I use my trusty General Tools brand T-Handle Reamer available from these
folks:
http://www.tecratools.com/pages/service/punches.html( second from the bottom of the page )
A few turns from either side of the front panel will enlarge the hole just
enough to make everything fit and the hole will remain perfectly round.
Use this only on the bare front panel ( without circuit board or pots or
jacks attached ) and do it only over a wastebasket and clean the panel
carefully after - you ∗will∗ generate lots of little pieces of nasty
conductive swarf that need to be gotten rid of. Check the fit with a pot or
jack, treat the holes that need it and then start the front panel assembly.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Tentochi [mailto:
tentochi@...]
-> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:30 PM
-> To: MOTM Mailing List
-> Subject: RE: [motm] 410 panel trouble
->
->
-> The panels were drilled the correct size. I don't think
-> Paul has ordered
-> new '420 FPs recently.
->
-> The problem is paint and tolerance. Because of the paint,
-> the holes get a
-> little too small. I always test fit all of the jacks and
-> pots even before I
-> start stuffing the PCB. The tighter ones I just start
-> wiggling around until
-> the paint is stripped away. You could use a small files or
-> drill bit to
-> gently do the same thing.
->
-> --Shemp
->
-> P.S. I HATE the new reply method!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
->
->
-> > Forgive me if this is known problem. I would email Paul
-> S. directly, but
-> > he is on a much deserved holiday.
-> >
-> > The pots and jacks will not fit in the 410 panel I have.
-> This isn't
-> > because of the way I soldered the Spectrol pots as not
-> even one pot will
-> > fit. The Bourns pots won't fit either. Neither do any of
-> the jacks.
-> >
-> > I tested the same pots with the 800 panel (the only other
-> panel I have
-> > left). The jacks fit, 410 Spectrol pots fit, the pcb
-> Bourns pots from the
-> > 800 kit fit, but the lug Bourns pots from the 410 do not.
-> >
-> > I'm thinking the 410 panel might have been drilled with the wrong
-> > size bit.
-> >
-> > Has anyone heard of this before??
-> >
-> > On a happy note, I assembled the 320 and 820 and they seem
-> to be working
-> > perfectly, including 820 bypass function with my Kenton Pro 4 :)
-> >
-> > Overall, I am delighted with the design, function, build
-> quality, and
-> > detailed instructions, of each kit. I just seem to have
-> run into a dead
-> > end in finishing my 410.
-> >
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