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Opinions on microswitches and soldering please
lilshawn:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 28, 2012, 11:54:12 am ---
The biggest issue for me is that if I need 24 QDs I will always have 22 in stock. Always.
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guess i'd solder 1 switch then. :lol
Given the choice i'd crimp...but I fix arcade machines out in the field so being able to quickly change a switch is a plus.
sadly 90% of the switches out there are soldered. so it's moot for me.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on June 28, 2012, 02:31:14 pm ---sadly 90% of the switches out there are soldered. so it's moot for me.
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How does that stop you from clipping the wire, crimping on a QD, filing the extra solder off the tab, and slipping the QD on?
Mysterioii:
Could be an issue if there wasn't much slack in the wires since by cutting it off you're shortening it a bit, but it wouldn't take MUCH slack so I wouldn't expect it to be a problem. Would just be a hassle though, another hoop to jump through. And maybe the owner of whatever machine you're field repairing would expect you to be consistent with what was already on there.
I wouldn't have thought of filing off the solder, I'd have used an iron and a solder sucker, but if you didn't have an iron handy then yeah that's a fair compromise.
BadMouth:
Not quite silent, but probably as good as it gets without going to leaf switches
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=92&products_id=346
or
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/microswitches/3-20-gram-micro.html
You'll still have the button plunger against the housing sound if you slam them.
I have the GGG ones.
They are a little narrower than cherry switches.
Had to put a shim beside them when using them in a Sanwa JLF joystick.
The width doesn't make much difference for buttons.
The only thing I have to add to solder vs QD is not to use a crappy $5 crimper/wire stripper if you go with QDs.
Pick up a cheap ratcheting one from harbor freight or elsewhere.
nakeworks:
Thanks for the tip on the ratcheting crimper.
PL1: I think it was you who made a thread about your comparison that I read thru but when I talked to GGG I was told that I could only get premium Soft-touch by ordering buttons. I don't need buttons. Was there less click with the micro-leaf?