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SirPoonga:
pinball, no.  1st, this won't make a click.  2nd, adding a metal lever to actuator to a normal microswitch does increase the throw, basic level and fulcrum physics.

Randy, would you have any interest in remaking the opposite, leaf button but microswitch like nintendo did.
http://www.arcadeequipmentwarehouse.com/parts/nintendo-leaf-switch.jpg


I will be ordering 8 of these soon, I almost have my double dragon repaired and it needs leaf replacements.  Though now with this product I have many microswitch buttons, it will save me a purchase :)

Do you have a pic of it in the button?

Ok, this is sort of an off the wall question and I suppose I could look at your website for an answer.  If I have a tball with a standard cable do you have an easy plug and play usb interface?  I don't want to fix my mouse hack, I want something more professional.  I know you have an interface, but does a standard tball cable plug into it?

RandyT:

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--- Quote from: SirPoonga on September 25, 2007, 03:45:57 pm ---Randy, would you have any interest in remaking the opposite, leaf button but microswitch like nintendo did.
http://www.arcadeequipmentwarehouse.com/parts/nintendo-leaf-switch.jpg

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Do a search on 'lever cherry microswitch'.  THAT is an off the shelf part. 

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He is referring to the ability to use a standard microswitch with a leaf-style button.  Ie. not the switch as much as what allows it to be used in that application.

SirP:

I could probably have these made, but I have to wonder about the market size.  I understand that the appeal of the translucent buttons designed for leaf switches is their appearance ( my High-Speed pinball uses the red ones and they do look nice) and there is really no replacement for those.  But the cost would be pretty high on the bracket in small numbers, and to account for different panel thicknesses, some adjustability or shimming would be necessary.  For solid colored buttons, outright replacement would probably be the best bet.  But I'll splash it around in the gray matter and see what happens.

I also want to point out that the Micro-Leafs do still make a very subtle click, but not appreciably louder than the sound of two leaf switch contacts hitting together.  The difference between these and a standard microswitch is huge in that regard.

RandyT

RandyT:

--- Quote from: SirPoonga on September 25, 2007, 03:45:57 pm ---Do you have a pic of it in the button?

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Standard HAPP horizontal pushbutton:




--- Quote ---Ok, this is sort of an off the wall question and I suppose I could look at your website for an answer.  If I have a tball with a standard cable do you have an easy plug and play usb interface?  I don't want to fix my mouse hack, I want something more professional.  I know you have an interface, but does a standard tball cable plug into it?

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A USB Opti-Wiz with an Opti-Wiz trackball cable will give you everything you need to plug and go for the trackball.  If you need mouse button cabling, that can be purchased as well, or a cable can hacked from old PC case wires and plugged onto the 4-pin header.

RandyT

SirPoonga:
Randy, yeah yeah, supply & demand...  ;D
"and to account for different panel thicknesses"  Not really, leaf buttons do this.  There are long and short buttons.  Shorts for metal panels, longs for wood.  I'm just throwing the idea out there, I don't expect something like this to happen because there just isn't the demand for it. 

pinball, I would think longevity would be high.  While I suppose this lever could get bent at the plunger it depends on the design.  Also I'd think that small lever would not bend as easily as the long thing piece of metal in a leaf switch.  This brings up a question, Randy, did you do any stress testing like repeating button machine for 10 minutes :)


Nice pic.  Since the tabs go straight down it looks like it might require a slightly deeper control panel (have to account for the wire and female connector).  Would taking a needle nose and bending the tabs to the left (in that pic) be bad?  That way quick connects can be taken on and off from the side easily in shallow panels (like cocktails).

Thanks for the info on the optiwiz.  Ball mice are getting really hard to find so I have to find an alternative now :)

Santoro:
huh?

How are you going to attach one of those to a pushbutton?

Even if it was the same switch with an adapted body, that doesn't mean it is unoriginal. 

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