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NoOne=NBA=:
You will definitely want to do a mock-up on this.
The farther you get from the tip of the switch, the more pressure is required to actuate them.

I don't even like mine at the "normal" point.
I mount the switches on all of mine so that the button actually hits the tip of the switch--making them lighter.

Given a choice between your proposed design and microswitches, I'd go with the micros.

If you are using a metal CP, you might even want to give Sanwas a try.
After trying them, I like them even more than leafswitches.
They are as quiet as leafs, but require less pressure to actuate them.

Pik4chu:
the preasure problem is easily resolved by bending the leafs so they are closer to the button, and cloer together.  So they are still a good 'light' switch

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Pik4chu on September 12, 2005, 05:10:39 pm ---the preasure problem is easily resolved by bending the leafs so they are closer to the button, and cloer together.  So they are still a good 'light' switch

--- End quote ---

It not a distance issue though, it's a leverage one.
The closer you get to the base of the switch, the harder it is to physically push the button--regardless of how far you have to push it to contact.

Shorter Spring Steel = Stiffer Spring

hypernova:
i must be the only one who has trouble finding these joysticks and buttons with leaf switches.

the leaf switches i have found were around $3 apiece.  without the button seemingly.  are leaf switches really that expensive since they're much harder to find?

and what about these sanwas that someone mentioned.  where are those found, and what's the price on them, since i found only one site, charging around $3 bucks apiece again.

everyone's so down on microswitches because of the clicking sound.  so how prevalent is this sound?  being housed inside 3/4" thick wood, with arcade sounds/music would make it seem that it wouldn't be all that obvious.  the sound only has the gaps in the button housing itself to escape.
so assuming that you're at a spot where no music is playing, or it's playing very low, how loud is this clicking?

whammoed:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on September 12, 2005, 05:02:27 pm ---You will definitely want to do a mock-up on this.
The farther you get from the tip of the switch, the more pressure is required to actuate them.

I don't even like mine at the "normal" point.
I mount the switches on all of mine so that the button actually hits the tip of the switch--making them lighter.

Given a choice between your proposed design and microswitches, I'd go with the micros.

If you are using a metal CP, you might even want to give Sanwas a try.
After trying them, I like them even more than leafswitches.
They are as quiet as leafs, but require less pressure to actuate them.

--- End quote ---
The leaf switches I have are longer, so I can actually take the opposite route and have the actuation point further from normal rather than closer.

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