MOTM Madness

[Christopher_List at Sonymusic.Com]

>SPLIT BOARDS

> Several people want 2 pc boards per kit:
> a front panel board and a "electronics board".
> Well, it's $$$$. I estimate I would have to charge
> $12 more per kit, so if you buy 15 kits that's alot of $$$. Vote, please.

I vote for 2 PCBs, but because of the easy of building the one PCB, and the
fact that you could always leave the electronics off the one panel and wire
in a second, I think it really doesn't matter all that much. Maybe just
offering a "pots only" PCB for experimenting or builder modulaes would be
best.


> The pots are Panasonic vertical pcb mount.
> They have an integral mounting support which is soldered as well.
> Now the "downside" is the pot is NOT secured to the front panel.
> Rather, the shaft sticks out of the hole, and the knob is pushed on.
> The front panel attaches with standoffs.

Panasonic <<does>> make the same pots in a metal, threaded bushing version.
They are more expensive, but four or five pots should do a good job of
carring the weight of the PCB. See the current Digikey catalog.

- CList