Personally I think the jigs are a very bad idea and people are likely to have pin connection problems with the joycon down the road as the pins are over stressed and the plating is damaged due to fretting and scratching by materials like steel (paper clip). The pins in the switch are likely beryllium copper, or phosphor bronze (both softish but springy) with a nickle followed by gold plating (hardish but still pretty soft). They aren't going to hold up super well over the medium term.
typical connector pin properties: https://blog.samtec.com/post/strength-in-design-variable-connector-material-options/
Fretting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretting
info on mating dissimilar metals http://www.connector.com/gold-or-tin-versus-gold-and-tin/
Granted the above advice and information is related to REAL manufacturing, and REAL product reliability. I certainly don't know how long jigs of various types will REALLY last. I am certainly however that a paper clip approach is risky with respect to bending the pins, or pushing them beyond their ability to recovery their original location.
A lot of this is subjective, and based upon "my" experience which is likely more extensive than almost anyone in these forums (though I am sure there are other 20yr EEs on here and I'm not here to measure wiener length). So take the input as you will, and happy to have discussion as I am not a mechanical engineer or material scientist!
If anything people should use bent copper or tin plated copper wire bent into a little hump so that the jig wire is the weakest material rather than with the paper clip in which the switch pins will give out first.
I did the magnetic reed switch mod personally and it works great. I did it a little differently than some of the other people who used it (only slightly different). I'll post pictures and notes and part numbers at some point if people want it.
typical connector pin properties: https://blog.samtec.com/post/strength-in-design-variable-connector-material-options/
Fretting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretting
info on mating dissimilar metals http://www.connector.com/gold-or-tin-versus-gold-and-tin/
Granted the above advice and information is related to REAL manufacturing, and REAL product reliability. I certainly don't know how long jigs of various types will REALLY last. I am certainly however that a paper clip approach is risky with respect to bending the pins, or pushing them beyond their ability to recovery their original location.
A lot of this is subjective, and based upon "my" experience which is likely more extensive than almost anyone in these forums (though I am sure there are other 20yr EEs on here and I'm not here to measure wiener length). So take the input as you will, and happy to have discussion as I am not a mechanical engineer or material scientist!
If anything people should use bent copper or tin plated copper wire bent into a little hump so that the jig wire is the weakest material rather than with the paper clip in which the switch pins will give out first.
I did the magnetic reed switch mod personally and it works great. I did it a little differently than some of the other people who used it (only slightly different). I'll post pictures and notes and part numbers at some point if people want it.
