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| fantoboy:
I got a bar top kit, and I was planning on using Sanwa buttons. But now I see they are pretty shallow. So I can't really use them unless I use a plexi or metal plate on my cp since my cp is made of wood. Is there anything similar to Sanwa or Seimitsu that is made for wood rather than trying to figure out a solution to using these shallow buttons in wood? |
| KIguy:
--- Quote from: fantoboy on April 15, 2014, 01:09:01 pm ---I got a bar top kit, and I was planning on using Sanwa buttons. But now I see they are pretty shallow. So I can't really use them unless I use a plexi or metal plate on my cp since my cp is made of wood. Is there anything similar to Sanwa or Seimitsu that is made for wood rather than trying to figure out a solution to using these shallow buttons in wood? --- End quote --- IL has competition convex buttons with mounting rings/nuts for standard wood panels, at least one of the vendors here sells them. I don't know how they compare to Sanwa though. You could always route out the underside of the panel to reduce the thickness and allow for proper mounting/snapping in of the Sanwa buttons. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
Have you considered using 1/2 inch wood or MDF for the Control Panel? I used Sanwa JLFs and buttons on mine and they worked great (joysticks were mounted from underneath). D |
| fantoboy:
That actually is what I have (Haruman bar top kit). I plan on getting Sanwa JLFs, but I thought the buttons wouldn't be long enough. You're using the screw in ones? http://www.focusattack.com/sanwa-obsn-30mm-screw-button-white/ |
| DeLuSioNal29:
I actually have 2 kinds on my panel: 30mm OBSN (they screw in from underneath) 24mm OBSF (they pop in securely with side tabs for tension) To get the 30mm buttons in you need to drill a 30mm hole halfway from the top until only the center of the drill bit pops out of the bottom. Then you flip it over and drill from the bottom with a larger bit (lining up the drill bit with the center of the hole). (I can't recall what size the bigger drill bit is, but I'll look when I get home). This allows the button to be placed on the top and the larger ring to be screwed on from the bottom. :applaud: As an experiment, I used 24mm buttons for my admin buttons and they were pretty snug in each hole. You can probably get away with using the OBSF 30mm buttons which just pop in and out, just like the 24mm ones. But this other method I mentioned above was so easy I'd just go with that. Hope this helps! DeLuSioNaL29 |
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