I have a suggestion when someone suggests a vendor.? The idea came to me when Vince found a 1/4" shaft audio pot (great find by the way).
On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 03:39 pm, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
Just heard back from Adafruit. This pot: for $1.50 is an audio taper and has a 6mm shaft (1/4" is 6.35mm).
I've never ordered from adafruit because for the longest time they wouldn't ship usps to me so the shipping was a killer.? I see they finally will ship usps.?? What else should I buy from them?? I'm not talking about the standards I can find anywhere but it seems like each vendor has a few things that are very difficult to source anywhere else.? An example would be the M7 nuts for the chinese encoders that Jameco seems to have the market cornered on.? Like most of us I have paid more in shipping than the part costs just to get something I need only to remember a day later I should have ordered something else or spent more time filling my cart on Tayda to hit $5 than it took to find what I was looking for in the first place.? So my suggestion is this, if you are naming a vendor try to also list a few things that are great cart fillers or hard to find anywhere else.? I realize with everyone chasing different projects this isn't always practical or useful, but it might be.
