Another knob question (was:RE: Knobs and stuff)

[jh]

>Also you could use a sub chassis that holds the pots
>away from the panel, this can be very attractive since the pot nuts
>cannot be seen at all. The bummer with this is that jack sockets and
>toggle swicthes still have to be mounted on the front directly, which
>can hamper construction. One of our list members did some fantastic work
>on brass sub panels, but I can't remember who.

This was Jörgen Bergfors, and it looks phantastic indeed !
Actually inspired me to use some sandwiched pcbs behind the front
panel on my current project as well ...
(Are you still around on synth-diy, btw ?)

But I have another, slightly related question:

Has anybody reduced the inner diameter of 1/4" knobs to fit nicely
on a 6mm potentiometer shaft ? I've done it for a few pots by
wraping paper around the shaft, but this is no perfect solution.
Next I'll try will be copper foil.
Any other ideas ?

JH.

PS.: Another item I've been looking for are rocker switches. Not these
ugly snap-in types that are used for mains switches, but something that
would be mounted behind the front panel, and with a light action for
fast switching. Minimoog-like, but smaller if possible. I'm so tired of
these toggle switches on diy projects ...