[sdiy] Davies type knobs

[synth at charlielamm.com]

I am just joining this thread late, but realized I have been sniffing
aorund for knobs too and maybe we can all save some money....my needs:

Quantity 100-300 depending on price

1/4 diameter shaft

Set screw (not push on/not half round shaft/etc etc)

Knob itself should be no more than about 1/2" to 3/4 inch in diameter as I
am packing them close together

Needs pointer of some kind

Something "retro looking" and not too tall.

Something not ugly.  They are going on a brushed aluminum panel.

If anyone is pooling together #'s for an order, so we get a better
discount, can I get counted in?  I will pay for whatever my share is plus
postage to US or whatever.

I have asked Davies for samples and quotes on some of their knobs, like
this one:
http://www.daviesmolding.com/cgi-bin/part_ser.pl?page=instrument&series=1140&photo=instrument&back=pointer&next=flutedinst

But I don't suspect the pricing will be that good since allied sells 100
of these for abouy $1.30 each.  But who knows.  I was a professional
purchasing agent in a previous life, and, in my experience, if you can get
many distributors all bidding on the same (relatively large + cash) order,
at least one will drop trousers below the ankles.  But you probably
already know this.

You can email me on or off this group.  Thanks in advance.



On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Tom Arnold wrote:

> Assuming Davies doesnt give me a good price on the quote I just sent them,
> is there a knob on http://www.knobs.com.tw/ that everyone can agree on?
>
> I'm leaning towards 41034-2  on page 5 of the Tuning knobs section.
> 16mm diameter tho.  On the other hand, I can get 1000 of them for about
> the price of 200 Davies...
> ( 4th down : http://www.knobs.com.tw/tuning5-main.htm )
>
> I'd love 41023-1 but its 1/8" shaft I'm having them quote a custom run with
> 1/4" shaft size.  Its not shiney but the size looks perfect.
> ( top one : http://www.knobs.com.tw/tuning4-main.htm )
>
> Actually, one of my evil plans is once I have the quote from Taiwan, I'm
> going to beat Davies over the head with it and see what happens. :-)
>
>