main thing I liked was that the finished board looked beautiful. I did pretty much a 360 degree wrap and did pile on a bit too much solder, but I'm not worried about passing inspection. When in school we would do western union splices and others I have forgotten and these were inspected by the instructor so application of the proper amount of solder was required. My eyelet boards look somewhat sloppy because after twisting the joints, the wires sometimes cross over eachother and don't look nice and orderly where they enter the eyelet. I'm not overly picky about aesthetics, but do want to be comfortable with the mechanical strength. I can resweat or add/swap components without worrying about something coming loose. If I have to change or replace a component, I cut the old one out leaving enough of a tail to twist the new component to. Not pretty, but sturdy. If I am testing different components I usually don't worry about the mechanical joint until I find the one I want permanently, then I twist it in place and solder.

daz, On my turret board, I used the hole in the turret for wires going to the pots, jacks, tube sockets or to other turrets for the most part and wrapped the component wires around the turret. Sometimes there were more wires than would fit in the turret hole so I just wrapped them. It doesn't matter that much, but I always, first, pay attention to mechanical stability. I haven't had to change any components, but if I ever do, I will cut the component out and leave enough of a tail to twist to the new component. Not pretty, but the original mechanical wrap will still be there to hold the wire in place. Hope this helps, Dan