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Old 13th Oct 2019, 7:21 pm   #36
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Default Re: Cretinous idea - The combined volume pot and mains SW.

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler View Post
I found a nice rounded chromed bushing which had once been a part of a kit for mounting a short-shafted ordinary pot as a good-looking panel mounted trimmer in my junk box. It now supports a length of quarter inch nylon rod. The far end is drilled to fit onto the a push-push on/off switch where its button would have gone. The bushing is on the front panel of my preamp and the carefully polished end of the nylon rod protrudes as my mains on/off button. THe end result looks neat, it feels right and all the mains is kept in the PSU area near the back panel.
The geek in me would want to see if I could use the nylon rod as a light-guide, fitting LEDs around the behind-the-panel part, so the polished end glowed when the power was on.

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