[sdiy] Alpha pots group buy

Wed Oct 22 21:42:07 CEST 2008

Small Bear Electronics also has a good selection of Alpha Pots.
If you can place a substantial order (1000 pieces 
probably) I would suspect that you can get any 
value/taper/shaft length you desire.
Just guessing here but as they are a smallish 
company I would suspect they are more flexible.
Also service is excellent.

BTW they also stock the 1900H Davies knob clones 
which are first rate and 1/4 the price of Allied etc.

Bruce

At 02:29 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:
>Yeah, I have looked at CTS but, as you said, they cost substantially more
>than Alpha pots from Futurlec. Mouser also carries the 16mm pots I need -
>but only in audio taper. WTF???? This has always been excruciatingly
>frustrating.
>There is also Potentiometers.com - who bought the "Mod Pot" line from
>Allen-Bradley and have even more options than CTS - but you're into the
>quantity issue again. As an aside: I think it would be absolutely wonderful
>if you could buy the individual Mod Pot sub-assemblies and assemble them
>yourself. *sigh*
>
>This brings me to something I tried to send to the list three hours ago but
>never went through:
> >
> >Is there a non-custom source for concentric-shaft pots and knobs? I'm
>looking for dual 100k lin pots. I know Elma carries knobs, but they want
>much larger quantities than I need. Of course, the knobs would be dependent
>upon the pots, or vice-versa.
>
> >I'm also looking for illuminated slide pots. I know where I can get some
>N.O.S. ones, but that's not a good approach for a new product line. Here's a
>picture of the type I'm looking for:
>http://www.flightofharmony.com/images/Stuff/LED_slidepot.jpg. As usual,
>there is no manufacturer ID.
>
>The quest continues...
>
>~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 David G. Dixon
>-> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:57 AM
>-> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>-> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Alpha pots group buy
>->
>-> 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.
>->
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>-> 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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