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Homemade Potbox
OK, so I was bidding on this terrific foot pedal/pot box. That dang thing got ripped from me at the last second! oh dear! I was going to buy a PB-? (maybe PB-5 but I'm not sure) for my 1204-412 curtis controller. Well that's $100. Plan B! I'm making it homemade. I'm also going with the $2 radio shack 5k pot. I'll put up the pictures of my prototype when I'm done. Total cost will be about $5. I made a really crappy round piece of wood that I drilled through that will sit on the post of the Pot. I'll fasten the Pot to a piece of sheet metal (or hard plastic) which will be fastened to a short piece of 2x3 wood. The purpose of the round wood is to increase the diameter of the pot post so that it's easier to turn and a wire attached to the wood will have a linear range that is the same as the range on the gas pedal from all the way up to all the way down to the floor. There will be another wire attached to a spring that will keep the pot in the "off" state until the pedal is depressed. I just need to make it look nice enough so that an inspector ignores it. Pictures to follow!
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