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| PaulG:
Finially a recent purchase I made that I do love: Leaf buttons. But how much space do you guys leave between the button and the 1st switch? I purchased a bunch of buttons from Bob Roberts. Stock mounting comes up way too short (I can't even hit the 1st switch with the button fully depressed... let alone have the two come together in contact). The little shelf where the switches screw into the bracket, however, is grooved halfway up. I put one of these brackets in the vice and hacksawed along this groove. When I mount the bracket and buttons now, the button presses snuggly against the 1st switch. Before I go hacksawing all these bases, should there be some space between the button and the 1st switch. I don't wanna have broken switches after a month of so of use. So I'm wondering if this is a trick to use, or if I need to come up with something else? I guess I could still bend them slightly, but it seems it'd be less stressful to have a mounting system that avoids this. Thanks! P.S. I've got the one button mounted. Played 4 games of Galaga and set records in 3 of the 4 games. Last game I shattered my record and missed a ship in the 1st wave of the second challenge stage (Leaving 16,000 points on the board). God I should have replaced these buttons before. |
| NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: PaulG on July 12, 2005, 06:44:15 pm ---how much space do you guys leave between the button and the 1st switch? --- End quote --- I leave absolutely none. I want the button pushing the switches as soon as it leaves the top position, or there's no real reason to go with leafs. I actually build custom mounts for my leafswitches, similar to what Williams used to do. They had the switches screwed straight to the bottom of the CP. I use little blocks of wood to position the switches at just the right height for the button to rest on the first leaf. Once I have that set, I bend the other one until it requires almost no movement on the part of the button to close the switches. |
| RayB:
You should have no space at all, and the first leaf should not be bending. The reason you have a gap is probaly one of two reasons: A. You bought "short" push buttons when you really need the "long" or B. You got leaf switch holders made for a metal panel instead of the ones made for wood. |
| PaulG:
Cool. I don't know why there's such a huge gap stock. I bought the long button packages from Bob Roberts (So you'd think they'd fit better). But like I said, if I hacksaw the little mounting tower along the groove, remount the switches, the button is then flush against the first switch. Just didn't wanna do it to all the bases if it wasn't supposed to be that tight. Thanks. |
| ericball:
There's a pix in my Wico Leaf post http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=23957.0 |
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