[simpits-tech] Rotary encoder...

[Gene Buckle]

> > Thanks Richard, but the shaft diameter is too large.
>
> 1/8" is a REALLY small diameter for a shaft for something you're going to
> turn.
>
> 3/16" or 4.5mm (about the same) is the smallest I ever saw I think, for a
> rotary or a pot. You may have to settle for sanding that 1/16" off the shaft if
> there's no way to drill or ream the hole in the knob out from 1/8 to 3/16"
>

I think I'll have to stick to my original plan and make a mating collar
out of a 1/2" acrylic rod.  I can use it to adapt 1/8" music wire to the
1/4" shaft of the encoders I already have.

g.