On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Doug Butler wrote:

*>I am making a handheld device (model train throttle) with a potentiometer.
*>How can I easily add a detent so the user can tell when the knob is at mid
*>scale.  I am thinking about the left-right faders used on stereos that have
*>a detent in the middle, but I don't see pots like that listed in catalogs.
*>Any ideas?

A nylon ball sunk in a hole with a rubber pad behind it and a small hole
(not drilled through) start in the moving part. If this is to be more
manufacturable use a leaf spring on the chassis with a bevel pressed into
it riding an axle that has a notch to match the bevel.

Peter

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