Originally Posted by: RobSm

It is widely recommended to screw a brass washer or the like to a point inside the control cavity and solder all those loose ends to it.

There is a body of opinion that regards this as unnecessary & all the loose ends can be soldered to the back of a pot as in the first diagram.

So its better to solder the loose wires to a washer instead of the back of the pot? This is all just to ground it correct? Sorry if this sounds dumb but i have an extremly vauge knowledge of electronicd. :)