Breadboard Potentiometer Housing

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This is a housing for a 17mm-diameter potentiometer that plugs into a standard breadboard. It's a real pain to stick a pot/trimmer on a breadboard, the time you're most likely to need to tweak it. Hopefully this will make it easier for you. To build this, you'll need a pot with a 17mm-wide housing and a female 2.54mm header, such as what you see on an Arduino for connecting shields. These parts can be found cheaply on ebay, for example. Instructions Print the STL cut off two sections of 5-pin headers Insert the headers into the slots in the housing so that the bottoms are flush bend the potentiometer pins 90 degrees downward. insert the pot pins into the header and the pot into the housing put the lid on Optionally, you can superglue the pin headers into the housing, but I made it a tight fit, so that may not be needed. If you superglue, make sure to align the pins on a breadboard first. Print Settings Printer: Monoprice Architect Maker 3D printer Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .4 first layer, .3 following layers Infill: 10%