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GaryMcT:
Glorious!!! I modded two of my Versa-Micros as you suggested to have the actuator arm on them. Works great!
The only thing I would add to your tutorial on how to do it is to hook up a multimeter and test that the switch still functions at the setting that you choose with the allen wrench. I made the mistake of going too far, putting the whole dang thing back together, only to have to have to take it all apart and try again. I managed to destroy one of the switches in the process, but that's okay! I have four of them and I only need two for this purpose.
2 Versa-Micros + J-Stick/JLW + Seimitsu LB-30 ball-top = most excellent modern take on a Defender/Stargate two-way stick! The throw feels about right. Will have to be quite recessed to get the height off of the panel correct.
I'll just need to dremel some plastic away on the stick and some of the mounting plate, get it mounted on a test control panel, and get a button in the right spot relative to it and I'll be set.
Thanks for the tutorial!!! If anyone is looking at doing this, it takes less than 5 minutes to mod a Versa-Micro switch like this.
Bender:
I've had no issues with the Micro-Leafs, in fact I've switched over to all Micro-leafs now, love how quiet they are
I've had 2 Versa-Micros that were working fine, stop working after playing on my machine for a while
I had to go back in remove them and re-adjust the screw, then they worked again.. but I did't want to be doing this all the time
I think a tiny drop of hot glue on the set screw would fix it.
But I'm not using them now so I don't know for sure
be curious if this has happened to anyone else
seem like they might get even more of a beating on a joystick
GaryMcT:
Micro-Leafs are the best!
I'm bummed to hear that the Versa-Micros might be a problem like that. If I have that problem I'll try some glue to see what happens. The only place I'm planning on using them so far is in a Stargate panel so that the button fits. Now I'm having a hard time remember why the U360 didn't work. . hmmmmmmm. . may have just been that I would need to get a custom 2-way restrictor for it. Maybe I'll proceed with that at some point.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Bender on September 15, 2009, 02:07:06 am ---I've had 2 Versa-Micros that were working fine, stop working after playing on my machine for a while
I had to go back in remove them and re-adjust the screw, then they worked again.. but I did't want to be doing this all the time
I think a tiny drop of hot glue on the set screw would fix it.
But I'm not using them now so I don't know for sure
be curious if this has happened to anyone else
seem like they might get even more of a beating on a joystick
--- End quote ---
I just want to note that no-one should ever use any kind of glue on these. The result would likely be an unusable switch, or at minimum, the inability to ever adjust it again if it were for some reason required.
Like all mechanical devices, a new switch will "wear in" after some use. The spring will soften slightly, etc. So the best cure with this situation is not trying to fix the adjustment screw in place (it isn't turning by itself) but to adjust the switch so it's not so close to dead silent. This is one of the reasons why we suggest not being overzealous in the adjustment of the switch and leaving it so the click happens quietly. By time it is inside a panel, it will still be inaudible.
RandyT
Ond:
--- Quote from: RandyT on September 21, 2009, 02:34:56 pm ---
This is one of the reasons why we suggest not being overzealous in the adjustment of the switch and leaving it so the click happens quietly. By time it is inside a panel, it will still be inaudible.
RandyT
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+1 When adjusting these I found the point at which the click only just goes away and then wound the screw back a fraction into the 'click' zone. No need to 'over adjust' these at all.
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