MOTM

Right now, nothing. Although I found you are more likely to
scratch the smooth paint on the back of the panels than the textured
paint on the front. Unfortunately, the switches do not come with
a front washer like the jacks and pots do.

But, I haven't seen any evidence of scratching the front panel paint
from nut tightning.

Paul S.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
To: motm@onelist.com <motm@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 9:05 AM
Subject: [motm] Re: New MOTM switches found


>From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>
>So, if you put the lock washer behind the panel, what keeps the hex nut on
>the front from chewing up the finish as it is tightened directly against
the
>paint? Or do you hand tighten it, then torque the nut behind the panel?
>
>Dave Bradley
>Principal Software Engineer
>Engineering Animation, Inc.
>daveb@...
>
>> I am happy to report that these puppies hold up extremely well
>>>>IF<<<<<
>> you follow
>> my directions: these have a longer threaded bushing *on purpose*. You put
>> the first hex nut
>> on the bushing *but NOT touching the base of the switch*!! In other
words,
>> unlike the panel pots
>> where we thread the nut until it is touching the body of the pot, we want
>> the nut about 3 turns
>> OFF the base of the switch. The bushing is long enough to then add a
>> lockwasher, pass it thru the hole
>> (thankfully uses the exact same hole!!) and the apply aforementioned
>> MOTM/ISO 9009 test.
>>
>> Free VCO kit to the person who correct analyzes the
>> aforementioned paragraph
>> on why it is done
>> this way. OK, no free VCO kit but satisfaction in engineering
>> problem-solving.
>>
>
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