Progress.....don't mind that the top is a little fat....I left it a little fat while I cut the hole for the button because I knew it would chip the front edge of the hole....so hopefully now when I sand it down I will have a nice squared off button hole. Also don't mind the white/clear spot....the wood must have had something funky going on there because it is full of epoxy from glueing the wood to the tube....I picked up a trick from seasoned wood workers that should be able to pretty much blend that spot into the rest of the wood.
I'm also thinking about bagging the external wattag adjustment. I think doing it might take away from the simple elegance that I think this will have when finished???? Idk.....still undecided at this point....if I do bag it I will still integrate the kick into the switch housing and just have it so the top cap has to be taken off to adjust the wattage.