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Title: New additions to my cab.....homemade button inserts and aluminum battops!
Post by: redbeard30 on January 20, 2013, 02:51:43 am
Just received some anodized aluminum bat tops from Paradise Arcade! These worked out great on my long shaft zippyys! Look great too! I also printed my own button inserts using Avery full sheet "clear" label paper. The paper isn't really clear, more of a frosted look. Very tacky, once placed on the Diffusers and lit, one really can't tell its frosted. Used on red,green,yellow and white Diffusers. I think for my first try it turned out great!
Title: Re: New additions to my cab.....homemade button inserts and aluminum battops!
Post by: redbeard30 on January 25, 2013, 12:33:19 pm
Ok , after some play time, I really like the bat tops over my ball tops! Only issue I have is that they are significantly heavy, and using the quieter zippyy switches,  it doesn't spring back to center as good. I tried the original switches for the zippyy joy and it was a marked improvement but the clickiness drove me nuts! Are there any heavier action levered micro switches? I searched most of the vendors but could only find unlevered switches  that had 50mg or higher activation. Any recommendations? Thanks!
Title: Re: New additions to my cab.....homemade button inserts and aluminum battops!
Post by: Louis Tully on January 25, 2013, 12:51:57 pm
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Title: Re: New additions to my cab.....homemade button inserts and aluminum battops!
Post by: Brian74 on January 27, 2013, 11:26:03 pm
Where did you get your diffusers at?
Title: Re: New additions to my cab.....homemade button inserts and aluminum battops!
Post by: PL1 on January 28, 2013, 12:05:13 am
Where did you get your diffusers at?

They come with the buttons -- 2nd item from right in this exploded view.

The diffuser rests in a depression on the top of the hollow plunger and is held down by the translucent cap at the far right.


Scott