Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Martoon on January 03, 2006, 11:12:59 pm
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I got some Sanwa buttons (OBSF-30), and I love them (very responsive, with a really light touch). The only problem is they make a rather loud "clack" noise when I tap them. The switch in the button doesn't make any noise (it doesn't click). It's the plastic buttons themselves.
Right now, I have the buttons mounted in a temporary control panel that's just a piece of 3/4" MDF with a couple support boards holding it up, sitting on my desktop. I'm sure the clacking will be a little quieter when the bottom of the control panel is enclosed, but it could still be pretty loud.
Does anyone have any tips for how to mount these buttons in a way to dampen the "clacky" noise? I know the MDF panel is acting as a sounding board to amplify the sound. Would another material for the panel be better? Or would there be some way to mount the buttons to dampen it? Maybe a rubber washer or sleeve around the button (between it and the panel)?