Making a distro block

[Evil Purple 10+ year member]

I was at an audio shop once and i saw one of the guys who worked there making his own distro block. basically what he was doing was taking 2 peices of some kind of metal either brass or copper i think. and putting fuses between them to make a distro block. anyone know what kind of metal to use? or if this is a good idea?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Copper would work electrically, problem would be preventing it from oxidizing, hence the use of gold-plated or nickel-plated hardware.

It's one of those things that is really simple to design, but generally costs more to build than what you can buy them for. Economies of scale.

 

[Evil Purple 10+ year member]

yea just sometimes i think that distor blocks look a little cheap

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

depends on what company you go with though and how much you are willing to spend on said block.

Pheonix Gold makes some quality hardware as well as Stinger and Knukonceptz.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I have StreetWires distros and they both work well and (to me at least) look decent. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Copper is also a PITA to machine, drill and tap, one of the main reasons that 99% of the distro blocks made commercially are made are brass. As mentioned, copper alloys (including brass) oxidize readily and the oxide on the surface is both ugly and non-conductive. Gold plating solves that problem.

Ive been thinking of making my own recently just to play with my mill and such. Might be something I'll do when I get home just to kill time...