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(Elliott) #1
See Chapter 4 for more information about choosing drill bit sizes for par-
ticular components and other advice about how to customize a box for
your projects. And guess what? We always advise that you use safety
glasses when drilling.


  1. Slip the threads of the phono jacks through the drilled holes and
    secure with the nuts provided.

  2. Slip the shaft of the on/off switch through the drilled hole and secure
    with the nut provided.

  3. Slip the shaft of the potentiometer through the drilled hole and secure
    with the nut provided.

  4. Slip the knob on the potentiometer shaft and secure with the set screw.

  5. Feed the top half of the LED socket through the drilled hole from out-
    side the box and insert the LED into the top half of the socket from
    inside the box.

  6. Slip the bottom half of the socket over the leads and snap onto the top
    half of the socket to secure the LED.

  7. Solder the black wire from the battery pack to one lug of the on/off
    switch and solder an 8" black wire to the remaining lug of the on/off
    switch, as shown in Figure 12-11.


LED On/off switch

Screws and nuts securing the clamp Phono jacks Potentiometer

Figure 12-10:
Box with
on/off
switch,
phono jacks,
potentiome-
ter, and LED
in place.

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