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Author Topic: New additions to my cab.....homemade button inserts and aluminum battops!  (Read 2389 times)

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redbeard30

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Just received some anodized aluminum bat tops from Paradise Arcade! These worked out great on my long shaft zippyys! Look great too! I also printed my own button inserts using Avery full sheet "clear" label paper. The paper isn't really clear, more of a frosted look. Very tacky, once placed on the Diffusers and lit, one really can't tell its frosted. Used on red,green,yellow and white Diffusers. I think for my first try it turned out great!

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Ok , after some play time, I really like the bat tops over my ball tops! Only issue I have is that they are significantly heavy, and using the quieter zippyy switches,  it doesn't spring back to center as good. I tried the original switches for the zippyy joy and it was a marked improvement but the clickiness drove me nuts! Are there any heavier action levered micro switches? I searched most of the vendors but could only find unlevered switches  that had 50mg or higher activation. Any recommendations? Thanks!

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Where did you get your diffusers at?
         

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Where did you get your diffusers at?

They come with the buttons -- 2nd item from right in this exploded view.

The diffuser rests in a depression on the top of the hollow plunger and is held down by the translucent cap at the far right.


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