[sdiy] Alpha pots group buy

[Tom Arnold]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:29:27AM -0700, flightofharmony 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.

I order my pots these days from Small Bear.  He's got a much better
selection of the pots and shafts we want then Mouser or Digikey.

I have recently become very enamored with these pots in particular :
Http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=693

They run about 50cents more in quantity over the normal 16mm Alphas but have
a major advantage...  They have the same pin spacing as MOTM-Quality pots (
Bourns/Spectrol Conductive plastic ).  This lets you have the flexibility of
pot choice while still having a low cost option.

Sadly, if you use the splined push-on knobs, they arnt stocked but my
favorite knob is available cloned from Small Bear also ( good'ol 1900H )
cheaply Http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=707.

No, I have nothing to do with Small Bear, just a fan-boy happy customer.

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