Who has leaf buttons now that Bob is gone?

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Need to get some Track and Field worthy buttons and leafs.
I always bought from Bob, who is the next best for getting this stuff now?
Google isn't being overly clear in my searching...

thank you.
 
It's not the switch that's getting hard to find, it's the button holder. And that means they're getting expensive. On ebay, used ones are running upwards of $10 + shipping. That's insane pricing.

I like the Rollie leaf switches.

https://paradisearcadeshop.com/microswitches/36-rollie-leaf-switch-for-pushbutton.html

It clips onto regular microswitch buttons so you don't have to buy an entire mechanism. You can just buy the switch and use it on readily available (inexpensive) buttons.

You're looking at less than $5 for an entire button assembly, as opposed to $15 to buy the button, the washer, the holder, and the switch.

Just my $.02.

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It's not the switch that's getting hard to find, it's the button holder. And that means they're getting expensive. On ebay, used ones are running upwards of $10 + shipping. That's insane pricing.

I like the Rollie leaf switches.

https://paradisearcadeshop.com/microswitches/36-rollie-leaf-switch-for-pushbutton.html

It clips onto regular microswitch buttons so you don't have to buy an entire mechanism. You can just buy the switch and use it on readily available (inexpensive) buttons.

You're looking at less than $5 for an entire button assembly, as opposed to $15 to buy the button, the washer, the holder, and the switch.

Just my $.02.

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And the Rollie is leafy goodness? I've been toying with the idea of converting the buttons on one of my cabinets to leaf switches from microswitches.
 
I would think the holders could be 3D printed easily enough and should be durable enough...but as I have zero experience with 3D printing I'm talking out my arse!

Anyone attempted this yet??
 
I would think the holders could be 3D printed easily enough and should be durable enough...but as I have zero experience with 3D printing I'm talking out my arse!

Anyone attempted this yet??

I can draw one and print it to test, but are the leaf switches for them readily available?
 
thanks for all the input.

I have lots of experience with the Rolley's. They are decent but they lack the "bounce."
They are more quick and short to hit.

I'm looking for something with some springy feedback like you'd feel in an original old machine like Track and Field, or Joust, or Defender. Where you have a chance to find the sweet spot in the activation point vs the resistance points. That weird little sensory feedback stuff that makes original buttons feel just right.

I played an Asteroids last year that had pretty new buttons, but they had terrible action/feedback. Not sure what they were inside.
 
I played an Asteroids last year that had pretty new buttons, but they had terrible action/feedback. Not sure what they were inside.

Leafs are awesome but they need to be honed in. I wrote a quicky on what I did for my Asteroids & Asteroids Deluxe. Takes some patience and time, but you get these done up right and you'll know the difference right away. No lag when rapid firing off a stream of shots and accurate as all. The heavy resistance primarily comes from the larger leaf that sits up against the bottom of the button, not the spring in side the button.

http://www.acid-house.com/gaming/asteroids/caring-forcontrol-panel-buttons-leaf-springs
 
Just my two cents but I really like the groovy game gear leaf buttons. They use a much shorter leaf which translates into greater "springy-ness" and the shorter leaf is much easier to "tune" to your liking - and stays tuned longer. I had really nice repro leaf switches from arcadefixit, but I hated the fact that they were so hard to keep consistent... the ggg buttons also have a shorter drop - which I think makes for faster play in track and field...
 
I just realized how many of these I've probably thrown out.

you and me both but when i tried to clean the button off that sega gremlin cabinet, all the spring & clips dissolved in the cleaner.

mikesarcade.com have buttons with short and long for 2$ each.

in my case not worth saving those buttons.
 
I would think the holders could be 3D printed easily enough and should be durable enough...but as I have zero experience with 3D printing I'm talking out my arse!

Anyone attempted this yet??

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https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2087834
 
Nice! Anyone got field reports on how they hold up?
 
Forgive my ignorance, but I know very little about 3D printing.

Do the files at the other end of this link just need to be downloaded and "fed" into a 3D printer to get a holder printed up?

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Pretty much, load up the stl file and start printing.
 
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