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donjohnston
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 Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:57 pm Post subject: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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When drilling holes for standard style toggle switches, what is the common method for creating a hole with the keyway?
Or do you just use a round hole and not worry about the keyway?
-Don
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ronburnett(at)charter.net
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:11 pm Post subject: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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I made a template or maybe someone sells them. you can also make one for circuit breakers as mine had tangs too.
good luck.
Ron Burnett RV-6A coming along slowly
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When drilling holes for standard style toggle switches, what is the common method for creating a hole with the keyway?
Or do you just use a round hole and not worry about the keyway?
-Don
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donjohnston
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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| Quote: | | Drill a round hole for the switch, and a smaller hole above it for the tang on the washers that have the keyway to prevent rotation. |
Sorry. Bad description on my part. The switch has the keyway. So a hole with a tab (or tang) is needed.
-Don
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joseparc(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:22 am Post subject: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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Punch and die. Try drilling a close fit round hole and deform the metal edge with hammer and pointed punch,, where you want the key way to be, just enough to prevent the switch from rotating.
Joe
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wschertz(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:22 am Post subject: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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Drill a round hole for the switch, and a smaller hole above it for the tang
on the washers that have the keyway to prevent rotation. The small hole
doesn't need to go all the way through the panel (from the backside)
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase I testing
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dan(at)familybrown.org
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:55 am Post subject: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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| Quote: | Sorry. Bad description on my part. The switch has the keyway. So a
hole with a tab (or tang) is needed.
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Yes, the switch has the keyway, but most such switches come with a keyed
washer which has another tang on the OD. That tang is bent, to fit into
a hole on the panel that will prevent rotation.
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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:13 am Post subject: Drilling holes for toggle switches? |
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On 3/19/10 4:20 AM, donjohnston wrote:
> Sorry. Bad description on my part. The switch has the keyway. So a
> hole with a tab (or tang) is needed.
Yes, the switch has the keyway, but most such switches come with a keyed
washer which has another tang on the OD. That tang is bent, to fit into
a hole on the panel that will prevent rotation.
Correct. Back when we were selling switches . . .
http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Switches/switch2.jpg
We shipped them with the key-way washers installed. That's
how they were shipped to us. The handiest way to use
these washers is to install them on the BACK side of
the panel with the panel tab facing aft. You can drill
a hole all the way through the panel to accept the
panel-tab if your hole is covered later with a plastic
engraved overlay. If your design calls for putting
switch labels down directly onto panel structure,
the drill the panel tab holy only a few thousanths
deep and sand off the tab a bit before installation.
Also, you can take the panel tap off completely and
bond the washer to the back side of the panel. Use
a switch to fixture the washer behind the hole while
the bonding sets up.
Bob . . .
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