[sdiy] DIY Keyboard - Need Pitch bend / mod wheels

[Harry Bissell Jr]

take the brass insert out of a knob and glue that into
  your homemade pitch wheel.  I drilled a hole the long
  way to reach the setscrew. It might be possible to modify
  a collet nut type knob... I have not tried it.
  
  There are some commercially available VERY large knobs...
  maybe three inch diameter. They would be much thicker than
  the typical pitch wheel, but could work for a custom job.
  
  I used the pinch roller from a cassette transport to make the
  center 'detent' if you want one. Probably a piece of nylon
  (like in the ProOne) would be easier
  
  H^) harry

Heitor Alves <heitor.alves at gmail.com> wrote:  Hey Chris!
   
  Grab a piece of plexiglass, about 20cmx20cm, make a hole in the  middle, put a bolt in that middle, attach it to the drill and start  spinning slowly, and with a sand paper start "sanding" the spinning  plexiglax... it will turn out to become round (cut the most possible so  it would be easy to sand it).  
   
  Use the center hole to attatch the pot and make a small mark that  indicates the middle of the wheel. if you would like to make it  "cooler" put a bright led inside the plexiglass (the plexiglass must be  4mm min.)  
   
  Hope it helps!

 
  On 20/03/06, Chris Manders <wight446 at yahoo.com> wrote:  Hi folks

I just wondered if anyone knew of a source for
pitchbend and mod wheels or perhaps a solution so I  
can build my own for my DIY Keyboard?
The main problem I can see is the self-centering
mechanism of the Pitch bending device.
I am used to using Roland types which have the single
grey control which is flipped left and right for pitch  
bend, and pushed forward (force sensor) for
modulation.

Failing this, perhaps someone had an appropriate
assembly for sale from a scrapped keyboard?

Thanks
Chris


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