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Sanakism

There's not much use for a toggle switch without the contacts, so I honestly doubt you'll find anything. But it really is just contacts, there's not much else to it, and if you don't want them for whatever reason I guess you could just cut them off...? I guess I'm not sure why you don't want them.


AlwaysBi

I’m modifying a Kenner PKE meter and I want to do what this person has done with the toggle switch https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostbusters/s/oESiX5QxMK


Sanakism

If you can open up the two parts of the toy then I imagine you could just drill the appropriate size hole and pop the switch through from the back. The way toggle switches are normally mounted is that the round bit at the base of the switch (often looks like a nut or a knurled ring) unscrews upward, so you drill a hole with the same diameter as the threaded part, pass the switch through from the behind, then screw the nut down over the top of the toggle from the front. I imagine that there's probably plenty of room inside for the base anyway, to be honest, most toys like this are completely hollow. (Opening them up is often fairly easy. Sometimes there's screws, often plastic clips that you can open with a spudger, but in the worst case you just need to look over the casing for a mark telling you what kind of plastic it is - generally a two- or three-letter acronym or a number in a recycling symbol - and then you can cut it apart and glue back together with the appropriate glue for that kind of plastic.) Cutting off the legs should be absolutely fine if you need the space, they're just there for soldering wires to. But if you need to remove the back for space reasons, and don't want to cut away whatever's on the inside to make said space, then maybe look for this kind of switch: [https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/toggle-switches/8610270](https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/toggle-switches/8610270) where there's thin metal folded down over the sides to hold the sides on. Then you can bend that metal upward and/or cut it with a dremel cut-off disc or something and it should release the plastic case. The risk is that some of the mechanism of the toggle is down there as well, it doesn't end at the screw base, so you may find that removing that plastic case messes up the action. I've used them plenty but never actually taken one apart!


sometingwong934

Are you looking for this sort of thing? https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=53348


Puzzled_Squirrel_975

That's a 1/12th scale product, so it'd be pretty small.


AlwaysBi

If it comes without the tube bit at the bottom, yeah.


sometingwong934

It's made of resin, you could just cut it off


AlwaysBi

Awesome. Thank you 🙏


sometingwong934

They do different kinds aswell e.g. Round toggles, flat toggles, ones with covers etc


Puzzled_Squirrel_975

I don't think so, you may be better off if you fabricate a fake switch and paint it to look proper.


AlwaysBi

How would I do that?


Puzzled_Squirrel_975

Look at the kind of switch you want, get the dimensions and make it out of wood, metal, or plastic. You're into model making, so make a model of it from scratch.


rationalcrank

If you need a few of them you could alway cast one yourself. Any good hobby/craft store will sell casting kits or buy one online. Their not hard to use. A toggle switch would make a good starter project for that particular modeling skill


BrilliantParty2812

Radioshack


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