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mahuti:

Radioshack has a bunch of those crazy switches.

Silverwind:

I just went to a local industrial electronics store and picked up some cool 30mm pushbuttons.  Check the phone book to see if there are any electronic supply stores nearby.

BioFreak:

Some good ideas gang, thanks.

I think I'm going to drive around this weekend and hit some hardware and electrical stores.

During all this I also had the idea of maybe using a keyed momentary switch lock, I think it would look really good with the theme of the cabinet,  lots of them on the web but it looks like they are all mass distributers, haven't found a place that I can just buy one from, cheap. Anyone using these as power switches or know where to find them in store, in the Massachusetts or New Hampshire area?

Thanks, keep the ideas rolling.
Team BioFreak

namedos:

Internet shops that specialize in computer mods have a large selection of this type of thing.  Xoxide is one and xpcgear is another that I've used.  I went with a Vandal Switch for my power on/off.  Little more expensive than a standard off/on switch but I liked the way it looked.

Mark70:

I think you should look at places that pushbuttons for industrial equipment.  Hydrolic presses and such, which have covered safety switches.

Man, if  you're doing a covered switch or keyed switch, you have to make it look like you're launching a nuke from a submarine.  You know, build a little safe into the side of the cab with two keys in it, two keys have to be thrown at the same time for the push button to be activated.

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