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Offline Giorgio

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geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 04:06:18 »
Can anyone confirm this problem?

As many of you know, there is a small defect with the Gateron molds. This being that the pegs for the PCB mount are just barely too thick to fit into a PCB properly. This means that you can either a) cut off the PCB legs or b) sand them down to fit properly. I went with option b because I prefer the added stability of the PCB mount legs. This was by far the most tedious and time consuming part of the process.

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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 04:43:04 »
With a bit of force they fit in fine stock
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 04:47:24 »
Quote from: hwood34 on Sun, 26 April 2015, 04:43:04
With a bit of force they fit in fine stock

Yes. I think it's intentional so that they are harder to pull out.
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 04:53:22 »
Mine was a plate mounted build, but without shoving the pegs it fits just fine, maybe forced a little more than for cherries.
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Offline Giorgio

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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 05:08:20 »
Fine, so you just need to make all your forces... gather on... the top of the switch and press? No big deal  :)
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 08:39:39 »
It's because they are designed for optimal girth  :cool:
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 10:10:41 »
Quote from: awhitedev on Sun, 26 April 2015, 08:39:39
It's because they are designed for optimal girth  :cool:

Haha !

Gateron seems to have a higher tolerance level than Cherry even if they look very (very) similar.

"Cherry has a tighter tolerance and Gateron a looser tolerance.

The tolerance band for Gateron is plus OR minus 0.05 on the diameter of 1.7. Cherry only has a minus 0.05."


(Cherry on the left vs Gateron on the right)


EDIT : Thank you CPTBadAss
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 10:14:36 »
I think you mean Cherry has a tighter tolerance and Gateron a looser tolerance lpwl. The tolerance band for Gateron is plus OR minus 0.05 on the diameter of 1.7. Cherry only has a minus 0.05.
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 10:16:05 »
Yes !

My english is broken  :(
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 10:17:49 »
No worries! I wanted to double check the semantics of the tolerance, not your English. Your English is great!
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Re: geteron pegs too thick for pcb mount?
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 10:26:31 »
Sharp eyes.
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