[sdiy] Alternatives to Faders

[Edward King]

John,

I only have one unit as a prototype (and it looks a bit rough to say the 
least), but I will undoubtedly build more.
Frankly Im astonished that such a simple idea works so well....

I havent gotten as far as asthetics yet, but thanks for the idea. I will 
have to try a few different things and will order some different types of 
wheels because off the shelf bits are usually easier and cheaper than 
building from scratch.

Ive sent you my design work for your amusement / interest / perusal

Regards

EK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Luciani" <jluciani at gmail.com>
To: "Edward King" <edwardcking2001 at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: "Tom Wiltshire" <tom at electricdruid.net>; "Synth-DIY" 
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Alternatives to Faders


> On 3/7/07, Edward King <edwardcking2001 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> > I don't know of any, but I recently looked into buying 10mm acrylic 
>> > sheet
>> > with a view to cutting circles out of it for exactly this purpose. I 
>> > was
>> > only going to need two, so thought to do it by hand, but if you needed
>> > lots, you could probably get someone to machine them for you.
>> >
>>
>> This is probably a good idea. I have actually found some wheels. But the
>> difficulty is getting ones with the grooves cut into them. Im not sure 
>> how
>> you would machine these grooves into acrylic?
>
> If you can tolerate an opaque finish you can use a wood router to machine
> your grooves.
>
> (* jcl *)
>
> -- 
> http://www.luciani.org 


		
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