Author Topic: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?  (Read 2507 times)

Offline Crazy Germans

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Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« on: August 12, 2008, 06:34:28 PM »
I'm looking for someplace where I can get a bunch of large tactile switches for rapidfire.  They obviously need to be shallow so that they fit in the controller.  And I wanna get a good amount @ a cheap price.  Or even small ones too, like the 7mm ones.  So where do you guys get your tactile switches?

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Re: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 08:11:25 AM »
I got mine ar radioshack...but...really they aren't that cheap there. The small ones do come in a package of like 4 (2 red 2 black). I got those...and one of those NOS looking button (big red as I call it) cost as much as those four. The 4 small ones all crapped out on me...2 work...not well if I may say so because they get jammed and the others melted away from the soldering iron (I would say I soldered the wires a couple times tho...to test stuff...).

Also, if you get the small ones...don't bend the pins like I did. I drilled the hold too close to the motherboard and it kept touching so I had to bend the pins on the small ones (the big one works fine...but...now I have a big one, and a lil button in my controller.....atleast it works huh?)

btw, im using the no chip rapidfire mod.

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Re: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2008, 09:54:46 AM »
Yeah, I've used both of those types of buttons from radioshack that you're talking about.  I don't really like em and they're just too expencive.

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Re: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 12:57:56 PM »
go to radioshack and look there

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Re: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2008, 01:00:36 PM »
this is what i used today
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3014504&cp=
$3.99 comes with 4 and works well

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Re: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2008, 06:24:24 PM »
here you can buy it from acidmods store

http://wiredinput.com/ShopUSA/product_info.php?products_id=75&osCsid=4c7e96a3fa3bf11fd0f14cb92feb5c56

way cheaper than radio shack

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Re: Where can I find large Tactile Buttons for cheap?
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2008, 06:07:45 AM »
yeah wired input has the same thing as radio shack just half the price! when i order my chips im going to be stocking up on tact switches heheh

 

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