[sdiy] Starting my next major project...

[patchell]

    Now that the Mikado is in it's final stages (although, at the
moment, I am thwarted by the lack of a f^(&@ng Lm7915), I am starting on
my next project.

    The goal of this next one is to eliminate the drudgery of building a
modular.  Right now, I spend a lot more time wiring up the front panel
than just about anything else.  I was using connectors and crip pins on
the PC boards, that helped a lot from the way I used to do it, and made
it so I could easily remove the boards to work on them, but still, I had
to do a lot of work.

    I just started working on the first card today, a VCO, the board
will be about 12 inches by 2.5 inches, and will mount vertically with
respect to the panel on the Pots and Jacks (the only pot that will not
be on the PC board will be the 10 turn pitch pot).  I will also be able
to get more on the panel.  The pots I use right now are spaced 1 inch
horizontally, and 1.5" vertically.  I will be able to put the pots on a
1 x 1 pitch grid with the PC board mount pots.

    The only fly in the ointment is the pots and the jacks....I so far
have not found any pots that mount at the same distance off the board as
the Jacks... (I am using the switch craft 112A PC mount 1/4 inch
jacks).  The pots I have I can fudge a bit...but, if anybody has any
suggestions, I am open...

--
 -Jim
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