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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Papyrus">Switches are the main issue here--- pots and jacks work well together, but most of the ‘standard’ DIY switches don’t seem to work from a height standpoint--- neither the mini toggles, nor the submini toggles—and
rotaries- fuhgeddaboudit </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Papyrus"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ColinMuirDorward <colindorward@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 9, 2020 5:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> David G Dixon <dixon@mail.ubc.ca><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dave Brown <davebr@modularsynthesis.com>; info synthcube.com <info@synthcube.com>; jpdesroc@oricom.ca; tom@electricdruid.net; john slee <indigoid@oldcorollas.org>; Synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] My new Moog 960 sequencer clone module project.. slowly but surely ..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone using Song Huei <a href="http://www.song-huei.com/exec/product.php?mod=show&cid=58&pid=R1212N-MetalShaft&lg=E">
R1212N-M</a>?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vertical mount potentiometer, 10mm rise, mechanical mounting points, A, B, C, W tapers available, rated for 15000 cycles.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">10mm rise puts them in the same family as the usual PCB-mount eurorack minijacks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The missing link for me is a nice group of switches to choose from. I'm using more shallow (8mm rise/) subminiature SPST toggles right now, which fit well, but they are not really good quality feeling.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 12:49 PM David G Dixon <<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">That's a good idea if you have the panel at hand. Sometimes, I am making PCBs for a client and the actual panel is in a different country.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">For the pots I use, the solder tabs tend to bend slightly as needed to adjust to the correct spacing. In any case, I lay out all my panels and my PCBs on a strict
0.1" spacing grid, so things generally slip into their respective holes with ease. The most unforgiving parts are switches with two or more rows of tabs, such as DPDT switches. These must be aligned correctly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Dave Brown [mailto:<a href="mailto:davebr@modularsynthesis.com" target="_blank">davebr@modularsynthesis.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 09, 2020 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'David G Dixon'; 'info <a href="http://synthcube.com" target="_blank">
synthcube.com</a>'; <a href="mailto:jpdesroc@oricom.ca" target="_blank">jpdesroc@oricom.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:tom@electricdruid.net" target="_blank">tom@electricdruid.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'john slee'; '<a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [sdiy] My new Moog 960 sequencer clone module project.. slowly but surely ..</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">I do this for all panel components – pots, jacks, switches, and LEDs. I’ll tack solder just one lead so I can get the panel on and everything aligned.
Typically the pots aren’t quite at the right height and this puts stress on the phenolic which can crack. Once the panel is on I reflow the jacks, pots, and switches. Sometimes I can hear a “pop” as the pot lead relaxes and it adjusts to the correct height.
I do the LEDs as you described.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Someone once sent me a Buchla 248 with all the switches soldered on with no panel. Of course none of them lined up and it is hard to remove the solder
completely so you can realign. I ended up having to redrill all 35 switch holes oversize and file some to fit.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>David G Dixon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 09, 2020 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'info <a href="http://synthcube.com" target="_blank">synthcube.com</a>';
<a href="mailto:jpdesroc@oricom.ca" target="_blank">jpdesroc@oricom.ca</a>; <a href="mailto:tom@electricdruid.net" target="_blank">
tom@electricdruid.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'john slee'; '<a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] My new Moog 960 sequencer clone module project.. slowly but surely ..</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">LEDs can also be a challenge to solder into panel PCBs as they might not be at the correct height for poking
through the panel. The best way to install LEDs is to first install all of the other components, then stuff the LED leads into the PCB loosely, then actually attach the panel (with at least a few nuts) and push the LEDs into their panel holes while the panel
sits upsidedown on the bench. In this way, all the LEDs are at the correct height. I have also made LED jigs from scraps of PCB material (of which I have many pounds!) that bridge two adjacent components.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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