[sdiy] Re: [AH] ppg button help...

[John Mahoney]

At 11:40 AM 6/28/2007, James R. Coplin wrote:

>during my recent move, my ppg took a heavy fall and received some 
>significant damage.  doing a run through, it looks like all the 
>electrical problems i can fix.  however, one of the grey buttons 
>broke and i can't seem to find an alternative.  the button still 
>works sort of, but it appears as if some part of the switch cap 
>around the shaft, the part that hold the cap in the housing, has 
>broken.  unfortunately, i don't want to start into a huge rebuild 
>project if i can't get this switch working again.  any ideas?
>
>i'm actually thinking that i might have to rebuild the whole thing 
>into a rack and use different switches if i can't find a suitable 
>fix.  of course, that would mean redesigning the main board as it is 
>too long to fit into a 19" enclosure.  sigh.
>
>james r. coplin
>(severely depressed about the ppg)

Too bad about the damage. Most everyone who's shipped a keyboard can 
relate, unfortunately.

Can you create a duplicate of an existing button using Fimo or 
Sculpey? I can't picture your situation, so maybe this is not 
possible. Armed with Fimo/Sculpey and epoxy, you can fix many things.
--
john


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