[sdiy] Alpha pots group buy

[David G. Dixon]

As an aside, a company called CTS makes 24 mm pots under the title "stock
pots" and you can pick any shaft length or style.  Indeed, the good folks at
Digikey actually stick the shafts you request into the pot bodies before
shipping them.  Unfortunately, they are somewhat more expensive than Alpha
pots, and although CTS makes every possible combination, Digikey only
carries linear pots up to 500K.

I can find no other supplier for these pots other than "10,000 min" type
distributors, and even they only stock very limited selections.  It makes me
wonder how some of these companies actually sell their products!  In my
estimation, the major drawback of this whole DIY experience is the extreme
difficulty in sourcing parts.


David G. Dixon
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-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom Bugs
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:32 AM
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Alpha pots group buy

Ahh -- yes, it is confusing!

I sometimes envisage the Futurlec workers scrabbling around a big, messy 
room to get orders together -- usually if you order 100 ICs you'll get 
maybe between two and five different makes/manufacturers!

Pots, too, are often a mix of the Short (10mm) and Shorter (7mm)
Both of which, though, are shorter than those from Rapid! (long! and 
annoying...)

Yikes!

flightofharmony wrote:
> I am looking for the SHORT shaft pots (7mm knurling, 15mm total from pot
> face to shaft end).
> The Re'an pots fit the SHORT shafts.
>
> Sorry about my previous vague description. 
>
> ~flight
> flight at flightofharmony.com
> http://www.flightofharmony.com
>
>
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
> -> bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Andre Majorel
> -> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:36 AM
> -> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> -> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Alpha pots group buy
> -> 
> -> On 2008-10-22 07:05 -0700, flight at flightofharmony.com wrote:
> -> 
> -> > The subject of Futurlec pots and their long shafts has come up on
this
> -> > list many times. They used to carry pots with shafts that fit Re'an
> -> > knobs and, from time to time, one or two of the short ones will
appear
> -> > in a bag of the longer ones. I've been badgering them about this for
> -> > some time now, and finally got them to admit that they CAN get them.
> -> 
> -> Just to clarify :
> -> - are you looking to buy LONG or SHORT shaft pots ?
> -> - is it the LONG or SHORT shaft pots that fit the Rean knobs ?
> -> 
> -> Thanks.
> -> 
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