Agreed.
He has a device that is operated though 100% of it’s tolerance. Finding one that is better than 20% at full scale is really picking nits. On the other hand he will have plenty if spares.
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Pot doesnt have enough thread.
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He has a device that is operated though 100% of it’s tolerance. Finding one that is better than 20% at full scale is really picking nits. On the other hand he will have plenty if spares.
Plus he probably got the whole lot cheaper than if he went to an actual store and bought just one. Walgreens wanted $6 for a battery for my humidor hygrometer. I got 10 for $4 from Amazon.
Well can’t argue with that, especially if the pots take eight weeks to get here. AKA coming from China.
Maybe it’s a good thing he bought in bulk.
Nahhhhh, but it seems like he might be in Japan, and there you can find anything.
actually I am in Ukraine. I am from Japan and go back there once every 3-6 months. The problem is that I can't afford not to get several same things like this pot. If it doesn't work correctly, I have to wait yet another 3-6 months before I can get it. There is no way I can find these in Ukraine. I can get practically anything illegal, but not this kind of pot.
Also Alpha seems to have stopped production of this solid shaft B50K pot and I have a bad feeling, the thickness of the body will continue to give me this problem in the future if I ever get rough with turning the pot too strong or too fasat.
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Amazon Japan was selling them in a batch of 5 and 2, so I figure why not. The reviews on it were actually not too great. Two of the guys were saying that it made static noise when they turned it. So I just couldn't take the risk.
As to those .28 cents pots, incredibly its gotten better review than the Alphas.
Most likely the last batch of Alphas, Amazon Japan is selling.
I would have to go to Akihabara and deal with all the maid café mini skirt girls and shady art gallery mini skirt women. God only knows how much I would waste with those girls......
Not to mention the train ticket would cost me 1980 yen plus green car ticket for 950 x 2 at 1900 yen. So I would be spending close to 36 bucks just to get a 3 dollar or .28 cents pot!!!!
I find it hard to believe with all the European manufacturers, there isn't a more readily available and local source nearer to you. Out of curiosity, how expensive are shipping/customs rates from the US to Ukraine? And the time frame? I wouldn't be opposed to sourcing small parts and shipping them to you in the future as long as it didn't cost me a small fortune.
If you have to use a split shaft pot, use an old credit type card cut to size of slit on shaft, it fits like a glove and the screw won't wreck the shaft. hope it works out for you.
It's bad. Thomann has a flat fee of something like 50 euros. From the USA, shipping to Japan is a little cheaper than shipping to Ukraine.
I looked into this stuff from Europe and no one seems to be selling that solid shaft B50k. 50K is just difficult to find.
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Forgot to add, thanks for your kind thoughts. If there is anything I can do for you while I am in Japan or while I am in Ukraine, let me know.
Not that I recommend anyone to visit Ukraine, if you are ever in these parts of the world (including Japan), let me know. If you visit, at least you'll know why it's called Zookraine. LOL
I'm not doubting you, but it still seems odd to me no one has them. You must have my kind of luck!
I bought a couple of cheap Alpha pots recently from Parts Exspress. Buck and a half each and 6 or 7 (USD) shipping.
Cheap pots were OK in this instance because they were not used in anything critical. Of course I purchased some other stuff which made the flat shipping more worthwhile.
I don’t know if P.E. ships out of the US or if it would be costly, but something to look at.
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i actually make it a point of installing set screws on split shafts. Just make sure the screw lines up with the split and you're good to go.
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Relax then, since you have some time to figure out where to find the pot. Even if it's out of production, some surplus warehouse will have it for the next 50 years. You don't even need an Alpha pot. You need a pot which is the same physical size and shaft type, and has the same ohmic value and taper. That's all.
Your success will be determined by your search skills in this case.
Yep. I do it all the time also. I like @whamni credit card trick to. Better use for them then running up the total.
In Ukraine, what they lack, they just make it up. I have an amp set at 115volts. It's 230v over here. I accidentally plugged it in and blew it up.
So much smoke came out and I though it was toast. Well I brought it to the authorized dealer and the tech there told me to give him a few days to sort stuff out. Well, after searching the internet, he got a bunch of stuff together and fixed my amp. I can't tell you the name of the amp to avoid people from getting into trouble, but I called the dealer in Japan and asked if it was fixable and they quoted me 200 bucks minimum and up to 450 bucks if the LCD is gone.
The amp only cost me 700 bucks worth of yen. (the original price is more like 1500 bucks, discontinued and became cheap) Well the guy in Ukraine fixed it for me for 75 bucks and even converted it into a 230v! The guys in Japan said it was not doable. (for all sorts of reason) . It got done in Ukraine.
People just make things up as they go along, which is why stores don't have to carry a whole array of stuff. I once needed washer for the drain plug on my CBR1000RR. I brought some over from Japan. Well they don't sell you this stuff in Ukraine. You have to go to the authorized dealer to get the washer for the plug.
I asked some other riders how they overcame this and they said, '' buddy, we just cut out some aluminum and folded it and drilled a hole''. Another guy said he used an old piece of leather from his beat up boots.
I guess where there is a will..... there is a way.
I just wish there was a way to add more thread to this pot. Something like a sleeve.
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I have wished for this also at times, but alas, the missing material can never be put back. I'd let the pot float (and use it carefully) if I had to use the bass until I got a new one, rather than remove any wood.
