[sdiy] WTB: 606 / 303 small knob caps

[Rob]

The costs for me making the knobs are $2 a piece including my labor.. Pretty
cheap when you consider that you would prlly be charged waaay more than that
for them.. Plus, too, the clay used comes in a HUGE variety of colors, and
can be mixed to suit your needs or creativity, however crazily!

A friend of mine has also managed to use a lightbox 3d scanner and has the
image in solidworks, but we never bothered to convert it to cam machine
diagram, otherwise we could prlly machine one out of metal, which would look
killer!

BTW, you can get silver polymer to use for the operation. The color stays
very well..

BTW, in the sharing of info edict of the community, I use polymer clay (pvc
with embedded plastitizer) to make the mold of the original and the
replacement knobs.

I am not going to say which brand only because I want to invite
experimentation, and if I say the brand I use I won't get a chance to hear
if anyone was able to have better/worse luck using some other brand than
mine.

The major brands are Fimo, Sculpey, and Cistern. Try it! Great for replacing
or restoring hard to get pieces.. but the molding/cooking process is an art
unto itself, and even being given the info on how to do it does not mean you
will get good results initially.. I know this very well. It has taken me a
week to get my kneading/thinning/molding/cooking/exposure/artifact removal
process just right.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas H" <ampe at swipnet.se>
To: "Rob" <cyborgzero at home.com>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 6:42 PM
Subject: SV: [sdiy] WTB: 606 / 303 small knob caps


> Hey...
>
> Funny that you should mention this because i was thinking of
> doing this myself later on. But for D formed pots then.
> Isnt there any plastic one could get i silver or somehow
> color the plastic before you harden it in the mold?
> What are the costs for making your own knobs anyway?
>
> / Andreas
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
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> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl]För Rob
> Skickat: den 10 februari 2001 00:26
> Till: Trevor Page; synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Ämne: Re: [sdiy] WTB: 606 / 303 small knob caps
>
>
> Funny you should say that.. I just completed the mold to remake the small
> knobs, but unfortunately I can only make knobs in opaque, neon, and
> translucent colors. If you are going for collectors restoration, then I
> cannot help you because of the colors, but if you want very unique colors,
> or a more silver, versus foil chrome color on the knobs, I definitely can
do
> that!
>
> Rob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Trevor Page" <trevor at resonance.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:53 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] WTB: 606 / 303 small knob caps
>
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I'm after four of the small knob caps as used on the TR606/TB303. These
> are
> > required to complete a restoration of a TB303. I have tried Tom C and
> other
> > sources but with no avail. If anyone can help me out, please reply to me
> > off-list. Or alternatively I'd certainly be interested in buying scrap
> > machines.
> >
> > Cheers all
> >
> > Trevor.
> >
> >
> > ==========
> >
> >
>
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