Creating new gaskets for the SH 101 seemed like a natural extension of the work I had been doing to recreate the Juno 106 and Juno 6 sets. I didn't think it was going to be too hard and so set about dismantling my newly-acquired SH 101 to see what needed to be done. When I was at boarding school in the 80s, a cousin and friend of mine had his very own SH 101 (jealous much). Actually come to think of it someone it the year above me had a Juno 6 (even more jealous much). Anyway. Now I had my own I wanted it to be just right.

The other reason I thought I should try making my own gaskets was down to frustrations with international shipping! Try buying parts from the US or the EU and you end up waiting ages, and paying a fortune in shipping charges. I figured I could setup something for UK clients with reasonable postage delivered in a few days. 

Anyway, back to the design process. After around 5 sampling rounds with paper templates and back and forth with the laser cutting guys, I got it licked. I wrote a short blog about it here. I realised that I wasn't going to just copy the original design without question. The inside of the top case has ribs running laterally. The original gasket was 1 whole piece and it sort of 'draped' over these ribs. It wasn't a great look and functionally (which is what really matters) I knew I could improve it. 

I also developed a set of circular gaskets to help cover the holes around the rotary pots - I figured that if dust is going to get in through the sliders, it's going to get in around the knobs!

When it comes to installing I'm simply going to share what worked for me. I'm not going to say it's the only way, but the dimensions and cut of the gaskets that Junoparts has produced means that you have some tolerance to work with, and some scissor work to do too.

Here's the downloadable PDF installation guide. Do let us know if it's helpful.

You obviously need to start by dismantling the case. There are a lot of Youtube tutorials on this so I won't repeat them, but I will say that the sequence you put everything back together is important. 

Do you need to be a synth tech to do this? I don't think so. You just need to have a bit of confidence and be methodical.

Once you've got the front case off, and you have removed the old gaskets (if they haven't already crumbled that is) give the inside of the case a good clean whilst you are there.

The two long strips we provide are designed to be cut to size and into sections. You can line up the gaskets on the left hand-most edge, and press hard down on the rib to make an impression. Do the same for the two main sections. You can then cut the foam and using a bit of trial and error, get the width you need for each section.

I mounted the foam using double-sided tape (this sort of thing - Amazon link) to put a small amount of adhesive on the foam, and. then set it in place. You can use small dabs of PVA glue, just don't use anything that is going to dissolve the foam - like UHU and the like.

As mentioned previously you have 5 circular gaskets which are sized for the rotary pots. You've also got 2 round gaskets for the 2 metal switches on the lower panel.

The switch gaskets are easy to install, just slip them into place - but the rotary pot gaskets need a little more coordination as they can slip off. The best way I found is to have the top case facing up, and bring the panel board up into the holes.

Please do get in touch if you have any issues or questions - I'd be happy to help where I can.