Just add a jack PCB to your board design. Use right angle 0.1" headers to
attach to main PCB.

> I'm building a little module to go along with the Doepfer ones in my rack
> here, and I'm desperately trying to find PCB straight mount 3.5mm jack
> sockets with a thread. They seem common enough on modules, but utterly
> impossible to find.
>
> I want to mount the PCB parallel with the front panel, but 99% of the
> 3.5mm sockets on the market seem to demand a PCB perpendicular to the
> thing.
>
> Anyone any ideas
>
> thanks, J.