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| RetroBorg:
I would be interested in these buttons except I hate convex buttons, I wish they made concave buttons in transluscent colours especially now DinoRoger has his LED button project. |
| BillyJack:
I figured that I would hate them too. But I don't. For me, though, it's not as "authentic" anymore with the new-style buttons, but I couldn't resist the translucent action! |
| LoRDDeVO:
Picture of the translucent buttons now this would make that Led light thingie that DinoRoger is creating workwhile |
| spidermonkey:
Yep those are the ones I have but the leaf switches do hog up alot of space. I used two large flourecent lights to light em up instead of individual leds but if Dino does release that software then I'll be forced to put a led next to each and every button. Thats the other thing that sucks with leaf switch buttons as they are designed in such a way that it would be a real pain in the --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- to put a led or miniature lamp inside the button. I've looked at them a thousand times and tried to figure out an easy way to insert a led but the wires from the led get in the way of the leafswitch itself or the spring inside the plunger and eventually the wires would wear through. On the other hand microswitch buttons have tons of space inside for leds. I'll just have to be satisfied with mounting the leds next to the button as close as I can. Thats the way Williams and other companies did it anyway. They just don't glow that bright when the led is mounted next to them. Especially the green ones. Even though they're translucent the light has a hard time getting through just because the shade of green that is used is so dark. Same with the dark blue ones. Orange,red,light blue and white let much more light through. If the room is dark enough all colors light up okay but some better then others. |
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