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Optimal space between Leaf button and switches?

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Avery:

--- Quote from: RayB on July 12, 2005, 08:50:33 pm ---B. You got leaf switch holders made for a metal panel instead of the ones made for wood.

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Actually, he's probably using the right switches and holders, but is using a 3/4 piece of plywood or MDF as his CP.  (And if it sounds like I might have had some experience here.....)

What I did was assume they were meant for a 5/8ths panel and cut off an 1/8th of an inch from the riser portion of the holder.  I have maybe a 16th of an inch of play left.  (It's not handy for me to look at right now.)

PaulG:
My CP is 3/4 of an inch.  That's what these were supposedly for.  But no biggie.  The way it conveniently fits by cutting along the groove makes me wonder if that wasn't intentional (Certainly makes cutting a lot easier).

EDIT: Did some measurements to finially straighten things out.  Not including the part that sits atop the CP, it measures 1 and 5/8 inch from the underside to the tip (Button fully pressed).  The mounting bracket, from the bottom to the very 1st metal switch measures approx. 7/8 inch.  7/8 + 3/4 (CP) = 1 and 5/8 inches.  This is the exact measurement of the underside of the button fully pressed.  So these measurements equal what I was getting.  Fully pressed I could barely touch the 1st switch (let alone make the two make contact.

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