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Musical Keyboard foot pedal to Gas Pedal conversion?
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bfauska:
I'd be really surprised if it took any more than swapping out the switch inside the thing for a nearly identical one that is NO, even more likely (I think) is that you'll open it up and see that it has a switch with both a NO and NC terminal and you'll just have to swap the wire.  Keep us posted, it's a great idea and I'd love to see it work.
DeLuSioNal29:
Well, the pedal arrived and it looks like it's a "NC" switch.  The contacts are together and when the pedal is depressed, the contacts come apart turning off the switch.  I don't think switching the wires will help.  However, I did place a microswitch inside and it seems to fit (And click) just fine when I closed it back up.  Perhaps I may simply attach it using a hot glue gun or double-sided tape and then wire it to the microswitch.

Thoughts?

~ DeLuSioNaL
bfauska:
It's difficult to tell with the glare, but it looks like you could do some bending/adapting of their leaf-switch to make it work.  If you can remove the leafs at all I think you could switch which one was on top and bend them so they are separate until you push the one with the nubbin down to touch the other.  This way you won't have to mess with the wires. 

Your microswitch idea seems promising too.  Hot glue or epoxy would be easy enough and then you could just unsolder the wires from the existing switch and use some crimps or solder them onto the micro-switch.

In any event it looks like a fairly simple project and an excellent solution to the need for an inexpensive digital foot pedal.
brandon:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 04, 2007, 11:56:18 am ---Unscrew the switch leafs and flip them around until you turn that switch from NC to NO.

Just take them apart and look at them and the solution will reveal itself to you.

Could be just as simple as bending them open a bit. 

Don't over complicate this.



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exactly what I was thinking.. if you could flip the switch and put the white piece on the other side so that it pushed the contact together instead of apart.  microswitch would be fine too if there was room and you could secure it...
DaOld Man:
You know, it doesnt look like it would be a lot of work to build a pedal out of mdf or plywood.
Some angle cuts, a spring, a hinge, and a switch.
But it would be a lot simpler to just buy a cheap one.
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