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Howard_Casto:
Yeah they are probably going to spin around fairly easily, thus why I said the hexagon lip was an odd choice, but nobody listens to me.  ;)

The whole reason button lips are generally round is so that their aren't any pesky alignment issues like this.  There are ways around it... you can sometimes cut notches in the hole where the clips would hit, but without a cnc-ed panel that is kind of hard to do. 


Like I said, it just isn't a very well-designed button.  I get the feeling that the people working on it don't have much experience with real (read suzo/wico/happ)  arcade parts. 

pinballjim:
One drop of hot glue is going to fix any spinning around problems (which are going to be non-existent unless you deliberately try to spin them)

Mysterioii:
Honestly I've never used the clip-in style that require a thinner panel, I've just got a 3/4" MDF panel so I use the threaded/nut style.  If these clip in nice and tight then I agree they'd probably be fine.  If they're at all loose I imagine they'd turn.  Like if you were ever wiping smudges off your CP or whatever.  But again, I've never used them so I don't know.

I guess I just don't like the aesthetics of the hex design there, but I have a box full of buttons already waiting for my eventual CP rebuild so it's a non issue for me.   :cheers:

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 01, 2012, 09:41:28 am ---Yeah they are probably going to spin around fairly easily, thus why I said the hexagon lip was an odd choice, but nobody listens to me.  ;)

The whole reason button lips are generally round is so that their aren't any pesky alignment issues like this.  There are ways around it... you can sometimes cut notches in the hole where the clips would hit, but without a cnc-ed panel that is kind of hard to do. 


Like I said, it just isn't a very well-designed button.  I get the feeling that the people working on it don't have much experience with real (read suzo/wico/happ)  arcade parts.

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I was trying facetious but I guess I needed a smilie for that.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing on that last part. I'm thinking it's a fan with no real experience or real world background. Interesting ideas but execution needs more work.

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