Re: Kimouette’s case (A to E conversion)

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I’m not an electronics guy so I can only tell you what other people have listed for their projects. Here’s two different parts for you to review. I’d think the 25k would be fine for MegaDrum. 30mm of travel is the total switch travel, so you’d have 30mm or less of total hihat/pedal travel from fully open to fully closed. Sounds like a lot but it’s not. I’m in the final construction phase of my own, just short a return spring to pull the slider back to fully opened. There’s not a whole lot of room in my project box so I need a very small spring with a lot of coils in order for it to work properly.

I actually thought the most ideal installation would be in between the two HH cymbals, then you’d never see it, and wouldn’t need a project box at all. Somehow mount the slider body in there to the bottom HH cymbal so it’s stationary, then attach/link the slider arm to the top HH cymbal or the plunger pole the top HH is attached to to provide the movement. No wires, springs, etc. necessary as the actual HH movement would totally actuate the slider. My problem was brainstorming a method of installation that wasn’t totally permenant, allowed the HH to be removed from the stand easily, and yet was strong enough to withstand long term use without coming apart. You could probably just epoxy the slider body to the bottom HH cymbal and construct some easily-removable linkange to the plunger pole that way it’s not physically connected to the top HH cymbal which is where you’d get into problems with the easy-to-remove part.

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Christopher Graham