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webgeek:


--- Quote ---i hope to get some leaf switches, but thinking about it for a few minutes, i realize i'll only need them for players 1-4, and the mouse buttons.  for the admin/coin/start buttons, microswitches should do just fine, since they don't need pressed at a high rate of speed ever, and generally don't need pressed all that often at all.  so clicking noise is minimized, and the "feel" issue is nearly irrelevant for those buttons.  agreed?
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That's probably the approach I will take as well.

Mike

NoOne=NBA=:


--- Quote from: hypernova on September 13, 2005, 04:56:28 pm ---You just have to be able to pick the good ones
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For buttons you want to make sure they aren't ab-USED.
In alot of cases used ones will clean up nicely, but NOS ones are best.

The buttons come in two general lengths.
There are shorter ones for use in metal control panels, and longer ones for wood.
That said, I prefer the shorter ones for my wood CP's.
They take more work to mount than the ones for wood CP's, but you can mount them without the switch-holders.

You will probably need the little spacer piece below the CP because they had a metal CP on top that gave the CP a little more depth than the wood alone.

I will post a pic tomorrow, that SHOULD have been attached to this, but got removed by the "there's been posts made since you clicked reply" thing.



--- Quote ---for the admin/coin/start buttons, microswitches should do just fine...agreed?

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Yes

hypernova:


--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on September 13, 2005, 06:00:52 pm ---ab-USED.
In alot of cases used ones will clean up nicely, but NOS ones are best.

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ab-USED?

TurboC--:

"abused"  !!  ;D

NOS = new old stock.

If I were you I'd use this situation to invent an entirely new leaf switch design that is better than the original and yet takes up 1/2 the space.  You'll make........ hundreds.   8)

NoOne=NBA=:


--- Quote from: TurboC-- on September 13, 2005, 10:36:58 pm ---If I were you I'd use this situation to invent an entirely new leaf switch design that is better than the original and yet takes up 1/2 the space.  You'll make........ hundreds.   8)

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That's basically the idea behind some of the Japanese buttons, similar to the Sanwas.

I'm not sure exactly what system the Sanwas themselves use, but I've got similar buttons that use a reed switch inside the button body, and are activated by a small magnet in the button shaft.
When that magnet goes down far enough in the body of the button, it draws the reedswitch closed, creating contact.

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