Hi Ravi,
I had the same problem but reversed.
When the potentiometers axis is in plastic, it is easier to "reduce" it with a paper cutter.
Enlarging the hole is hard to do properly... Do it with a smaller bit and try to enlarge it few by few like with a dremmel...
73,
Yan.
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Le 5 juin 2011 à 20:29, Ravi Miranda a écrit :
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> Hi
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> I happened to use 3 dual ganged pots for an application. :-)
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> However, after fitting it all in I realized that the shaft diameter is not the regular "1/4" but larger
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> While the regular 1/4" knob is 6.19mm approx, the potentiometers that I am using is 6.82mm Standard knobs available do not fit.
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> I tried drilling the knobs, but not very successful as the hole will not be true.
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> Any other ideas :-)
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> Thanks for the help
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> Ravi
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