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Philco Hippo
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An easy way to overcome the problem of needing a long shaft on a potentiometer or rotary switch is to use a 1/4" shaft coupling and a long shaft.

I bought some shaft couplings on eBay some months back, and I've also seen 1/4" round brass stock on there as well.

I think these are the couplings I bought, but I also think the price has gone up since I bought mine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251377224704

Be careful if you buy 1/4" brass rods. I bought an aluminum rod from Home Depot that was supposed to be 1/4 inch. It wasn't - it was just slightly larger than 1/4 inch, and would not fit into my shaft coupling. I ended up having to cut a shaft off an old control.

But if you're replacing an old worn out control with a long shaft, you can cut that shaft and re-use it, with the coupling, to make the shaft long enough.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
Philco Hippo - by ntsc525 - 02-22-2015, 11:28 PM
RE: Philco Hippo - by morzh - 02-23-2015, 08:37 AM
RE: Philco Hippo - by klondike98 - 02-23-2015, 08:55 AM
RE: Philco Hippo - by ntsc525 - 04-20-2015, 01:18 AM
RE: Philco Hippo - by Ron Ramirez - 04-20-2015, 06:03 AM
RE: Philco Hippo - by ntsc525 - 04-20-2015, 10:38 PM
RE: Philco Hippo - by Arran - 04-25-2015, 01:35 AM
RE: Philco Hippo - by earlyradios - 04-25-2015, 10:57 AM



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