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Optimal space between Leaf button and switches?
Avery:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 12, 2005, 08:50:33 pm ---B. You got leaf switch holders made for a metal panel instead of the ones made for wood.
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Actually, he's probably using the right switches and holders, but is using a 3/4 piece of plywood or MDF as his CP. (And if it sounds like I might have had some experience here.....)
What I did was assume they were meant for a 5/8ths panel and cut off an 1/8th of an inch from the riser portion of the holder. I have maybe a 16th of an inch of play left. (It's not handy for me to look at right now.)
PaulG:
My CP is 3/4 of an inch. That's what these were supposedly for. But no biggie. The way it conveniently fits by cutting along the groove makes me wonder if that wasn't intentional (Certainly makes cutting a lot easier).
EDIT: Did some measurements to finially straighten things out. Not including the part that sits atop the CP, it measures 1 and 5/8 inch from the underside to the tip (Button fully pressed). The mounting bracket, from the bottom to the very 1st metal switch measures approx. 7/8 inch. 7/8 + 3/4 (CP) = 1 and 5/8 inches. This is the exact measurement of the underside of the button fully pressed. So these measurements equal what I was getting. Fully pressed I could barely touch the 1st switch (let alone make the two make contact.