[sdiy] Re: [AH] conductive paint / key pad switch repair

[Rude 66]

on the contrary, dave. i'm awaiting your result with just as much
anticipation as you. my cr8000 suffers from the same problem, and i have
fewer and fewer switches working. mine has a hard life being used live all
the time..
i've always heard the switches were impossible to come by. however,
yesterday on total coincidence is saw a cr8000 advertized on a dutch
website, which specifically mentioned that all the switches had been
replaced by roland benelux. since there was no picture, i don't know whether
the originals have been put back, or something else. ..

ruud



----- Original Message -----
From: "dave" <dave at 22host24.com>
To: <analogue at hyperreal.org>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:32 PM
Subject: [AH] conductive paint / key pad switch repair


Hey all Ive got a few cr-8000 drum machines with one of them having 100%
dead switches! I have been experimenting with fixing them.It seems to be the
rubber/carbon contact that has gone. I have had success with a kind of bodge
job but works wekk it seems (how long for I do not know) by super glueing a
peice of aluminium foil to the rubber contact. This gives a connection
easily. I have also purchased some conductive paint. The silver type, this
is drying at the moment, It hasnt dried for longer than 2 hours at most . It
seems dryish but dosent seem to conduct yet  (I havent reassembled the
switch but checked with a multimeter) I presume this stuff really works and
it is just that I have to wait 24 hours for it to dry (this is in the
instructions but it dosent say it wouldnt conduct before...) I guess I am
just impatient and probaly wasting peoples time writing such an email .
Buuuuuut any advise on whether this is the case or not would be great.
Or anyone knowing of a source for replacement switches... not from the guy
on ebay who charges £3 a switch... would be excellent too.


phew....
dave