[sdiy] KNOB EMERGENCY....can anyone help?

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don't worry, keep posting, this list is the right place for that.

good luck with the knobs.

D.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 21:06, dan snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys for all the responses
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> I have been spending the last few days scouring ali-baba, trade-key and a coupe others.
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> most of these places have a few leads but as usual much of the problem is in the language barrier and the lead times. if all goes well my boxes will be done by
> mid april and that isnt much time to foster a new relationship and get the colors matched.
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> but i will figure something out
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> Sorry to invade this space with my manufacturing questions...maybe we need a MDIY list.
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> It sure seems like everyone I know who does manufacturing in the synth world (or any) runs into problems like these from time to time
> and it would be great if we could compile a database for any synth person who needs custom stuff or needs a source for something obscure.
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> One of the reasons we HAD to pick paint BEFORE knobs is due to the cost and range of paint. My boxes have TWO different powdercoats per box.
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> I knew beforehand just what colors i wanted BUT not every shade of every color is available unless you have someone like tiger drylac make a custom color for you( which means you have to buy a lot of it) or use a two stage paint (Which would have meant four stages which adds to time and cost.
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> So...I had to spend a lot of time to find the colors I had envisioned.  I had to see samples from three or four different paint houses and I think in the end I may have confused some people.
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> just finding the right lime green took forever (you'd think lime green would be easy to source)
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> so in the end, it just seemed easier to have the knobs made second, since they were going to make them to match the color samples i gave them (which had already been ordered as paint)
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> but yes, the pcb was made to fit the box. the box dimensions were determined long, long, ago as the control layout came before the board.
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> sure makes me miss the proto-typing stage ;)
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> On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:24 AM, Paul Perry wrote:
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>> My advice to budding manufacturers:
>> Buy the knobs first.
>> Then make the boxes.
>> Then, go for the PCBs.. because it is a LOT easier to make the box match the knob,
>> and the PCB fit the box, than the other way around...
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>> This is what makes DIY fun, and manufacturing NOTfun..
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>> paul perry Melbourne Australia
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>>> Especially if someone has synesthesia. I can't bear to look at some
>>> hardware, it's just too ugly.
>> .. that should be SYNTHesia, surely??
>> An argument for 'blind' listening tests, if ever I heard one.
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