Big Knobs!

[Peter Ullrich]

At 17:46 28.07.1997 +0200, Matthew S. Padden wrote:
>Hi..
>
>	Does anybody know where you can get hold of the 'alpha dial' style knobs with 
>the finger hole in them, as used on Kurzweil K2000, Korg Wavestation, ham 
>radio gear etc.
>	I was thinking of using them on a control desk that I'm building; attach the 
>dial to a multi-turn pot for rapidly adjusting to a precise setting (eg VCF 
>resonance set _right_ on the edge), as you can spin them really fast if you 
>practice.
>
>I've tried RS, Farnell, Maplin, Rapid, Newark and Mouser; no luck from any of 
>them.

Hi Matthew!

I bought these dial-knobs at CONRAD ELECTRONIC in Germany. They cost about
4$ each and have a 6mm hole so they fit for the bourns digital encoders
(absolute and relative encoders).

Ciao
Peter

PS: Please email me privately if you want a scan of the catalog for further
data and a foto of it.

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