making you own knobs

[jupiterseries]

I've often toyed with the idea of making my own knobs too.  I think that
casting resin is a bit too messy though. At one time I tried to make the
enclosed capsule around a tweeter for a talk-box out of casting resin.  All
I can say is WHAT A MESS THAT WAS. Casting resin is: gooey, toxic, and takes
time to set.
    What's a good alternative?...  There is a material that you can get in
craft stores called friendly plastic. I think most people make jewelry out
of it, but I find that if you get it warm enough, you can mold it into
anything (it's like putty). I haven't tried painting it, but I have a
project , myself, in which I need custom knobs that I was going to try this
same method on- I have two small joystick pots with no handles on them - but
hopefully, not for long.

                                                                        Jon
Sonnenberg




>Hi!
>
>As a sat around looking at the real TB-303 i thought
>about how bad i want to have the same knobs and buttons
>on my 303 replicant. So I said to myself: Why dont you
>make your own knobs in epoxy. And then I asked myself
>now how am I going to do that. So after thinking some
>making up some crazy ways of producing them I thought.
>Hey lets ask the DIY guys if they have any suggestions
>or maybe even seen s wacky site with a tutorial for
>that crazy shit your trying to pull of here.
>So if you do please share with me.
>
>/ Andreas
>
>


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