Elektron Musical Instruments

Using a screw driver seems to be a bad idea.  Using careful even force
with your finger tips seems to me to be the best way.  I have to keep
this all in mind when I decide to replace my lcd cover (cracked).

I think there are about 8 tight solders on the potentometers.  I would
never think about soldering it myself, unless it's my Fatman.


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "his_nibbs99" <jezjackson@b...>
wrote:
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gene Schwartz <implode7@c...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > From: Joe Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...>
> > > Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 23:46:40 -0400
> > > To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [elektron] oh, I am so stupid
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On May 26, 2004, at 11:10 PM, Gene Schwartz wrote:
> > > 
> > >> I glanced over at my Machinedrum, and I noticed that one of the 
> knobs
> > >> had
> > >> somehow broken clean off.
> 
> A man after my own heart 
> 
> This happened to me (but this happened with 4 knobs)
> 
> What I did was try to lift the Knobs off the potentiometers so I 
> could unscrew the aluminium face plate (there was some dirt behind 
> the LCD which I wanted to blow out) 
> 
> Snap X 4
> 
> The knobs are extreamly tight on the pot shafts and when I tried to 
> lift them with two equally spaced flat head screw drivers, they just 
> Snapped off.
> 
> I am an electrical engineer so I knew this was a case of soldering 4 
> new pots with complete shafts to the main board   :(
> 
> 
> emailed elektron support and the guy there was extreamly helpful and 
> sent me 4 new pots which I have since replaced and all is working 
> well again.
> 
> Do not atempt to do this if your no good with a pro soldering iron 
> and a solder pump, otherwise you'll be very upset (not an easy task)
> 
> email "DE" at support he is one helpful guy 
> 
> 
> Jez 
> 
> p.s. this is the only complaint I have for the MD the knobs a 
> fooking awful, to tight to the shafts and cheap looking. how about 
> some nice pro knobs :)