[sdiy] Retractable mini pots

[cheater cheater]

aren't the short ones supposed to be used with stalk extenders of some
sort? or knobs that reach through the front panel?

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 4:54 AM Dixon, David via Synth-diy
<synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
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> Well, after reading all of your suggestions and having absolutely no luck finding anything suitable on the web, I have decided to just use regular old boring mini pots.  After all, I typically eschew fancy, fussy things in my electronics work.  The idea is to get something that works with a minimum of fuss and cost.
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> If I do eventually find something, I can simply swap out the mini pots.  I am building the DS-3100 panel in a somewhat modular format, with “islands” of circuitry mounted directly onto the back of the panel.  Hence, it will be easy to change any of the “modules.”
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> My more immediate concern is figuring out a way to mount slide potentiometers to the panel PCBs, given that they are mostly too short.  Why can’t they just make panel components to a standard depth (like mini-toggle switches and pots)?  Why do they make it so hard to build things easily?  That’s not the way I was taught to engineer things.
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