[sdiy] DIY Pots and Conductive Elastomer Instruments

[R. Drake]

"Velostat?" I said... then i remembered:

   http://www.stopabductions.com/

Have to check to see if I have any left over...


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on 8/27/05 12:42 AM, James Patchell at patchell at cox.net wrote:

> A possible substitute is to use a multiplying DAC and an encoder....much
> more precise...also more expensive...doing a mechanical DIY pot would be
> "relatively" easy to do if it was wirewound...and another possibility would
> be using velostat as the resistance element...but boy...that sure seems
> like a lot of work....
> 
> At 12:05 AM 8/27/2005 -0400, R. D. Davis wrote:
>> Given the prices for pots in somewhat small quantities, has anyone on
>> this list attempted to make a DIY pot?  Ok, something a little more
>> accurate and durable than the lines of pencil-lead that we used to
>> experiment with as kids when learning about resistance, such as some
>> conductive plastic.
>> 
>> Speaking of conductive materials, does conductive elastomer's
>> resistance change when stretched?  If so, I'm thinking that some neat
>> synth. instruments can be made by attaching conductive elastomer to
>> various body parts!  Anyone had a go at this?
>> 
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