I soldered directly to the pins and it's been fine for 8 years. I know it's not recommended but I've been pretty decent with a iron for a long time. I finally bought a board about a year ago but I would have had to trim some wood away from the inside of the box in order for the board to clear. I didn't feel like the extra work with everything working peachy as is so I went with the "if it ain't broke ... " approach and skipped it. Maybe I'll eventually get around to it. Or maybe someone makes a smaller board???
I'd definitely use the board if I had it before I changed the pot to the ALPS but I didn't even realize a mounting board existed back when I did it.
Yeah, me too.
I never knew there was a PCB to facilitate soldering this in.
I've worked with SMD soldering and didn't see a problem just soldering directly to the pins. Used flux and small gauge solder and finished it like it was an SMD part.
However, I can see where the pins could get strained if there is movement of the wiring.
If I need to do this again I would use the PCB.
