[sdiy] Questions about Pots

[Chris Crosskey]

There are plenty of pots with shorter spindles, mostly they have serrated
circumferi....that said it's easy enough to cut down the spindle on the
other sort....

chrisc



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant L. Muller [mailto:lotekk at msn.com]
> Sent: 09 April 2001 17:07
> To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Questions about Pots
> 
> 
> 
> 	So, I went to Radio Shack this week because I'm circuit 
> bending an old
> Casio Rapmaster (This is my first time!). In any case, I 
> found everything I
> was looking for except the right pots.
> 	The pots I found up there all had these huge poles 
> sticking out of them,
> the were like 2 inches long! I want to attach knobs to these 
> poles, but i
> surely don't want them to stick out this far. Am I looking 
> for the wrong
> thing? Am I supposed to cut these poles down? Is there a 
> better place to buy
> pots, preferably shorter ones that I don't have to cut? I'm 
> sorta new, and I
> couldn't find anything in the archives conserning this, any 
> ideas? Let me
> know, and thanks for the bandwidth.
> 
> 	Also, I'm almost certain my terminology is incorrect, I 
> doubt these things
> that stick out of the pot that you attach knobs to are called 
> "poles". Let
> me know on that too.
> 
> Grant
> 
> 
> np: Coil - Love's Secret Domain
>