[sdiy] Questions about Pots

[MountainMan]

You might want to look online for pots.  Rat-shack has a very limited
selection of types, and you'll do better pricewise online.  I'm ordering
pots online because I wanted smaller diameter pots.  The 24mm from da
shack eat up a lot of panel space.  I've gotten some very nice 16mm ones
made by Xicon from Mouser Electronics - they're only a bit more expensive
than the larger ones.  There are even smaller ones but the prices go up
quickly as they get teenier :)   I know that smaller diameter doesn't
address your question, but it's something to consider.

Elby


On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Grant L. Muller wrote:

> 
> 	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
> 
>