Any matching pointer & control knob ranges out there?

[anotherjim]

I saw this Alembic bass that had matching pot knobs and rotary switch pointer knobs. Not that there are many pointer knobs to be found apart from the ubiquitous chicken head, but I always struggle with this cosmetic aspect. If using rotary switches, I find it quite difficult to legend the panel accurately unless the pointer knob has extra distance at the pointy bit to give more room to place the text. Currently, the best I can do is use a larger version of the knobs for the switches, but they ain't pointers.
Can anyone suggest any supplies? Uk based preferably. Maplin used to have some pointer knobs (black with spun ali caps) that almost matched non-pointer ones, but Maplin are no more and those knobs were not too pretty and the metal caps fell off after a while.
Thanks

[davent]

Davies has a number of (black) pointer options outside of the chicken head. No idea on UK availability.

https://www.mouser.com/Electromechanical/Knobs-Dials/_/N-5g22?P=1yzxmveZ1yzxmuw&Keyword=davies+knob&FS=True

dave

[bluebunny]

Aside: Maplin is returning!

[diffeq]

Thonk seems to have pointer/non-pointer types, some are skirted, yet nice:
https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/parts/knobs/
Haven't seen any other UK suppliers. There is https://www.musikding.de/Knobs but I got no idea about Germany-UK shipping cost.


Slightly offtopic. Another knob-related woe: shaft type. Rotary switches that I can get my hands on only come in R18/"knurled" shaft type. Found some pretty pointer knobs. Great, but they were "set screw" type, which comes loose easily on a knurled shaft. And the other way around, I like some knurled shaft pot knobs, but they won't fit on a those round shaft, right angle 9mm pots.

[iainpunk]

Slightly offtopic. Another knob-related woe: shaft type. Rotary switches that I can get my hands on only come in R18/"knurled" shaft type. Found some pretty pointer knobs. Great, but they were "set screw" type, which comes loose easily on a knurled shaft. And the other way around, I like some knurled shaft pot knobs, but they won't fit on a those round shaft, right angle 9mm pots.

Do the set screws have the pointy or the flat end?.
The pointy ones i usually index the point into the split, so it pushes the two half open, locking them into the plastic. For the ones with a flat side, i bought a bag of replacement screws.

I almost never order knobs online, i salvage them from old appliances or buy them second hand from secondhand stores, where they keep them appart for people like me

[anotherjim]

Yeh, I can get the Davies 1510 style, but only one size...
https://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=94_108_314
They are on my radar because they kind of double for switch or pot control. It would be nice to have 2 diameters so the larger can go on the switches. For projects with closely spaced 9mm controls, 19mm dia is too big anyway, which puts me off stocking them.
So currently I'm going with these...
https://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=94_108_111
Which aren't pointy at all, but at least there's small dia and big dia to choose from.

But I don't know, you'd think if they make a popular style of plain knob, they'd just add a pointy bit to that same design and call it a pointer knob?
There are ranges where you make up a knob from bits and pieces and can have a large pointer skirt. I stay away from those. It does my head in going through the listings of bits, making sure they match and then find one bit you need is on backorder and the cost of it all starts to get stupid. Surely no sane manufacturer is going to use that sort, are they?

Splined shafts for screw fit knobs. If you're lucky enough that it isn't too long for knob, fill the slot with an offcut of plastic or ali'. If you have to cut it down, fill the slot first.

[davent]

I like the Davies 1400 & 1470's, same style different sizes.



dave

[Prehistoricman]

Check out Time Travel Audio:

http://www.timetravelaudio.co.uk/product-category/components/knobs/

[anotherjim]

Thanks I never heard of timetravelaudio before. Not the cheapest, but more comprehensive than most.
Boss style in funky colours! Hmmmm... not that that has anything to do with the question, but hmmmm anyway.

[noisette]

Hi!
High quality, expensive:
https://www.don-audio.com/Knoepfe-Spannzangenknoepfe-Drehknoepfe-Zeigerknoepfe
Ok priced Sifam and Rogans:
https://www.thonk.co.uk/product-category/parts/knobs/
My goto /Germany);
https://www.banzaimusic.com/Knobs/

In case any of it is new to you

[duck_arse]

banzai! that is a lot of knobs.

[anotherjim]

A hell of a lot of knobs indeed. A knob fest. A knobukopia indeed. And yet, I go crosseyed trying to spot pointy ones that match non-pointy, which my quest.

I find pointer knob designs where you can plainly see that if you took the points and/or wings off them, there would be a plain control knob of matching style - but I can't find one at all like that.

[patrick398]

https://www.banzaimusic.com/Eagle/

Maybe these are too small, pretty nice though

EDIT: they come in burnt orange...need I say more

[noisette]

Maybe those and those?
https://www.banzaimusic.com/Indicator-knob-PTR-25-RED.html
https://www.banzaimusic.com/Indicator-knob-RNH-19-RED.html

Old school way is to have simple knob and attach pointer or scale disc to the underside,
like those:
https://www.reichelt.de/steckzeiger-fuer-knopf-14-grau-zeiger-14-1-gr-p42085.html?&trstct=pol_2

Actually check the Mentor brand at Reichelt (german supplier) it may be just what you are looking for?