[sdiy] Potentiometer torque

[bbob]

the one batch of pots i got from Futurlec were very stiff, and sticky...
seemed to work ok, maybe they had a wax treatment like this?  but for me it
was a bug not a feature, and i haven't reordered from them so i don't know
if they're consistently like that

bbob

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:04 AM, Mike HEQX <mike at heqx.com> wrote:

> If you dip the shaft and threads in melted ozokerite, it will certainly
> slow down the pot , but won't hurt it. I would do this upside down to
> prevent it from getting all the way inside.
>
> ozokerite melts at a pretty high temp and it is sticky. It's a
> micro-crystalline wax so it does have some lubricity although it feels
> sticky.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On 3/5/2018 11:38 PM, David Moylan wrote:
>
>> Hey all.  I'm looking for a potentiometer that's on the stiff side. I'm
>> trying to use it with a large knob, which becomes too easy to turn with the
>> increased torque of a large knob.
>>
>> Current version is a TT P09x series with rated torque of .5 - 1.25
>> oz-inch.  And a lot of others I'm searching for list "10 to 100 g-cm",
>> which isn't very exact.
>>
>> Real life experience might be the best guide here, so looking for
>> suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dave
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