Ok, I built a board today with the intention of getting 6.25U working.
I'll show you how I achieved this, it's not super perfect but it's doable. There's also another way, to do this, I'll outline it below
As you can see it's about 1mm higher than it should be, due to the pins.
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First thing first, I prepared all the things I need. For this, I used HOLTITES (not neccessary) and some wire. I got the wire from a ethernet cable, you will be stripping it so you have a conductive wire, the idea behind this is that you want to get the switch pin touching the footprint using this wire.
The next thing is, putting all the stabilisers. I do this first, because I tend to FORGET about it until it is TOO LATE.
I then did a quick test to see if my theory would work. You don't need to do this, but it will give you an idea what I'm trying to do.
I used VIA configurator (
https://rama.works/configurator) to configure this button to control for testing, since it is flashed as MO1 (momentary layer 1). Tapping the switch actives this key, so the theory works.
Next is to apply this theory to the build.
I put in holtites, not necessary, bit it adds extra area for contact for the wire. The best way to install holtites is to tin the pad a little bit first, then press down on the holtite.
The next things you want to do is:
Cut open the hole for the stem of the switch, as this will be blocking the switch from clipping to the plate.
I use it using wire cutters and a small conical file. BEWARE OF THE TRACES. But if you did cut up the trace, not all is lost, you can use the same lan cable wire to bridge the switch to the diode.
Cut the switch pcb mount stems, making it plate mount.
Bend pins and solder the wire to the pins.
I did is this way, so the pin on top has a wire coming out from the top, and bottom pin is going through the middle, and they will not cross over, and avoid any chattering.
I did add solder to the mix, to make sure nothing got loose when positioning
Bend the wire into the holtites.
Kind of like this, except I found that insulation of the wire made the gap between pin and pcb too big (this was an earlier attempt, as I didn't take a photo of the above switch solder design)
Test / Solder the holtites if you wish.
