[sdiy] Serge Pots WAS: Starting my next major project...

[Ken Stone]

>> This is how Serge built his early modules. He used nylon bushings at the
>> front to remove the wobble from the long shafts
>
>Not at first he didn't! I worked there when they discovered those things. At
>first they just came straight to the faceplate with no support, the 1/8 inch
>pots shafts would just float through the 1/4 holes on the metal facelplate..
>The dials would wobble all over the place.  If you gently wiggled a dial
>from side to side, every pot in the module would move with it.

On my 1973 Serge, small rubber grommets were used to support these long pot
shafts. Also of note is that it was made using Minijacks, and NOT bananas!

Ken
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