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GAJoe:

I've tried Yenox, Omron, Zippy, and a few other unlabeled switches and I think I prefer the Cherry brand, maybe just out of habit.  I did Google for an answer, but most places want a dollar per switch.  I looked at Cherry's site, but the matter of finding a distributor seemed daunting.  I was considering Happ's version of a discount at .83 cents a piece for 100, but knowing that Happ usually overcharges for everything I figured there might be cheaper sources out there I could find through the community.  It just seems like for such a small switch with very little comprising it the price should be something like 50-60 cents a piece.

NOP:

I've got a place here in the twin cities called Ax-Man
http://www.ax-man.com/

and they have a pretty wide range of microswitches available.  They don't do mailorder, but I'm planning on going there tomorrow and can take some pics of what they have for you.  I know I've picked up a few cherry switches there before, but I don't recall the price.

I'll post back here tomorrow and let you (and everyone else) know.  I'd be happy to fill a few orders-the place is located only a couple miles from me.

-jeff!

GAJoe:


--- Quote from: NOP on June 05, 2008, 10:06:26 am ---I've got a place here in the twin cities called Ax-Man
http://www.ax-man.com/

and they have a pretty wide range of microswitches available.  They don't do mailorder, but I'm planning on going there tomorrow and can take some pics of what they have for you.  I know I've picked up a few cherry switches there before, but I don't recall the price.

I'll post back here tomorrow and let you (and everyone else) know.  I'd be happy to fill a few orders-the place is located only a couple miles from me.

-jeff!

--- End quote ---

That'd be great.  Thanks.

stan2323:

Try these.

Shrink those darn links!

Shrink those darn links!

Shrink those darn links!



GAJoe:

Thanks for the links.  I did actually search eBay before asking, and I considered that first auction for the Matsushita switches.  They'd be good for my SNK rotary stick, but as pushbutton switches I don't know if they'd work since they're levered, and they're riveted shut so it's a chore to get the lever out.  If the ones in the joystick are any indication, they also require a heavy actuation, which I'd like to avoid.

The second auction seems like a possibility, except I have been burned by ordering things on eBay from out of the country.

The third one has the same problem, as well as shipping being 37 dollars.

EDIT:  I also found this auction 10 Omron Switches for $2.99

I'm tempted to buy a couple of boxes just because it's such a good price, even though they're levered and not what I was really looking for.

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