[sdiy] Learned a few things today...

[john mahoney]

Heh... I also destroyed a Jameco mini toggle. It's on my Ray Wilson
SLM-S, still awaiting replacement and a proper burial.

Maybe it's time to go with those "MOTM class" switches. :-)
--
john


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Learned a few things today...


> You know, I've had a similar problem with cheap toggles, probably
also from
> Jameco.  For me, it was that soldering time had to be carefully
monitored
> else things inside the switch seemed to melt.  I had some switches
simply
> refuse to move after soldering wires to their lugs.  Lesson learned.
Cheap
> mechanical parts are no bargain if they will ultimately force you to
open
> the project and replace them - with the good ones...
>
> James Patchell <patchell at cox.net> wrote:
> >I learned that you cannot have too many mixers in your modular.  I
have
> >four 4 in 1 out mixers...and that is not enough.  The more
mixers...the
> >merrier...think I am going to add about 6 more mixers (these will
work with
> >both control voltages as well as audio...).
> >
> >The second thing I learned is more of a re-enforcement to something
I
> >learned just a bit ago...cheap toggle switches suck.  I could not
figure
> >out why something wasn't working correctly on the
Mikado...again...it was
> >those damn cheap Jameco toggle switches that were causing the
problem.  It
> >will be a while yet before I can order good switches.  This month
is
> >property tax month...and they went up quite a bit....I guess
somebody has
> >to pay off California's debt....