Re: Nylon Pushbutton source?

Although perhaps a bit too extreme, all the 'new' pushbuttons are not
exact replicas of the pushbuttons of long ago. If you want to restore a
game and replace it with original buttons, you might be out of luck. The
'new' pushbuttons sold by Wico (and available most other places - not
sure about Bob Roberts) have a different button indention on the top.
Deeper than the original. Plus, the springs used in the 'new' buttons
are of a different compression rate (that sounds about right). The
buttons will sit higher in the assembly and have a greater distance of
travel before making contact with the leafswitch. There is definitely a
different feel to them. You can take the old springs out of your buttons
you are replacing, put them in the new buttons and add a washer just
above the eye-clip. This will lower the button top, and give you the
tactile feel you probably are looking for.

I guess Wico made a new injection mold AND sourced different springs. A
friend did buy a bulk assortment of just the springs from Wico, and they
were the 'old' kind.

BTW, if anyone knows a source for black leafswitch buttons, let me know!

tom

jeff hendrix wrote:
>
> check Bob's site
> http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/b/o/bob147/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders Knudsen [mailto:anders.knudsen@broadlogic.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 2:04 PM
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Subject: VECTOR: Nylon Pushbutton source?
>
> Are there any source for nylon pushbutton assemblies around?
> i.e., the ones that are in your game now with the compression spring
> inside, where the button plunges down onto that cheesy leaf switch. I love
> the action (better than the micro-switch kind).
> I need to replace the 5 on my ast dlx, cuz they are way hammered.
> I called Wico, and although they have the buttons listed in their catalog,
> they say they cannot get them (suppose they could update their catalog?
> pfffft).
>
> Anyway, enough rambling...anyone?
>
> thanks,
> -Anders.
>
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