Analogue-sequencer

Well i shocked myself when i sat down to start on my P3 kit and 
finished damn near all of it in one weekend!
Now i'm pissed because i thought it would take much longer so dont 
have all the switches etc to get it running....ahhh so close but not 
quite ;(

Anyway I'm kicking myself because i left it too late to buy one of 
colins printed sets so i started doing some hunting online and am 
having trouble ordering the 22 cherry switches and caps i need here 
in australia...the minimum order i can find is for 100!

So i was wondering if anyone by any chance has a set of the printed 
caps and swicthes for sale...unlikely i know or alternatively if 
someone can let me know a place with good pricing that will ship 
overseas and accept an order of 22 switches.

Also if anyone has done printed caps apart from colin i'd be 
interested.

thanks heaps
Brett

Hi guys

im still struggling with getting these over here :( can anyone help 
with a suggestion?

thanks
Brett

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "bambam4236" 
<hotbambam@...> wrote:
>
> Well i shocked myself when i sat down to start on my P3 kit and 
> finished damn near all of it in one weekend!
> Now i'm pissed because i thought it would take much longer so dont 
> have all the switches etc to get it running....ahhh so close but 
not 
> quite ;(
> 
> Anyway I'm kicking myself because i left it too late to buy one of 
> colins printed sets so i started doing some hunting online and am 
> having trouble ordering the 22 cherry switches and caps i need 
here 
> in australia...the minimum order i can find is for 100!
> 
> So i was wondering if anyone by any chance has a set of the 
printed 

> caps and swicthes for sale...unlikely i know or alternatively if 
> someone can let me know a place with good pricing that will ship 
> overseas and accept an order of 22 switches.
> 
> Also if anyone has done printed caps apart from colin i'd be 
> interested.
> 
> thanks heaps
> Brett
>

> im still struggling with getting these over here :( can anyone help 
> with a suggestion?

Have you taken a look at digikey.com? They stock Cherry keys.

For keycaps, have a look at xkeys.com under the 'accessories' sidebar
item. Their caps have clear lenses that snap on top, so you'd be able
to print out some custom labels.

Mark

Previously:
> im still struggling with getting these over here :( can anyone help
> with a suggestion?

It looks like I'm finally getting a set of P3 boards.  (Yay!)  Now I'm
going through the archives, looking for information just like this.
Did you ever find a solution?

Also, I recently bought the "stooge" panel business, and I'm thinking
of making an MOTM-style front panel for my P3, with the same textured
black paint.  Anybody else interested in something like that?

Doug

http://www.analognotes.com
http://www.stoogepanels.com

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Doug Wellington" <DougWellington@gmail.com>
To: <analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [analogue-sequencer] Re: where to buy cherry switches and 
keycaps

> Also, I recently bought the "stooge" panel business, and I'm thinking
> of making an MOTM-style front panel for my P3, with the same textured
> black paint.  Anybody else interested in something like that?


Depending on price, I'd be interested.     I've been sitting on a kit for 
quite a while that I'd like to assemble... I just don't have the time for 
doing the metal work at the moment (and I was too poor when Colin was 
selling his chassis)

Dave

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Wellington"
<DougWellington@...> wrote: 
> Also, I recently bought the "stooge" panel business, and I'm thinking
> of making an MOTM-style front panel for my P3, with the same textured
> black paint.  Anybody else interested in something like that?

One of my P3s does not have rack mounts. Would your design include
rack mounts or use the existing P3 rack mount solution?

-Jim

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On 12/18/06, Jim Combs <jwcombs@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> One of my P3s does not have rack mounts. Would your design include
> rack mounts or use the existing P3 rack mount solution?

I was thinking at first that I would just make a full width panel with
rack mount holes in it.  Then I started thinking that I might want to
be able to put wooden panels on the end and use it standalone...

Either way, the silkscreen(s) will be the same, so I should be able to
make either style easily...

Doug

http://www.analognotes.com
http://www.stoogepanels.com

Hi Doug

I ended up getting the switches from mouser as they were a better 
price than anything i could find locally in australia. The price was 
pretty low so i even invested in spares. i can try to dig up the 
part number from mouser if you need it. Colin did pass on the 
following which is the actual cherry part #
"The ones I used are MX1A-11NN, which the datasheet says 
are "Standard force, linear, face plate mount".

RE the keycaps I hunted and hunted and found a local supplier who 
had nice low profile ones with clear windows for adding labels. 
There are pics of my unit in the photos section....mine have brettm 
as a name. If you like them and are stuck for a supplier local to 
you i can see if i can source you a set from the same supplier and 
ship them to you, they are very light so i doubt the cost would be 
much for shipping.

cheers
Brett

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Wellington" 
<DougWellington@...> wrote:
>
> Previously:
> > im still struggling with getting these over here :( can anyone 
help
> > with a suggestion?
> 
> It looks like I'm finally getting a set of P3 boards.  (Yay!)  Now 
I'm
> going through the archives, looking for information just like this.
> Did you ever find a solution?
> 
> Also, I recently bought the "stooge" panel business, and I'm 
thinking
> of making an MOTM-style front panel for my P3, with the same 
textured

> black paint.  Anybody else interested in something like that?
> 
> Doug
> 
> http://www.analognotes.com
> http://www.stoogepanels.com
>