[Juergen]

While building my PPA I noticed that the shaft of the ALPS pot sticks out about 3/4" from the front panel. I have the aluminum knob with the two black rubber rings from Tangent's parts list. With the knob on, the shaft looks to be about a 1/4" too long. All of the PPA's that I have seen only have a small gap between the knob and faceplate. The pot can't be slid back. What am I missing?

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

you will have to cut the shaft, i used a dremel which makes prefectly clean cuts, or any find hack saw would work

[edit]: spelling

 

[Juergen]

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Originally Posted by ProFingerSk8er you will have to cut the shaft, i used a dremel which makes prefectly clean cuts, or any find hack saw would work [edit]: spelling

I never thought of that! Since it's already soldered to the board I probably won't try the hacksaw route (it would probably put too much stress on the circuit board) but I think I will buy a cutting disk for my drill tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.

 

[CBMC]

you can use a hacksaw on the pot even with it already soldered down, but it sure is a whole lot easier to just put one of the metal cutting disks on the dremel.