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| How Can I Make NICE Front Panel Push-Button Actuators for PCB SMD MC Switches? |
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| SuzyC:
Thanks kuromaku, Sound like a workable idea, but I don't quite understand how to make and securely attach an extension! |
| tautech:
Another: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/Switch-Cap/1575003_260803902.html |
| SuzyC:
Thanks tautech, but I can't seem to understand why these buttons have square holes to attach to the round buttons on the PCB. Some of the keyboard type switches look very nice but I can't seem to find a source for square hole drills on the front panel. |
| Richard Crowley:
There are several ways of making square or rectangular holes/slots in panels. It is even easier in plastic panels where you can use a hobby knife or even hot knife in a soldering iron, etc. I just re-watched EEVblog #644 – How To Design Front Panels On Extruded Enclosures. Clever and elegant. http://www.eevblog.com/2014/07/24/eevblog-644-how-to-design-front-panels-on-extruded-enclosures-%C2%B5supply-part-14/ |
| sleemanj:
Something like this? Standard 6mm pitch switch, with a cap Cap OD 8mm diameter approx, ID of mating piece 3mm approx, OD of mating piece 5mm approx. The switches I've put these on are approx 9mm tall bottom of base to top of button without cap, but some other heights of switch have similar diameters at the top of the shaft which will fit this type of cap. |
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