Author Topic: Leafswitches - Check this out!!!!!!!! (Read 35764 times)

quarterback · « **Reply #80 on:** February 02, 2006, 10:26:20 pm »

Quote from: steptoe on February 02, 2006, 08:29:33 pm

They look good, but, can someone please explain the difference between using a micro and one of these. Excuse my ingorance, (and spelling maybe) Thanks

microswitches click way too much

shags · « **Reply #81 on:** February 02, 2006, 10:55:47 pm »

man..... now i gotta rethink my cp......

being fairly new to this hobby i am AMAZED at the amount of development done by the individuals involved in it.

ponyboy, where can i find your products? i looked on the buy/sell/trade forum but i might be visually impaired cuz i cannot seem to find these on there.

thanks

quarterback · « **Reply #82 on:** February 02, 2006, 10:58:26 pm »

Quote from: shags on February 02, 2006, 10:55:47 pm

ponyboy, where can i find your products? i looked on the buy/sell/trade forum but i might be visually impaired cuz i cannot seem to find these on there.

Linkypoo

It's stickied at the top of B/S/T

Witchboard · « **Reply #83 on:** February 03, 2006, 09:29:16 am »

What is the average frequency of having to adjust leaf switches? I know it's probably based on how much they are used, but I'm wondering how often I need to open my CP to tweak.

mahuti · « **Reply #84 on:** February 03, 2006, 11:17:50 am »

Not often. Really. Unless you are an arcade operator with a room full of leafswitch machines. Then it'll feel like you are constantly adjusting them.

I've never had to adjust my leaf switches on my cabs. Ditto for my electro-mechanical pinball machine... it's got hundreds of leafswitches, and I've never had to adjust them... had to clean some of them when I first got the machine, but not adjust them.

Stingray · « **Reply #85 on:** February 03, 2006, 11:37:32 am »

I've never had to adjust any leaf switches. I guess my cabs just don't get enough use to need any adjustment.

-S

F1r3f1ght3r · « **Reply #86 on:** February 03, 2006, 04:35:18 pm »

I want!!!!

javeryh · « **Reply #87 on:** February 03, 2006, 05:16:14 pm »

How are these wired? One pin to ground and the other to the iPac? Is this correct?

SirPoonga · « **Reply #88 on:** February 03, 2006, 05:16:56 pm »

Did I read right? You couldn't put these on a joystick?

Grasshopper · « **Reply #89 on:** February 03, 2006, 05:53:08 pm »

Looking at the pictures it's hard to see why these wouldn't work on at least some of the microswitch joysticks out there.

ponyboy · « **Reply #90 on:** February 03, 2006, 07:32:43 pm »

I am sure if you do some modification you could get them to work on joysticks.

Ponyboy

markrvp · « **Reply #91 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:01:45 pm »

Ponyboy:

Will these be available for awhile or are there only a certain quantity available and once there gone, there won't be any more?

BTW, I sent you a PM order.

ponyboy · « **Reply #92 on:** February 03, 2006, 08:05:15 pm »

I am not taking pre-orders to make an order. I put my order in a couple of weeks ago.

I ordered plenty. There should be no problems for re-orders.

Ponyboy

Silver · « **Reply #93 on:** February 04, 2006, 07:17:44 am »

Again, sorry if this is dumb - are you only selling the white attachment at the bottom to replace microswitches (ie I assume they have similar shaped clip-on 'bits')? Or are you only selling attachment+button?

pointdablame · « **Reply #94 on:** February 04, 2006, 08:37:26 am »

Quote from: Silver on February 04, 2006, 07:17:44 am

Again, sorry if this is dumb - are you only selling the white attachment at the bottom to replace microswitches (ie I assume they have similar shaped clip-on 'bits')? Or are you only selling attachment+button?

it's just the leafswitch. No button.

bossyman15 · « **Reply #95 on:** February 04, 2006, 10:18:15 pm »

if you ran out of stock of those leafs will you order more?

javeryh · « **Reply #96 on:** February 04, 2006, 10:26:00 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on February 03, 2006, 05:16:14 pm

How are these wired? One pin to ground and the other to the iPac? Is this correct?

