[sdiy] Panels, Transistor replacement for Oberheim Mini-sequencer

[James Patchell]

I am not sure you would want to do that.

I am not sure how much they charge to tap the holes (since I never did 
that), but I imagine it will add quite a bit to the cost.

Also, for pots, there is probably no predetermined way to know how the pots 
are going to be oriented  when you screw them in.  If there is plenty of 
space around the pot, this will not be a problem.

Also, for the jacks, I am not too sure if this is a good idea.  Banana 
jacks have double flats on them.  And getting them tight into the panel 
might be a bit of a problem.  You will still need to put a nut on the back 
to make sure they don't come loose.  Nice thing about a double flat hole is 
even if the come loose, they won't rotate.

Just my thoughts.

-Jim

At 09:32 AM 4/13/2004 -0400, allenre at umich.edu wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Knowing that many here have used Schaeffer to make their front panels, I 
>have a
>question.  How do you set up the threading to accept pots and banana jacks?
>I've already drawn up some panels in the program but I am unsure about doing
>the threading so that the hardware can be screwed in.  I'm in the US and the
>default offered by the program is metric gobbledygook.
>
>Also, building the Oberheim mini-sequencer looks like an interesting project,
>but the 2N4032 transistor in it is obsolete.  What suitable replacements are
>there for this part?
>
>Ryan

         -Jim
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