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Getting leaf buttons into 1-1/8" metal CP hole?
Fuzi:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on February 01, 2006, 06:08:43 pm ---I found it far easier to simply sand down the bumps on the sides of the buttons. As a precaution I covered the visible parts of the button with tape whilst doing the sanding in case my hand slipped. It was very easy and only took a few minutes per button.
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Yup.
Don't bring the mountain to Mohammed, simply draw some cartoons. ;)
quarterback:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on February 01, 2006, 06:08:43 pm ---I found it far easier to simply sand down the bumps on the sides of the buttons.
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But, again, it's not just the bumps that are the issue.
The entire leaf-button itself is larger around than a microswitch button. In a wooden panel, they can be jammed into the same holes because the wood will give. In a metal panel with holes that are exactly 1-1/8", they will not fit, even with the bumps sanded off.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: quarterback on January 31, 2006, 01:47:12 pm ---I can't remember the exact diameter that the leaf buttons are, but I'm pretty sure the topic of leaf-buttons in a 1-1/8" hole has come up before.
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I thought I'd mention, since QB may be getting tired of saying the same thing and wondering why nobody is listening to him, that most of the leaf buttons in my formerly-big-bag-of-buttons (and it was a big bag) fit in a 1-1/8" hole in a metal panel once you adjust for the "bumps" on the side. So, those who are suggesting that leaf buttons should fit after removal of the bumps (I prefer to notch the panel as it keeps the buttons from rotating lose) aren't making it up.
On the other hand, I did say most ... and I tend to believe what Knievel says, so there are buttons out there that won't fit.
I know this doesn't really help you, but the "just remove the tabs"/"it's the whole cap" roundabout was making me dizzy.
I would pick a sample button and sand it down as a test (is easier to chuck the button if you decide to go another way).
Good Luck.
Cheers.
Stingray:
Hello... Metal file... 30 seconds.
I'm profoundly lazy. I don't joke about things being easy. This is easy.
-S
quarterback:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 02, 2006, 07:13:35 am ---I know this doesn't really help you, but the "just remove the tabs"/"it's the whole cap" roundabout was making me dizzy.
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:) Well, I've tried most of the buttons in my "not quite huge bag o' buttons" and they simply don't fit. Here's are some pics. You all will just have to take my word for it when I tell you that this is jammed in a far as it can possibly go.
For this button, I literally laid it top-down on the counter and used all of my body weight against the CP to try and force the button into the 1-1/8" hole. These are the results:
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