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

[allenre at umich.edu]

How much space is it common to allow for harware?  I've gone by a rule of adding
5% of the diameter, if the clearance isn't specified in the technical documents
for the hardware.

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 but the 2N4032 transistor in it is obsolete.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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