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Getting leaf buttons into 1-1/8" metal CP hole?
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quarterback:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 02, 2006, 07:13:35 am ---I would pick a sample button and sand it down as a test (is easier to chuck the button if you decide to go another way).

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That's my thought.  I've got all these red white and blue buttons that I'll probably never use, so I figured I'd just sand/file them down until I got them to fit, but the translucent ones I've just ordered... well, I'd rather not ruin them, so I figured I'd see how the opaque ones went.  My concern here is that the physical plastic of the two types of the buttons are different and may not react the same.


--- Quote from: Stingray on February 02, 2006, 02:03:50 pm ---Hello... Metal file... 30 seconds.
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Easy for you to say, it's not your metal cp.  As I've stated, I'm not interested in a lopsided hole, and without a circular metal file that's large enough to completely fill the hole, I'm not sure that taking a metal file to the edges is going to work well.

I think the best solution is to file down the buttons and hope for the best.  Of course, this thread may be completely moot.   As I stated in that thread, it's too bad that I just ordered a bunch of non-CP-fitting-leaf-buttons one day before the appearance of the leaf-switches that will attach to microswitch buttons (which WILL fit into my CP)
Kremmit:
You know, a little tiny bit of imperfection when you're enlarging the holes won't ever show, as the button bezel will hide it anyway.

OTOH, if you leave them alone, they'll still be the right size when/if you decide to change to micro buttons.
quarterback:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on February 02, 2006, 11:45:20 pm ---You know, a little tiny bit of imperfection when you're enlarging the holes won't ever show, as the button bezel will hide it anyway.

OTOH, if you leave them alone, they'll still be the right size when/if you decide to change to micro buttons.

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Yeah, as one might guess from the fact that I went though the trouble of installing threaded inserts so my cocktail cab could be disassembled and reassembled (even though I know I'll probably never disassemble it) I like to keep my options open.

I know it may be a little crazy to some, but I'm the kind of guy who doesn't "measure twice and cut once", I "measure twice, ponder the possibilities, measure a couple more times, think about it some more and then finally measure 4 more times before cutting" :)

I started the thread with the hopes that somebody had a great/easy/effective answer that I hadn't thought of yet and now I find myself thinking I may be buying a whole bunch of new stuff from ponyboy instead of trying to jam all my leaf buttons into these holes anyway ;)
quarterback:
I came up with an idea in my sleep last night.  Take a microswitch button (which will fit nicely into the holes), wrap it with some sand paper (silicon carbide perhaps) and spin.  When it spins freely, maybe wrap another layer around until the ~1/16th of an inch of material is gone and the leaf buttons will fit.

Note: I haven't tried this, it just popped into my head as a way to slightly enlarge the hole in an even manner without having to buy any new tools.
NoOne=NBA=:
Emery cloth wrapped around a drill bit should work as well--and be quicker.

You don't need to take a full 1/16" off, unless you plan to keep all the tabs on the buttons.
That's just the next "normal" size drill bit up.
If you take the tabs off, the actual enlargement needed is between 1/64" and 1/32".
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