Make Cheap but quality Stepped pot

[voitto]

I've found that by removing the spindle, compressing the spring a bit and greasing the ball bearings  with lithium grease It gives the switch a much smoother lighter action.

Also -  filing the edges of the hole that the ball pushes into with a Dremel helps the switch hit the right spot each time.

Ive just modified 8 of them without problems. If you compress the spring by the right amount they can feel really quite nice!

 

[Jim50hertz]

Link to the switch is dead..,,

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Need a couple of switched pots for a great river mp2  build and this looks ideal

 

[scott2000]

maybe here???not sure though

https://en.uraltone.com/electronic-components/switches/rotary-switches.html

 

[fragletrollet]

Hey Zayance if you could re-upload the pictorial that would be great  8)

 

[peterc]

That would be excellent! Missed this thread originally......

 

[fragletrollet]

Bumpski Assembling a bunch now, although I think I got it right with regards to re-assembly of the switch, the pictorial would be a nice way to double check the wafer sequence and other details that are easily messed up when re-assembling the switch. I've unscrewed this thing so many times now... Or if anyone got a link for some helpful (dis)assembly pictures of similar switches.

Other than the wafers / switch parts reassembly, I am presuming that (the left hand side of ) resistor 1 on the PCB is our ground ref, the singular pin on other wafer is our wiper and the right hand side of resistor no# 23 is the top of our potmeter...?

 

[zayance]

Updated first Post with a link to some pictures, sorry for beeing late at this.