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Eurorack Knob Idea

But it had me thinking about Eurorack and the weird compromises people often make to fit more and more modules into a tiny case. I know a thing or two about tiny synthesizers.

I turned away the threaded section, trimmed the metal tab, and 3D printed a filler piece so the back of the plug is just a straight cylinder to which we can fit a knob. I broke off the lower part of the board, filed the tabs flush, and fitted it over the top half using the possibly superfluous alignment pins, into which I soldered some bits of wire. I would like to patent some of my inventions, one day, but realistically the main thing I'd want to defend my ideas from is people in China churning out cheap copies which is not something I think I could ever prevent.

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