So, most of us have had a hell of a time soldering to the back of a pot (without melting it down) at one point or another...

I was working on a license plate build, when i realized that I didn't need to do that!  It was awesome!  (OK, I have a soldering station now, and soldering pots is a piece of cake... BUT - There are easier ways!

One option is to use Aluminum Duct Tape:  No, not the stuff that has a light side, a dark side, and holds the universe together... that stuff is USELESS on ducting...    I'm talking about the aluminum stuff, with some really agressive adhesive on the other side.  Aluminum is a fantastic conductor!

Here's a pic of a build from last Christmas:

Now I still had to solder the Cap to the pot, and in this case I installed a treble bleed, so there was some pot soldering...  But this is one way to ground your stuff without much effort.   I wonder if that ground area, though not completely surrounding the electronics had any shielding effect...  

Anyway, this worked for me...

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