D-sub colder bucket connector with 4-40 UNC rivited jack posts

I am trying to source male 9 way male D connectors  solder bucket/cup with riveted female jack posts on the front face so I can make up RS232 extension leads that can be screwed together. I know you can get Jack posts that have a nut to hold hem in place, but the problem there is that the nut will not fit inside the D shells,
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Steve jones

On 11/24/2014 7:13 AM, steve wrote:
> I am trying to source male 9 way male D connectors  solder bucket/cup with
> riveted female jack posts on the front face so I can make up RS232 extension
> leads that can be screwed together. I know you can get Jack posts that have
> a nut to hold hem in place, but the problem there is that the nut will not
> fit inside the D shells, any help would be greatly appreciated.

The (*25* pin) D shells that I have sport "ears" for the jack *screws* on
one end and "no ears" on the other.

The "no ear" end can be filled with a plastic plug that makes it look
like a regular D shell (intended for a single connector with a *cord*
exiting from the "plugged" end).

Remove that "plug" and the back end will now support another D connector
(the shell's body -- sans ears -- is just as wide as the "business"
portion of the D connector so the connector is held in place *by* the
width of the shell).

Many decades ago adopted this as a "universal solution" to the myriad of
25 pin cables that littered most of the shops I'd visited/worked for.
Each "widget" bears a clear label that describes the role of the
wires *within* (the widget is effectively a 1.5" long cable).

Male Gender Change (plug onto a female connector and you end up with a male!)
Female Gender Change (plug onto a male and you end up with a female)
Null Modem
PLIP
Primary Channel
Channel Swap
25-9 Pin
etc.

Plus some "device specific" adapters that make oddball devices "look normal"

The advantage to this approach is that I can store a bunch of these in
a desk drawer and "extend" them with 25 pin, M-F straight through cables
to create a cable of whatever length embodying whatever "adaptations"
the STACK of widgets mated to it define!

(Not suitable for production use but a real time-saver when you're trying to
get two things to talk together!)

Apologies for not shrinking the file a bit.  I figured you could "zoom"
more and inspect some of the detail that might be lost if/when compressed.

Likewise, sorry for my consistent inability to take close-in shots, well  :<

<http://www.mediafire.com/view/ugc4evqe56bjgbj/Widgets.JPG>

Note the three pieces upper left assembled into a "regular connector shell"
in the lower left.  The "ass end" is omitted to make the widgets -- you
can see the molded grooves ~1/8" in from each end of the shell halves
that grip the edges of the D connector...

Note, as well, how the jack nuts exist outside of the body of the shell
(widgets in foreground and background).  Also, see how the body of the
rightmost D connector is visible "through the side" of the shell for the
widget in back...

To put connectors with jack nuts on *both* ends of the widget, you have to
remove the plastic shell "ears"

On Monday, November 24, 2014 2:13:18 PM UTC, steve wrote:
> I am trying to source male 9 way male D connectors  solder bucket/cup with riveted female jack posts on the front face so I can make up RS232 extension leads that can be screwed together. I know you can get Jack posts that have a nut to hold hem in place, but the problem there is that the nut will not fit inside the D shells,
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve jones

Thanks, maybe that is my solution, need to find an appropriate 9 way d shell as this is for a production cable.

steve

On 11/25/2014 4:41 AM, steve wrote:
> Thanks, maybe that is my solution, need to find an appropriate 9 way d shell
> as this is for a production cable.

You can also try google *image* search and hope you stumble on something.

The only D-subs that I can recall seeing with riveted jack nuts/posts
have been "PCB mounted".

On 24-Nov-14 10:13 PM, steve wrote:
> I am trying to source male 9 way male D connectors  solder bucket/cup with riveted female jack posts on the front face so I can make up RS232 extension leads that can be screwed together. I know you can get Jack posts that have a nut to hold hem in place, but the problem there is that the nut will not fit inside the D shells,
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve jones
>


Can you get the jack posts in a female-female version? ie no male thread 
stud.

Maybe you could use these with a very short countersunk screw to hold 
them in place. They should then fit a standard backshell.

On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:20:23 AM UTC, Shed_Fiddler wrote:
> On 24-Nov-14 10:13 PM, steve wrote:
> > I am trying to source male 9 way male D connectors  solder bucket/cup with riveted female jack posts on the front face so I can make up RS232 extension leads that can be screwed together. I know you can get Jack posts that have a nut to hold hem in place, but the problem there is that the nut will not fit inside the D shells,
> > any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steve jones
> >
> 
> 
> Can you get the jack posts in a female-female version? ie no male thread 
> stud.
> 
> Maybe you could use these with a very short countersunk screw to hold 
> them in place. They should then fit a standard backshell.

Thats idea, but they do need a crinkled washer to stop them coming loose. I have found a Chinese company that can supply them. Minimum order of 500 but price is only �0.25p, howerver lead time is 5 weeks!

On 2014-11-26 steve wrote in comp.arch.embedded:
> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:20:23 AM UTC, Shed_Fiddler wrote:
>> On 24-Nov-14 10:13 PM, steve wrote:
>> 
>> Can you get the jack posts in a female-female version? ie no male thread 
>> stud.
>> 
>> Maybe you could use these with a very short countersunk screw to hold 
>> them in place. They should then fit a standard backshell.
>
>Thats idea, but they do need a crinkled washer to stop them coming loose. 

Or use a thread locker like Loctite (red)

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On 24/11/2014 14:13, steve wrote:
> I am trying to source male 9 way male D connectors  solder bucket/cup with riveted female jack posts on the front face so I can make up RS232 extension leads that can be screwed together. I know you can get Jack posts that have a nut to hold hem in place, but the problem there is that the nut will not fit inside the D shells,
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve jones
>

Hunt around at Digikey. Try these:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/172-E09-103R031/4109MEA-ND/955437

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Tim