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Clipping cherry switch actuators for T-Stick Pluses (what tool?)

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PaulG:

--- Quote from: qbert247 on July 11, 2005, 08:29:24 pm ---Some times, you can open it up, and bring the actuator to the farther slot...

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It's actually on the farthest slot.  The T-Stik actuators are just really short.

And coming back from looking, I just walked into a piece of wood lying around (For my new CP) and opened up a huge gash on the bone right below the kneecap.  Time to logoff and tend to some 1st aid:(

EDIT:  NoOne:  NOS rubber grommet are incredibly stiff (at least mine).  Imagine swinging a baseball bat with a donut weight on it (Wicos) and then removing the donut and swinging (T-Stiks).  The blood is oozing.  Really logging off now.

Q*Bert_OP:

--- Quote from: PaulG on July 11, 2005, 08:46:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: qbert247 on July 11, 2005, 08:29:24 pm ---Some times, you can open it up, and bring the actuator to the farther slot...

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It's actually on the farthest slot.
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NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: PaulG on July 11, 2005, 08:46:40 pm ---EDIT:  NoOne:  NOS rubber grommet are incredibly stiff (at least mine).  Imagine swinging a baseball bat with a donut weight on it (Wicos) and then removing the donut and swinging (T-Stiks).
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I'd be really interested to hear others impressions on this.
To me, the feel of the two is exactly the opposite.

Minwah:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on July 11, 2005, 08:31:40 pm ---The switches make almost no difference at all on the T-stiks.
The stiffness in the T-stiks is almost completely a function of the internal spring, which is WAY to stiff for the sticks.

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I half agree...

I found Cherry switches made a big difference (improvement) to my T-Stiks, although I agree they are still quite stiff.  But big enough difference to make it noticable and worth it IMO.

As for the main question, I just held the actuators within some wire cutters and bent the metal back and forth until it snapped off.

PaulG:
NoOne:  I know T-Stiks are roundly critizied for their stiffness and Rubber Grommets praised.   That's why I was so shocked when the the Wico's I received were so freakin' stiff.  Have you ever used a NOS that wasn't already broken in?

Anyways, I mounted the cherry switches and that was a waste of 12.50.  For whatever reason, they're completely unusable.  1st cut I cut them at around the same length as the stock (slightly longer).  2nd cut I shortened them to the length of the microswitch casing (significantly shorter).  Either way, these do NOT play nice with my sticks.  I knew they were not operating decent just by listening (They are quiter though) and decided to go into notepad and watch what they were typing out.  I've got one direction (UP?) that likes to flat out stick.  The rest of the direction are varying degrees of bad.  It's flatout impossible for me to go in one direction without getting a diagnols press (Lines were reading like aasaassaasaaaasaaaasaasa.  And sometimes worse).  The only time I got a straight read from a direction press was when I pressed up and got a steady read of that letter from it being stuck.  Oh, well.  Nothing else I can do with them.  It's not rocket science and there's no way to screw it up.  They just aren't playing nice.

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