[sdiy] Olde style slider caps

[Steve Lenham]

On 06/09/2014 12:05, Oakley Sound wrote:
> Back in the day, particularly in Europe, slider pots had thick plastic
> shafts instead of the thin metal ones we have now. And it wasn't that
> long ago when we could get hold of slider caps that could fit them.
>
> However, I can't find any now from the usual suppliers. Has anyone a
> source for said slider caps - ones that will fit old slider/faders with
> 2mm wide plastic tangs? US based Selco have some but have a minimum
> order and only a limited range of designs.

I wish I could help, but I went through the same exercise when working 
on a Linn LM-1 and drew a blank. Please post if you find any!

In fact, it's not just plastic shafts that can be awkward - I've been 
looking for knobs to fit a Soundmaster mixer whose faders have 4.8mm x 
1.2mm metal shafts, but all the readily available knobs have either 4mm 
or 6mm slots.

Cheers,

Steve L.