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| veedub565:
--- Quote from: Fraser on October 12, 2020, 10:07:59 pm ---I presume the OP knows that the whole front button panel may be removed from around that pot nut to provide better access ? There are the main corner screws and some tiny screws scattered around the label that hold it in place flat. Fraser --- End quote --- I guessed it was possible to remove the front button panel, wasn't something I especially wanted to do though if I could help it. I wasn't sure if it might have been glued or stuck down in some way (as well as screwed) and then I'd have difficulty getting it to look right afterwards. --- Quote from: ChuckDarwin on October 13, 2020, 07:15:18 am ---Search for an "X-Key Repair Tool" on your favourite auction site or supplier. Cheap (in all respects), multiple fitments, easy to mod. Small bent needle nose to work parallel with the nut rather than from above work well, too. --- End quote --- This worked in the end (X-Key tool) Many thanks for all the suggestions. I have now bought myself a dremel so I can at least have a go at making a tool for obscure things like this in future. |
| TerraHertz:
Too late, and not really helpful... :) This is a tool I made from scraps, for lens retaining rings and also slotted nuts like that. The working points are small hardened steel rods, that can be ground down to suit whatever. |
| CatalinaWOW:
Also too late, but a watch case opener tool (widely available for well under $10) will work in many cases. If the pot shaft is too long you will need custom pins, but these are easier to make than some other options for tool making. |
| coppercone2:
I made one by cutting a slot in a stainless tube and gluing it into a dowel, excellent strength. You dip a little bit of ink (i recommend the marker pen sold in the electrical section of a hardware store) on the elevations and carefully touch the tube to transfer the ink. Then use a file or mill. If you buy 5 feet of thick dowel and a can of polyurathane spray you can make a shit load of good handles for anything you want save for hammers. About 10$ investment for 10 handles. |
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