Anyone? THANKS.

markrvp · « **Reply #97 on:** February 04, 2006, 10:30:12 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on February 04, 2006, 10:26:00 pm

Quote from: javeryh on February 03, 2006, 05:16:14 pm
How are these wired? One pin to ground and the other to the iPac? Is this correct?

Anyone? THANKS.

Yes, one goes to the Ipac input and the other goes to ground. It does not matter which.

ponyboy · « **Reply #98 on:** February 07, 2006, 06:40:26 pm »

Markvp, I will have plenty in stock.

Ponyboy

edge · « **Reply #99 on:** February 10, 2006, 08:55:54 pm »

RandyT,
Were you able to test these out with your RGB drive?

RandyT · « **Reply #100 on:** February 10, 2006, 09:02:04 pm »

Quote from: edge on February 10, 2006, 08:55:54 pm

RandyT,
Were you able to test these out with your RGB drive?

I can tell by looking at them that it's liable to take a lot of hacking to make them work together, and in the end, it might be a shaky solution.

Probably better off left as an end-user modification.

RandyT

Chiltonh · « **Reply #101 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:23:53 am »

Hi Ponyboy,

I'll take that smooth "Old School" feel of a leafswitch over a microswitch any day! I'd be interested in purchasing at least 25 of them. Please let me know when they're available.

Thanks,
Chiltonh

quarterback · « **Reply #102 on:** February 11, 2006, 11:23:03 am »

Quote from: Chiltonh on February 11, 2006, 10:23:53 am

Hi Ponyboy,

I'll take that smooth "Old School" feel of a leafswitch over a microswitch any day! I'd be interested in purchasing at least 25 of them. Please let me know when they're available.

Thanks,
Chiltonh

You're going to need to (a) go to the B/S/T forum for more info and then (b) PM him

timiskander · « **Reply #103 on:** March 21, 2006, 07:47:49 pm »

Got my switches the other day... 2 days after paying :-)

rock on man

happy customer,
/Tim

ponyboy · « **Reply #104 on:** March 21, 2006, 10:41:26 pm »

Plenty in stock. ORDER UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

$2.15 each.

Ponyboy

Santoro · « **Reply #105 on:** March 23, 2006, 10:09:30 pm »

Update, I was able to mod my Ponyboy Leaf Bracket to work with the RGB-Drive in a clear FXbutton. I will post a quick how-to tomorrow, but I basically needed to drill a hole in the button for the LED, then take a utility knife to the leaf switch bracket. Took me about 2 mins. The integrity of the bracket seems just fine after the mod.

I must say this arrangement kicks ass. YMMV.

Quote from: Santoro on February 02, 2006, 12:56:04 pm

Pure speculation here, but with the 'pins' portruding through the leaf gizmo, if those horizontal bits are supports they probably aren't bearing a lot of 'load.' You might be able to get away without one side.

Quote from: RandyT on February 02, 2006, 12:47:30 pm
Quote from: JoyMonkey on February 02, 2006, 12:39:03 pm
I don't think it would work with the RGB-Drive either.
Unless you took a knife to the top of the fixture (where the RGB-Drive gets installed) here...

It looks like there is a support structure under there. Removing it might be bad/difficult.

Looks like these were made specifically for the button, rather than a generic micro replacement. Which means, they probably wouldn't work for joys either.

RandyT

captainpotato · « **Reply #106 on:** March 24, 2006, 08:14:26 am »

I'm still hanging out for mine to arrive so that I can try Track and Field out... damn, post to Australia always take ages when you want something urgently, it seems

markrvp · « **Reply #107 on:** March 24, 2006, 09:54:47 am »

Quote from: Santoro on March 23, 2006, 10:09:30 pm

Update, I was able to mod my Ponyboy Leaf Bracket to work with the RGB-Drive in a clear FXbutton. I will post a quick how-to tomorrow, but I basically needed to drill a hole in the button for the LED, then take a utility knife to the leaf switch bracket. Took me about 2 mins. The integrity of the bracket seems just fine after the mod.

I see that you posted a bunch of words. However, they are meaningless without a picture.

