Well to today I have a little DIY project for you.
I had a few Nikon SC-17's that were literally collecting dust.
After purchasing some Cybersyncs I thought "why not turn them into something useful"?
OK, before we go any farther; I have no responsibility if you cut your finger with an Xacto knife or burn it on the soldering iron or Blah Blah Blah!
OK, Cutting up a perfectly good SC-17 is the hard part! The first thing you need to do is cut off the female hotshoe end leaving about 1/2" of the gray cord.
There! Now it's ruined, so you might as well make something that you can use.
After removing the 4 screws from the bottom of the case, separate the case halves to expose the "innards". You can nip off the wires that are on those side connectors, but save the connectors.
If the case halves don't come apart easily don't force it! Get a bigger hammer.
OK, remove the two screws shown and set that half aside for now.
Now remove the 4 screws that hold down that brass plate. These screws also hold on the metal part of the shoe on the outside, but don't worry it can only go back on one way.
Also, nip off all the wires from the pins in this side of the case.
This is what you should have at this point.
Grasp all the wires on the strain relief side of the sheathing (make sure to grab the stranded shielding wire as well) and pull/twist them out of the sheathing.
Very good. You're doing great! Hey I figure everyone can use a little encouragement.
Cut off the two remaining wires from the brass plate and toss that jumbled bunch of wires.
OK, now cut in half a perfectly good 1/8" audio jack cable, and strip the ends.
Slip the cut end through the cord/strain relief,and knot the end to prevent tugging on the solder joints.
Solder one lead to the brass plate and the other to the center pin. It doesn't matter which wire goes where, you're just completing a circuit.
OK, I'm assuming you can solder here, but if not ask your dad; he's a lot brighter than you probably give him credit for.
Now put the strain relief in place along with the two pin jack things on either side and reassemble the case halves.
Put back the four long black screws. Notice that two are longer than the others.
And your done.
Voila!
So now what am I going to do with these?
Any ideas?
What a great explanation of the process!
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