[sdiy] ca3080's and Hongkongsuperseller...

[ChristianH]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:54:28 +0000 tom.adam at telenet.be wrote:

> I got a set from these knobs a couple of years ago, but they didn't work for me. They have a bad feel to them and they slip over the pot axis. The fixing screw was to weak to put more force on them for better tightening. But they do look Ok.
> My 0.02Euro ;-)
> Cheers,
> ToAd

That looks like a euro 6mm pot shaft and a 1/4 inch (6.3mm) knob to me.

The results can vary from clean tight fit (collet knobs, if they can be
fastened far enough), or an off-center knob (long screw) to sloppy (if
any) seating (screw too short).

The other way is more difficult. Most 6mm knobs simply dont fit on 1/4
inch shafts at all. However, years ago, I used some 1/4 inch multi-turn
pots for osc freq setting, and simply used the same 6mm collet knobs as
for the other 6mm pots. Those knobs could only be screwed about half a
turn, but nevertheless were perfectly seated, exactly centered.

Chris