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Title: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: ras2a on January 16, 2016, 07:56:27 am: Hi guys,

I wondered if any of you know of a place where I could purchase happ style concave pushbuttons with a backlit bezel, here in the UK? I love the buttons on GGG but these are flat/slightly convex and I much prefer concave plungers.

If these aren't available anywhere in the UK, maybe I can order from overseas?

Thanks a lot guys
Ras
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: Sky25es on January 16, 2016, 09:50:21 am: Quote from: ras2a on January 16, 2016, 07:56:27 am
Hi guys,

I wondered if any of you know of a place where I could purchase happ style concave pushbuttons with a backlit bezel, here in the UK? I love the buttons on GGG but these are flat/slightly convex and I much prefer concave plungers.

If these aren't available anywhere in the UK, maybe I can order from overseas?

Thanks a lot guys
Ras

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Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: ras2a on January 16, 2016, 10:52:25 am: I've done a search via Google images and found quite a few examples of them being used in other builds, so I'm assuming you can get them... Or folk are just cannibalising 2 different button types to achieve the same thing
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: lamprey on January 18, 2016, 12:48:48 pm: You should email Randy at GroovyGameGear (assuming shipping won't be too much). I don't know if he sells the clear concave buttons with a different plunger or not, but I do know that he has clear concave buttons (ClassX I think). At the time I bought mine he was not selling a "combo" so I bought one clear button and one black button and combined them to my liking.

I don't know about a specific supplier in the UK, but iL (Industrias Lorenzo) also makes a clear button (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/298-buttons-il-industrias-lorenzo (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/298-buttons-il-industrias-lorenzo)). Since they are a European manufacturer, you might find it easier to get those in the UK..?

Good luck!
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: ras2a on January 18, 2016, 04:28:09 pm: Hi mate, that's brilliant. Will investigate further :)

Edit: meant to say, can you actually combine 2 concave buttons relatively easily, without breaking either?

Thanks a lot
Ras
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: lamprey on January 18, 2016, 05:55:09 pm: Quote from: ras2a on January 18, 2016, 04:28:09 pm
Edit: meant to say, can you actually combine 2 concave buttons relatively easily, without breaking either?
Yeah, excluding the spring, switch and LED, a button is just two pieces: Plunger & Housing. They come apart easily.

http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Pushbuttons (http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Pushbuttons)

[Updated link to point to the new wiki instead of the old one. -- Scott]
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: rackoon on January 19, 2016, 09:57:39 pm: Im building my 5th cab and I plan to switch to convex buttons. All my cabs have concave buttons because I think they feel better.

But I noticed everyone is selling the convex ones now so I am going to try them :dunno

I could see where they would be faster.
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: leapinlew on January 20, 2016, 01:48:05 pm: Concave all the way. The best buttons to use for LED and concave are the happ translucent buttons.
Title: Re: Concave push buttons with backlit bezel? (UK)
Post by: ras2a on January 23, 2016, 06:26:06 am: Thanks for all the replies, guys.

I'm currently going through a new build project - actually, I'm outsourcing the build, but it's custom and my best friend is once again doing the control panel, side-panel and marquee art. Can't wait... Sold my old cab, Arc-Eden, back in 2010 and was truly gutted to see it go.