looking for miniature switch

[Smokeyone]

Could someone suggest a firm in the UK where I might be able to
purchase miniature rocker switches. They are going into a car dash
panel so they should look acceptable, some need to be two way, hole
cut out should be round, (trying to cut neat square holes would be
difficult) and hole must be less than 20mm diameter - not enough
clearance for 20mm. Rapid almost sell the right ones but the hole cuts
are too large. Any ideas please.

Thanks

Smokeyone

PS.. Unless somebody knows a clever way of making neat square holes in
which case Rapid have the switches.

 

[Joe Soap]

In response to what Smokeyone <mailstarclipper@btopenworld.com> posted in
news:e264a9ed.0408220554.1b371b50@posting.google.com:

Could someone suggest a firm in the UK where I might be able to
purchase miniature rocker switches. They are going into a car dash
panel so they should look acceptable, some need to be two way, hole
cut out should be round, (trying to cut neat square holes would be
difficult) and hole must be less than 20mm diameter - not enough
clearance for 20mm. Rapid almost sell the right ones but the hole cuts
are too large. Any ideas please.

Thanks

Smokeyone

PS.. Unless somebody knows a clever way of making neat square holes in
which case Rapid have the switches.

RadioSpares (RS Components) have a selection of rectangular hole cutters.

--
Joe Soap.
JUNK is stuff that you keep for 20 years,
then throw away a week before you need it.

 

[CWatters]

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp

For info... many panel mounted switches have a flange to cover up the edge
of the hole - so a badly cut square hole probably wouldn't be seen.

 

[John Fields]

On 22 Aug 2004 06:54:20 -0700, mailstarclipper@btopenworld.com
(Smokeyone) wrote:

PS.. Unless somebody knows a clever way of making neat square holes in
which case Rapid have the switches.

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http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/searchPage2.jsp?x=18&Ntt=metal+nibbler&Nty=1&N=401&Ntk=gensearch&y=9

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/browse/Module.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1584190115.1093188201@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchadcmgdljhihcfngcfkmdgkldfhl.0&cacheID=ukie&3270641078=3270641078&stockNo=547789


--
John Fields

 

[Smokeyone]

John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message news:<ddehi0l8i51651t9nhvnkgr881nfnlu71v@4ax.com>...

On 22 Aug 2004 06:54:20 -0700, mailstarclipper@btopenworld.com
(Smokeyone) wrote:


PS.. Unless somebody knows a clever way of making neat square holes in
which case Rapid have the switches.

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http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/searchPage2.jsp?x=18&Ntt=metal+nibbler&Nty=1&N=401&Ntk=gensearch&y=9

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/browse/Module.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1584190115.1093188201@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchadcmgdljhihcfngcfkmdgkldfhl.0&cacheID=ukie&3270641078=3270641078&stockNo=547789

Thank you all for your help. I had already heard about the nibbler but
thought it would be difficult to cut such small holes however RS seem
to have the answer.

Thanks again

Smokeyone