Hole-mount tact switches?

[candre23]

My first mod isn't even finished and I'm already thinking about more. I'd like to do a flashlight mod or two using the extra FETs I have left over from my Digikey order and some tact switches. Unfortunately, all the tact switches I've seen are PCB-mount. Does anybody know of a source for tacts that could easily be stuck in a hole in the side of a flashlight?

 

[5cardstud]

Radio Shack has them.

 

[karmatized]

even though its a little mess, epoxy will hold anything

 

[Sci]

Take a look at this one: 6mm x 6mm Tactile Switch with 4mm actuator
There is another here: 6mm x 6mm Tactile Switch with 8.5mm actuator that has a longer actuator(push button). I've used both.

 

[candre23]

even though its a little mess, epoxy will hold anything

I know, but I'd prefer it didn't look like .... when I'm finished. I'd like to find something nice with a collar that is meant to be an external component and that I can secure with a nut instead of epoxy.

Basically something that looks and functions like this, except as a tiny tact switch:

 

[karmatized]

you could always just rip that blue switch apart, cut it to your needs to press a tact switch mounted inside your box.

 

[Dave_uk]

We would all love to achieve something like the switch on a Silver Bullet or a Indulgence but with out all the tooling thats needed...

Which is why a lot of mods end up using a switch like the Chuck..(which does stop it rolling of of the table..lol)