One place I've found buttons like this is in cheapie game 
controllers.  Perhaps a unit from the "Dollar Store" or a used one from 
Value Village could supply what you need.....


Jon


At 01:32 PM 7/19/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All.
>
>I am trying to put together a hobby project, and am looking for some 
>smart-looking buttons on the project box. I am currently planning on using 
>a particular SPDT tactile switch (like the half-and full press of a 
>shutter button on a camera), and other switches with the same dimentsions. 
>I need to get an actuator for these buttons to protrude through the 
>outside of the project box.
>
>I have spent a long time browsing through digikey online, and the 
>catalogue, but I can't seem to find what I want.
>
>Attached is a picture of what I think I want (based on disassembling other 
>commercial products). The part I want is the red button. The black on the 
>sides is the project box, and at the bottom is the tactile-switch. The 
>particular switch I am looking at using is: 
>http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/components/pdf/atk0000ce13.pdf in 
>combination with other STSP switches with similar physical dimensions 
>(height-wise), etc., like
>http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/components/pdf/ATK0000CE3.pdf
>
>So, what would I call the part that is red in the diagram, and where would 
>I find some?
>
>Thanks
>
>Rolf
>
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