I recently gutted and rebuilt a Bogen CHB-35A, and that went really well and I'm very happy with it. The problem is I used a handful of Alpha pots that I had lying around, and it'd been so long since I started that I forgot that in order to use the outer chassis I need long-shaft pots (~1"). I know these exist - that's all you can get at Rat Shack - but I'm having a hard time tracking them down online. The original pots are all seized and half are the wrong value so no luck there.
I bent a piece of scrap aluminum on a brake into a U so I can at least close up the chassis for now. It looks pretty rough though, so eventually I'd like to put it back into the outer chassis.
Anyone know a source for long, solid or D-shaft pots? I've tried Mouser, Allied, Octopart, AES and eBay with no luck.
Here are some pictures, because why not:

You can see my poor metal-bending skills better in this shot. This was actually my second attempt; I measured, I swear.

And just for pride/shame an "I can't believe it's quiet" rat's nest gutshot.

...though I did finally fix the lazy back-of-the-pot grounding and have tweaked a few values since then. Sorry if the pics are too big but I'm hosting them offsite.
I bent a piece of scrap aluminum on a brake into a U so I can at least close up the chassis for now. It looks pretty rough though, so eventually I'd like to put it back into the outer chassis.
Anyone know a source for long, solid or D-shaft pots? I've tried Mouser, Allied, Octopart, AES and eBay with no luck.
Here are some pictures, because why not:

You can see my poor metal-bending skills better in this shot. This was actually my second attempt; I measured, I swear.

And just for pride/shame an "I can't believe it's quiet" rat's nest gutshot.

...though I did finally fix the lazy back-of-the-pot grounding and have tweaked a few values since then. Sorry if the pics are too big but I'm hosting them offsite.
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