I dont see any reason why you cant have the pot replaced. Probbly a rather straight forward job.

However if you want to just get it up and running you can either glue/epoxy something to it so you can turn it. Or if you have steady hand, try taking a dremel with the smallest cutting blade possible and cutting a notch in the shaft, then you can turn it with a small flat blade screwdriver.

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