[sdiy] Panels, Transistor replacement for Oberheim Mini-seque ncer

[Tim Parkhurst]

Hi Ryan,

I agree with James: you really don't want to thread the panels. Use pots and
jacks that are threaded and use the proper panel nuts to clamp them to the
panels. If you thread the panels, it's very difficult to control the
orientation of the pots and if you ever strip the threads on the panel (and
since panels are usually aluminum, that's fairly easy to do), you're screwed
(pun intended?). What you need to make is a 'clearance hole' which is just
slightly larger than the threaded bushing on the pot or jack you want to
mount.


Tim (stripped my threads years ago) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein




> -----Original Message-----
> From: allenre at umich.edu [mailto:allenre at umich.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 6:33 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Panels, Transistor replacement for Oberheim Mini-sequencer
> 
> 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 but the 2N4032 transistor in it is obsolete.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
> 
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