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inserting a large flat screwdriver into the hole from the back of the
panel and giving it a few twists does the trick too, i broke 3 of the 4
board mounted pots on my 420 by "forcing" them through ( a mistake i'll
never make again...) the screwdriver method has worked for me ever since
-nate

Aardvark wrote:

>  I had this with a couple holes on my kits and found when I looked
> real close I could see that the black finish had been applied thicker
> around those holes... I simply used a 3/8 drill bit to clean it out
> the excess and voila the pots fit perfectly! Hope this helps!Al
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>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: mark@... [mailto:mark@...]
>      Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:23 PM
>      To: motm@yahoogroups.com
>      Subject: [motm] 410 panel trouble
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>      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.
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>      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.
>
>      THANX!!
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