Okay, so here's what I'm working with.
I was able to pick up a wooden case, and I'm planning on throwing a Kaimana board in there eventually. I was hoping to use Kaimana J's, but after reading on the website that they do not fit around the Seimitsu PS-14-KN screwbuttons, I decided to look elsewhere. Sadly, Sanwa still doesn't offer a clear screw-in button. Furthermore, I've noticed that the space created by the plexi being laid on top of the wooden control panel doesn't allow for snap-in buttons to click into place. It seems that either way I go, I'm losing out on some functionality. If I go with the Seimitsu screw-in buttons, then I'll lose out on Kaimana J usage. Now, if I go with Sanwa OBSC buttons, I'll risk these buttons possibly popping out if slapped too hard.
What I've come here to seek is some other perspectives.
The way I see it, I have a few options before me, some of these may seem far out there, so don't be afraid to tell me I'm thinking crazy thoughts.
Option #1: Just go with the OBSC buttons. Yeah, they could possibly pop out, but maybe there's another way to fasten them to the underside of the control panel aside from gluing them in place, which to me sounds dumb. Maybe some genius here can help me out with something I'm just not seeing.
Option #2: Maybe I should take a cutting edge to the snap-in tabs like so.
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That way, the snap-in tabs would clear the thickness of the plexi and and the control panel. I'm sure it would weaken the plastic to constantly bend it to-and-fro in order to get a dremel to safely cut those hunks out. It seems like a better option to me than just throwing the buttons in the case and hoping nothing happens during a match. What do you think?
Option #3: Okay, so this might be the one you say is kooky. How hard would it be to get some adapters 3d-printed to allow microswitch conversion? What if you could take a Sanwa SW-68 or a PS-14-D, and put it into a harness or plate that expanded it's size to match that of the PS-14-G microswitch. I'm not too skilled when it comes to 3d modeling, and would very much appreciate the opinion of someone more well versed in that subject, even if all they have to say is that it couldn't work. For that matter, how would button plungers handle this change? Would sanwa plungers fit in a seimitsu rim? Any insight on this matter would be appreciated.
I'm sure there's more I could think to do, but these seem to be the three prominent ideas jumping around my head at the time.
Any thoughts? I'm all ears at this point.
I was able to pick up a wooden case, and I'm planning on throwing a Kaimana board in there eventually. I was hoping to use Kaimana J's, but after reading on the website that they do not fit around the Seimitsu PS-14-KN screwbuttons, I decided to look elsewhere. Sadly, Sanwa still doesn't offer a clear screw-in button. Furthermore, I've noticed that the space created by the plexi being laid on top of the wooden control panel doesn't allow for snap-in buttons to click into place. It seems that either way I go, I'm losing out on some functionality. If I go with the Seimitsu screw-in buttons, then I'll lose out on Kaimana J usage. Now, if I go with Sanwa OBSC buttons, I'll risk these buttons possibly popping out if slapped too hard.
What I've come here to seek is some other perspectives.
The way I see it, I have a few options before me, some of these may seem far out there, so don't be afraid to tell me I'm thinking crazy thoughts.
Option #1: Just go with the OBSC buttons. Yeah, they could possibly pop out, but maybe there's another way to fasten them to the underside of the control panel aside from gluing them in place, which to me sounds dumb. Maybe some genius here can help me out with something I'm just not seeing.
Option #2: Maybe I should take a cutting edge to the snap-in tabs like so.
That way, the snap-in tabs would clear the thickness of the plexi and and the control panel. I'm sure it would weaken the plastic to constantly bend it to-and-fro in order to get a dremel to safely cut those hunks out. It seems like a better option to me than just throwing the buttons in the case and hoping nothing happens during a match. What do you think?
Option #3: Okay, so this might be the one you say is kooky. How hard would it be to get some adapters 3d-printed to allow microswitch conversion? What if you could take a Sanwa SW-68 or a PS-14-D, and put it into a harness or plate that expanded it's size to match that of the PS-14-G microswitch. I'm not too skilled when it comes to 3d modeling, and would very much appreciate the opinion of someone more well versed in that subject, even if all they have to say is that it couldn't work. For that matter, how would button plungers handle this change? Would sanwa plungers fit in a seimitsu rim? Any insight on this matter would be appreciated.
I'm sure there's more I could think to do, but these seem to be the three prominent ideas jumping around my head at the time.
Any thoughts? I'm all ears at this point.