[sdiy] 16mm pcb pots

David G. Dixon dixon at interchange.ubc.ca
Fri Mar 26 23:53:20 CET 2010


Small Bear carries 16-mm Alpha PCB mount pots in all values, but only the
flush-mount ones.  He only has the edge-mount ones in three values in Audio
taper.  The shafts are smooth, round, and 3/8" long.  Not what you want,
perhaps, but worth checking out anyway?  Here's the link:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=692


> for the life of me, i can't source these pots: alpha 16mm, 100k linear,
> pcb mount, 1/4" shaft.  i can find all kinds of close-but-no-cigar
> (knurled shaft, audio taper, 24mm, wire lug...) but not that specific pot.
> preferably a US supplier.
> 
> fwiw, this is for ken stone's programmer/sequencer... i built one w/ the
> audio taper pots, but it really did throw off the upper half of the range.




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