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Re: What COTS parts would you like to see?

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Originally Posted by Knufire View Post
You can do this pretty easy already. Just drill the center of the shaft out to 1/4", hacksaw a slit ~0.75" down the length of the shaft, and put a shaft collar over the slit. The shaft collar will now clamp the potentiometer shaft like a collet would.
Yeah, but if it had the pwm cable pre-attached, like most VEX EDR electronics do, then it would be a lot easier to wire. That's mainly what I was getting at.
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