Has anyone tried this? Is it too loose?
I haven’t, but couldn’t you wrap the button in a layer or so of electrical tape to make up the difference?
It’s too loose.
You might get by with a screw-in, but even then, as soon as the nut loosens even slightly, your button will wobble.
On a snap-in? I’d really doubt it’d be possible to wrap around the snap-in tabs properly.
I’m presuming this is for a custom case; just get the appropriate sized forstener, hole-saw, or step-drill-bit.
I’m actually planning on modding my Qanba Drone (stick) into a Hitbox. I was going to re-purpose the stick hole for the 24mm Right button, but the the stick hole is 25mm.
What is the rough distance between the snap-in tabs and the underside of the overhang?
A single mm is a very small difference. Has anybody actually tried it? I feel like the wobble might actually not be that bad? If it is my solution would just be a strip of paper or two wrapped around the hole, seems like it could work.
To us a single millimeter is very small, but to mechanical parts a single millimeter may as well be a mile.
Depending how the condition of the snap-in is the button can fall right out
At least with a screw-in there something to catch.
It’s certainly possible to use an an insert to span the gap. I’m not sure a single strip of paper would be enough.
This is absolutely true, a mm tolerance can be huuuuge depending on the use. I figure that because snap in buttons use spring tension basically, they already expand past that 1mm and then some, it may not be such a huge deal. I’ve never done it though, so I can’t say for sure.
Depending on the thickness of the top panel, it may or may not work.
Sure, the snap-in tabs extend past 25mm in diameter, but they also do not go all the way up to the rims.
So if your top panel is too thin, the tabs have nothing to lock onto.