Atari Volcano Button Customizer

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** UPDATED ** Fixed a few minor details **** ** UPDATE 2 ** Few more tweaks, including wiring holes, flattened spots on round base for grip when tightening screw **** ** UPDATE 3 ** added a bit of tapering at the ends of the threaded rod and inside the cone at the transition between the threaded opening and plunger hole. This should reduce mess due to overhangs and I also suspect the colour change on the plunger was catching there a bit. Print and test in progress.... **** ** UPDATE 4 ** moved volcano specific settings to a new tab, added some additional settings such as chamfer for the cone, added colour, etc **** ** UPDATE 5 ** + added a new part, "drill-bit", so you can attach the cone to a drill or other tools, should you wish to sand or..... There are settings for shank in the Volcano tab - length, hex vs round, diameter - for easy attachment to a variety of tools. + with head-type of Volcano, the washer type will build a washer to fill the gap from a standard button hole (1.125") - use Washer tab to configure. **** Bringing together some diverse elements to create the ultimate Atari volcano button customizer. Defaults should work well for a 3/4" control panel, but you can adjust that to get just the right height for your panel (adjust the thread length as well). You can adjust the height of the button and set up the switch holder so that it will fit standard button wrenches or just have a flat face. Place "In-Place__Microswitch_Holder2.stl" next to the scad file - this is a cleaned up version which allows import into OpenSCAD for customizing the base. The plunger is intended to be printed in transparent/translucent red, with an led inserted. I went with white until the tip (see pics). 3mm led fits fine (had to do just a tiny filing job for it to fit) - trim the legs and solder on some small gaugge stranded wire, heat shrink tubing to avoid shorts, jam LED far up the plunger (slots in sides might help), feed wire thru holes in bottom of plunger, then feed wires thru holes in the base and push plunger thru the base, finish assembly. (see pics) Probably need some tweaking to ensure smooth operation, such as sanding the plunger, maybe some lubricant. In OpenSCAD, ensure "head type" is set to "volcano" (the default) and print bolt, rod, base, and plunger (selected under "type" - the first option) thread length should be your control panel thickness plus no more than 20mm approx. The original scad was for creating bolts and nuts and such things - all of that is still there fwiw.