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Help finding cool buttons and switches.
BioFreak:
Oh that idea ROCKS!!!!!
That's the type of thing I'm talking about.
Sadly I'm still looking to do it all on the cheap, maybe a trip to the junk yard
But that's the look I'm going for, totally industrial, totally missle silo, think war games meets armageddon type stuff, all just to turn on the power.
Ah screw the meek, the geeks are gonna inherit the earth, Ahahahahaha...
PetitMorte:
For the geek with money to blow, there's the Carbon Fiber covered, LED illuminated safety Toggle Switch from Directron.com.
Also, Auto Barn has aircraft-style safety toggle switches for a lot less.
I'm sure it would be possible to replace the OEM toggle switch with a momentary-on one and use that to start the machine.
Or you could go with the nuclear-silo switch thing, where you have 2 keyed switches, turned simultaneously that open a panel, out of which rises a big, round, red shiny button.
Silverwind:
http://www.ab.com/industrialcontrols/products/push_buttons/30mm/
I purchased 30mm buttons of this brand..
how about a break-glass button.. LOL.. but seriously.. were you thinking a key switch like the one here? I almost went with something like that myself but ended up going with the buttons because I felt it went better with my theme..
Skadar:
Might be obvious, you can most likely set a password in your BIOS that turns on your computer. And because control panels are essentially just big keyboards, you can turn on your computer with a series of button presses. This would certainly guard against accidental activations, while simultaneously saving you the work of installing a dedicated button.
However, one of those aircraft-style buttons would be cool just for the geek-factor of it all.
SirPoonga:
Ge a momentary switch and a safety cover.
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