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shawnzilla:

This was one of the first lines of inquiry that I opened in my search. The manufacturer was not able to deliver as promised.

I'm definitely talking about better colors than those buttons (and concave, not convex like the ones that centsible has).


--- Quote from: Gozur on January 24, 2005, 09:41:35 pm ---

How much different in color and design are we actually talking about these being different that the translucent microswitch buttons that are already available from
Centsible Amusements ?

Any one used these? Perhaps the manufacturer that they use are open to design change or different material options if the color or quality of these are sub par.

-Goz

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spidermonkey:

http://www.suzo.com/suzo/catalogue.asp?nG=271

Shawnzilla, Wico gets the majority of their stuff from Suzo and Suzo does happen to sell the same exact buttons. Suzo is a manufacturer even though they sell other manufacturer's stuff too. I guess you would have to e-mail them. If they don't make them then they may be able to lead you to the actual company who makes them. Arcade parts are sometimes very hard to trace back to the actual maker of the part since there's usually so many middle men and distributers. Hell, I just found out the other day that Siemitsu is the company who actually made the LS-30 rotary joysticks used by SNK and Tradewest. For years I was told that SNK manufactured the LS-30 sticks themselves only to find that they bought them from "Siemitsu" (an Asian arcade parts manufacturer) "Go figure" :-\

shawnzilla:


--- Quote from: spidermonkey on January 30, 2005, 01:12:51 am ---http://www.suzo.com/suzo/catalogue.asp?nG=271

Shawnzilla, Wico gets the majority of their stuff from Suzo and Suzo does happen to sell the same exact buttons. Suzo is a manufacturer even though they sell other manufacturer's stuff too. I guess you would have to e-mail them. If they don't make them then they may be able to lead you to the actual company who makes them. Arcade parts are sometimes very hard to trace back to the actual maker of the part since there's usually so many middle men and distributers. Hell, I just found out the other day that Siemitsu is the company who actually made the LS-30 rotary joysticks used by SNK and Tradewest. For years I was told that SNK manufactured the LS-30 sticks themselves only to find that they bought them from "Siemitsu" (an Asian arcade parts manufacturer) "Go figure" :-\

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Thanks for that information! It may come in handy should my line of inquiry fail through IL.

mr.Curmudgeon:


Don't know what button mold you're using for inspiration, but if it's possible, my suggestion would be to stay as close to the Happ Microswitch Pushbuttons. In fact, I think it'd be cool if the translucent buttons you're trying to make were interchangeable with the Happs buttons. From a design stand-point, the color options increase exponentially. I could have a translucent plunger in a colored Happ bases, etc... for more fit n' finish options.

Just thinking out loud. I have no idea if this would be a patent infringement or whatever.


mrC

scooter:


--- Quote from: tetsujin on January 24, 2005, 01:46:09 pm ---it seems as though one could build a microswitch housing to fit these buttons, right?

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Actually, they already exist, sort of (maybe not exactly what you are referring to as these are more of a "mount" as opposed to a "housing.").  They were made by Nintendo and you can occasionally find them for about $1 each on eBay.

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