MOTM

Ok, boys and girls, it's time to finally ship the MOTM-485!

The first 30 kits will ship from me while Paul H. is goofing off in Canada on 
his "vacation". Which of course means none of the kits he has will ship until he 
returns around Aug 10th.

Meanwhile, the 2 of us have looked ahead and have placed parts orders for all 
the kits so that they will be in stock, enough to last until December. So, we 
should be able to hold < 1 week ship time for the rest of the year.

The '485 kit has a CDROM, it's still very much a 'work-in-progress' (the CDROM). 
Later in the year, much content will be added, I'm going to re-edit all the 
manuals to clarify things like via holes, and add some color pictures and audio 
files. Those with the current CDROM can sell it as 'vintage' on eBay.

I have '300 kits in stock, but the '310s are waiting for the tempco resistors. 
KRL Bantry is falling behind in orders (they laid off too many folks last year, 
paying for it this year) but the order is arriving Friday and I turned right 
around and bought 150 more.

I will have these 30 all shipped by Wednesday of next week. Then attention turns 
to assembled backlog (#1 priority) and getting the MOTM-650 and MOTM-730 shipped 
(digital goodness!). I am also finishing up schematic capture of the MOTM-810 VC 
ADSR, and waiting to get my "design package" for the MOTM-460 MuTron Bi-Phase 
clone.

Paul S.

While you're updating the manuals, you might want to add a warning (however
obvious it seems to me in hindsight) to prevent people from making the same
bonehead move I did last night. I was tightening the panel nuts for the
pcb-mounted pots on my 300, and got a little overzealous and (look of
embarrassment), ripped one of the pots right off the board. Of course the
leads stayed put, but the pot came right off. Luckily I had an extra from
another unbuilt module, but that one will need replacing when I get around
to it. Anyway, that's a $7.00+ mistake that I hope no one else will have to
make. 

I'm still not quite sure what happened, as the pot was flush to the PCB, and
I thought I had the board and bracket and everything tightly assembled as
spelled out in the instructions, but alas... Anyway, I hope others learn
from my mistake.

-Chris

On 7/28/05 12:04 AM, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:

> Ok, boys and girls, it's time to finally ship the MOTM-485!
> 
> The first 30 kits will ship from me while Paul H. is goofing off in Canada on
> his "vacation". Which of course means none of the kits he has will ship until
> he 
> returns around Aug 10th.
> 
> Meanwhile, the 2 of us have looked ahead and have placed parts orders for all
> the kits so that they will be in stock, enough to last until December. So, we
> should be able to hold < 1 week ship time for the rest of the year.
> 
> The '485 kit has a CDROM, it's still very much a 'work-in-progress' (the
> CDROM). 
> Later in the year, much content will be added, I'm going to re-edit all the
> manuals to clarify things like via holes, and add some color pictures and
> audio 
> files. Those with the current CDROM can sell it as 'vintage' on eBay.
> 
> I have '300 kits in stock, but the '310s are waiting for the tempco resistors.
> KRL Bantry is falling behind in orders (they laid off too many folks last
> year, 
> paying for it this year) but the order is arriving Friday and I turned right
> around and bought 150 more.
> 
> I will have these 30 all shipped by Wednesday of next week. Then attention
> turns 
> to assembled backlog (#1 priority) and getting the MOTM-650 and MOTM-730
> shipped 
> (digital goodness!). I am also finishing up schematic capture of the MOTM-810
> VC 
> ADSR, and waiting to get my "design package" for the MOTM-460 MuTron Bi-Phase
> clone.
> 
> Paul S.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

>
> I'm still not quite sure what happened, as the pot was flush to the PCB,
> and
> I thought I had the board and bracket and everything tightly assembled as
> spelled out in the instructions, but alas... Anyway, I hope others learn
> from my mistake.


You tightened the 4 pcb mounting screws (to the black bracket) first. You
need to do this *after* you tighten the panel pots.

In the older manuals, I will have to check to see if I specifically state
this. I know I do on the last several manuals.

Paul S.

In the '300 manual I have, 7/25/99 revision, page 16, the steps are listed
in the exact opposite order of what you wrote below.

The very last step of the "Attach PC Board to Bracket/Panel" section says
"Remove the hex nuts on VR1 & VR4. For all of the pots, first put on the
flat washer, then the hex nut. Tighten with a 1/2" nut driver."

The step before that said to push the PCB as close to the panel as possible,
hand-tighten nuts on the top and bottom pots, then tighten the 4 KEPS nuts
on the bracket.

Hope this helps,
Chris

On 7/28/05 4:43 PM, "synth1@..." <synth1@...> wrote:

>> 
>> I'm still not quite sure what happened, as the pot was flush to the PCB,
>> and
>> I thought I had the board and bracket and everything tightly assembled as
>> spelled out in the instructions, but alas... Anyway, I hope others learn
>> from my mistake.
> 
> 
> You tightened the 4 pcb mounting screws (to the black bracket) first. You
> need to do this *after* you tighten the panel pots.
> 
> In the older manuals, I will have to check to see if I specifically state
> this. I know I do on the last several manuals.
> 
> Paul S.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

I  plan to order both the 650 and 730.  But the 730 is not on the order 
form yet.

-Richard Brewster

Paul Schreiber wrote:

>I will have these 30 all shipped by Wednesday of next week. Then attention turns 
>to assembled backlog (#1 priority) and getting the MOTM-650 and MOTM-730 shipped 
>(digital goodness!). I am also finishing up schematic capture of the MOTM-810 VC 
>ADSR, and waiting to get my "design package" for the MOTM-460 MuTron Bi-Phase 
>clone.
>
>Paul S.
>  
>