[Gooserider]

Looks wonderful, but I *DON'T* like the technique you used for the floppy pins! IMNSHO as a test engineer (and almost NASA sattelite certified solder tech) that is a very problematic approach best defined as a 'failure waiting to happen...' I would never let something like that be done on a box that I owned.

The best technique would have been to get the right pins and crimp them on with the right tool, which probably wouldn't have been very practical. The next best thing. and what I would have done, is to cut the pins off with the wire and done a splice in the wire back away from the connector using solder & shrink tube. If you staggered the splices a bit, it would be about the same thickness as the original wire and would be nicely hidden under the braided sleeve. Remember the key dictate of solder connections, that a good mechanical connection is a prerequesite to a good electrical connection. Your approach doesn't give the good electrical connection.

Sorry to be so critical, but this looks like one of the few flaws in an otherwise wonderfully planned and executed project. Otherwise it's a really nice example of 'How to' that many here can benefit from.

Gooserider