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mounting potentiometer
james_s:
If you have trouble with it loosening up, use a drop of threadlocker, it takes only a very little. In practice I haven't really had problems with that, just tighten it reasonably snug and it will be fine.
Nominal Animal:
The part with the nub is typically zinc, and will easily snap off cleanly using pliers or side cutters.
Instead of thread locker or supergluing the potentiometer to the front plate, I suggest gluing or screwing in small brackets to the front plate on either side of the potentiometer, to stop it from rotating wrt. the front plate. If you have a 3D printer, you can print a small collar with a square (rectangular) hole, and glue that to the face plate. It does not need to be thick at all, a couple of mm suffices. Larger face plate area means the forces will be spread to a larger area, and glue will hold better. It only depends on what you have next to the potentiometer on your face plate.
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