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RandyT:
--- Quote from: SKondris on January 24, 2006, 02:16:28 pm ---Hey, this isn't the first thread where i've found someone mentioning HAPP translucent buttons... I've never seen them on their site, so do these really exist...? Or am I just blind?
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Happ will special order them from IL if you buy a quantity. I don't know if they are actually carrying stock at this point.
The clear ones would probably work with the RGB-Drive
quarterback:
--- Quote from: SKondris on January 24, 2006, 02:16:28 pm ---Hey, this isn't the first thread where i've found someone mentioning HAPP translucent buttons... I've never seen them on their site, so do these really exist...? Or am I just blind?
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Shawnzilla's site:
http://www.fxbuttons.com/
Or PM ponyboy. He was carrying them at some point.
gduprey:
The only thing on the FXButtons (I have some of the clear ones) is while I like them, they are almost too translucent -- bordering on transparent. As a result, if you put an LED in the bottom of them, the button gets some of the light, but most of it goes right through the top. This sounds OK, but the result is the button looks, well, clear, as opposed to whatever color you are shooting for. I'm trying some of the Electric ICE buttons because I think the "milky" plastic will "light up" with the chosen color more completely.
Gerry
KillerArcades:
--- Quote from: gduprey on January 24, 2006, 03:20:15 pm ---The only thing on the FXButtons (I have some of the clear ones) is while I like them, they are almost too translucent ...
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Yeah, if the LED is shooting straight up, I could see, that. However, if you look at Knievel's Neon mame, he's using some clear WICO's and they look great (at least in his blue) and I think it's because he focusing the color perpendicularly or IOW, straight into the plastic sides of the buttons, and not just straight up (you could lose a retina if you did that on some clear buttons, I reckon' ;) ).
I've ordered some clear ones and will test them out with various setups and colors and post the results, because this is one of the big decisions I'm still trying to make. The Electric ice buttons seem to spread the color excellently (though the plunger tops get a bit more "bright/white"), but the FX 'clear' buttons have a much more "gem/glassy" feel to them that I prefer, but as mentioned, I need to see how the color mixing works with RGB LED's.
I'll post my results here once I get the lights.
Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: gduprey on January 24, 2006, 03:20:15 pm ---The only thing on the FXButtons (I have some of the clear ones) is while I like them, they are almost too translucent -- bordering on transparent. As a result, if you put an LED in the bottom of them, the button gets some of the light, but most of it goes right through the top. This sounds OK, but the result is the button looks, well, clear, as opposed to whatever color you are shooting for. I'm trying some of the Electric ICE buttons because I think the "milky" plastic will "light up" with the chosen color more completely.
Gerry
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That's a pity. The FXButtons seem more retro to me.
I'm wondering whether they would work better if they were wrapped in metal foil before being screwed into the wood.
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