Alpha pots too easy to turn?! Weird question.

[Joe Hart]

A blindfold and salad tongs would make them harder to turn!
-Joe Hart

Yeah, I'm a laugh riot.
-Joe Hart

[head_spaz]

How about adding a rubber "0-ring" under the knob, and adjusting the "drag" tension by raising or lowering knob height, like a friction brake between the knob and the enclosure? GOT SQUISH?
Automatic Transmission repair shops usually have o-rings by the thousands, and I doubt they'd charge you a dime for a handful of various sizes.
For standard size pots and philco/davies style knobs, I use the foam disk that comes on top of the stack when buying DVDs in the  bulk / cake box.
Or... put some RTV silicone in a syringe, and form a bead around the bottom of the knob.

The high friction pots from weber are huge, RV4 series knockoffs.

[Nitefly182]

See if he wants to spring for PEC pots, i've found they have much stiffer feel then those silky smooth Alphas. (After he sees the cost of the PECS he should feel better about spinning the Alphas.)

dave

I've found that RV4-style pots generally have a looser/cheaper feel than a $1 alpha. Quality aside they actually feel quite cheap when you are turning the knob and not seeing those gorgeous stainless backs and sealed terminals

[Quackzed]

The felt washer-ring, installed before the knob well adjusted [for pressure to clamp the felt pad between the knob and the enclosure surface, works well.

How about adding a rubber "0-ring" under the knob, and adjusting the "drag" tension by raising or lowering knob height, like a friction brake between the knob and the enclosure? GOT SQUISH?
Automatic Transmission repair shops usually have o-rings by the thousands, and I doubt they'd charge you a dime for a handful of various sizes.

ive done this with rubber 0-rings, and with nice tight grip pots /or screw tightened pots it works well, as well as gives a nice little 'buffer zone' for stepping on pots!
+1 on these ideas and your finicky friend may just like the 'boutiqueness' of padded knobs.

[John Lyons]

+1 on these ideas and your finicky friend may just like the 'boutiqueness' of padded knobs.
And think of the tonal benefit.  You better charge a little extra for this. 

[darron]

+1 on these ideas and your finicky friend may just like the 'boutiqueness' of padded knobs.
And think of the tonal benefit.  You better charge a little extra for this. 

I found using felt padding wasn't very good for fuzzes. They sounded too... Wooly...