Santoro · « **Reply #108 on:** March 24, 2006, 10:36:25 am »

I'll try to make them pretty pictures for you, ok buddy?

Santoro · « **Reply #109 on:** March 24, 2006, 12:28:24 pm »

Here you go. I don't have your photography-fu, but it will do I suppose.

Tutorial

markrvp · « **Reply #110 on:** March 24, 2006, 02:42:36 pm »

Good job. Your photography-fu is mighty indeed.

boykster · « **Reply #111 on:** March 25, 2006, 02:10:30 am »

mighty blurry, but we get the drift

Awesome job....I can't wait to get this setup.

quarterback · « **Reply #112 on:** April 01, 2006, 01:51:01 am »

I got some of these leaf switches the other day and just hooked one of them up. Man, it's pretty freakin' cool.

And, for those who spend time 'tweaking' their leafs, I'll just say that the leaf-action is pretty tight right out of the gate. The contacts are already pretty close together so you can get that rapid-fire tapping with no problem.

There is still a slightly different 'feel' to the buttons themselves. I'm guessing it's a combination of (a) the spring in a microswitch button versus the spring in a leaf button and (b) the fact that microswitch button-plungers sit lower in the bezel than leaf buttons do. But there's no doubt that the micro-buttons with these leafs can give you that rapid non-clicky leafy goodness that you might be missing.

Good stuff!

bossyman15 · « **Reply #113 on:** April 01, 2006, 04:48:53 am »

well it felt to hard to press for my taste.

my fiinger became tired after little use.

so i guess its not for me.

whammoed · « **Reply #114 on:** April 01, 2006, 09:29:08 am »

Quote from: bossyman15 on April 01, 2006, 04:48:53 am

well it felt to hard to press for my taste.

my fiinger became tired after little use.

so i guess its not for me.

Do you think its harder because of those plastic "leafs" around the switch or because the leaf switch is shorter...or both?
Did you try removing the buttons spring to lighten the feel?

bossyman15 · « **Reply #115 on:** April 01, 2006, 10:10:10 am »

Quote from: whammoed on April 01, 2006, 09:29:08 am

Quote from: bossyman15 on April 01, 2006, 04:48:53 am
well it felt to hard to press for my taste.

my fiinger became tired after little use.

so i guess its not for me.
Do you think its harder because of those plastic "leafs" around the switch or because the leaf switch is shorter...or both?
Did you try removing the buttons spring to lighten the feel?

Oh I forgot to say that it was without springs but I will paly around with leaf and plastic thingy when I get home from work

quarterback · « **Reply #116 on:** April 01, 2006, 02:39:47 pm »

Quote from: bossyman15 on April 01, 2006, 10:10:10 am

Quote from: whammoed on April 01, 2006, 09:29:08 am
Quote from: bossyman15 on April 01, 2006, 04:48:53 am
well it felt to hard to press for my taste.

my fiinger became tired after little use.

so i guess its not for me.
Do you think its harder because of those plastic "leafs" around the switch or because the leaf switch is shorter...or both?
Did you try removing the buttons spring to lighten the feel?

Oh I forgot to say that it was without springs but I will paly around with leaf and plastic thingy when I get home from work

Interesting, bossyman. I felt like it was the spring in the micro that was causing the difference in the feel. But I haven't pulled the spring out to test that theory.

Perhaps clipping the top piece of plastic would help (although you might then have to tweak the leafs up closer to the button 'activation point') But yeah, the microswitch-buttons don't have the loose feel of the real leaf-buttons. And I do think the 'height' of the plunger plays a part in that as well. I use a more pronounced "smash" when I hit my leafs.

bossyman15 · « **Reply #117 on:** April 04, 2006, 07:34:34 pm »

just clipped off the top plastic. and it felt just right! not too light not too hard!

ponyboy · « **Reply #118 on:** May 01, 2006, 10:45:00 pm »

Check out the Retroblast review!!!

Ponyboy

pointdablame · « **Reply #119 on:** May 01, 2006, 11:37:32 pm »

Quote from: ponyboy on May 01, 2006, 10:45:00 pm

Check out the Retroblast review!!!

Ponyboy

A link for the lazy:

http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/leaf-switch_bracket-04272006-01.html


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