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Title: Clear Buttons - RGB LEDs?
Post by: webgeek on December 04, 2005, 11:20:18 am

Does anyone know where I can get clear buttons (microswitch or leaf)? I'm not refering to the colored translucent buttons, just the completely clear ones. I'd like to play around with them and some RGB LEDs. I know fxbuttons carries them but according to their site, they never appear to be in stock.

Title: Re: Clear Buttons
Post by: mccoy178 on December 04, 2005, 11:25:03 am

I had been waiting for red ones to get back in stock, and on Friday he emailed me saying they were in the mail, so you may want to shoot him an email.  That is your only option I believe outside of leafswitches.

Title: Re: Clear Buttons
Post by: webgeek on December 04, 2005, 11:30:10 am

I'm perfectly fine with leafswitches too. You know where I can get those in clear? Wico doesn't carry them. Thanks!

Title: Re: Clear Buttons
Post by: Buddabing on December 04, 2005, 11:43:08 am

Ponyboy carries the clear microswitch buttons.

Title: Re: Clear Buttons
Post by: Tahnok on December 04, 2005, 03:39:08 pm

Email fxbuttons, last time I did they said that they actually had them in stock. I ended up getting them from ponyboy though, since I was ordering a few other things.

Title: Re: Clear Buttons
Post by: webgeek on December 04, 2005, 03:44:28 pm

Thanks for the input. Ponyboy has exactly what I need.

Has anyone tried to illuminate these before? I know the Neon MAME uses the blue translucent Wico leaf switch buttons but I'd really like to try clear buttons with RGB leds. Anyone pulled this off? Do these illuminate well? Thanks!

Title: Re: Clear Buttons - RGB LEDs?
Post by: Tahnok on December 04, 2005, 03:51:32 pm

Yes, many people. Do a search for "translucent buttons" in the main forum and you will find tons of posts.

Take a look in the later pages of this thread for pictures of some of the colored ones being lit:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=23801.0

Title: Re: Clear Buttons - RGB LEDs?
Post by: webgeek on December 04, 2005, 04:36:12 pm

I know how the colored ones look, just interested in the clear ones. Thanks for that post, it had a couple pics with the clear ones. I'll probably have to sandblast the button to diffuse it a bit, but I'm sure it will be fine.

I'm looking to set it up so that the buttons illuminate differently with the game. The LED Wiz seems custom-tailored for this :)

Thanks!

Title: Re: Clear Buttons - RGB LEDs?
Post by: LPZ on December 04, 2005, 04:56:24 pm

I tried sandblasting a button and it didn't work out so well.  Check out this thread:

Topic: Translucent Microswitch Buttons*Taking Pre-Orders*  (Read 11772 times)

It has all the info covered on this topic.

LPZ

Title: Re: Clear Buttons - RGB LEDs?
Post by: webgeek on December 04, 2005, 07:11:58 pm

Perfect, thanks! For reference, this post has pictures and shows the exact technique I was looking for:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=37034.msg373712#msg373712

Thanks again!

Mike