Tommy: how to make switch external?

[mhshizz]

I want to do the Tommy III project, but I really dislike internal switches. What's a decent way to get that switch up front? Is it as simple as wiring the pads to the matching terninals of an on-on SPDT mini toggle?

 

[Brett]

That's correct.

 

[mhshizz]

Nice.

 

[MichaelW]

I want to do the Tommy III project, but I really dislike internal switches. What's a decent way to get that switch up front? Is it as simple as wiring the pads to the matching terninals of an on-on SPDT mini toggle?

Here's how I did mine.

 

[Diynot]

I used a sub mini toggle and just measured and marked a spot on the drill template for an extra hole. No offboard wires needed.

 

[Barry]

That board is designed for the toggle to be external

 

[Diynot]

That board is designed for the toggle to be external

For the gain switch, but the sym/asym clipping is usually internal

 

[Barry]

For the gain switch, but the sym/asym clipping is usually internal

Forgot about that one

 

[MichaelW]

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I used a sub mini toggle and just measured and marked a spot on the drill template for an extra hole. No offboard wires needed.

That's what I wanted to do but I could not find a toggle that would fit those wee little holes.
That's a really cool looking paddle toggle!

 

[Diynot]

That's what I wanted to do but I could not find a toggle that would fit those wee little holes.
That's a really cool looking paddle toggle!

I used one of these:

Sub Mini Toggle Switch 2M Series DPDT On-On Short Lever

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www.taydaelectronics.com

Feel like I may have ordered them in accident for another project and it happily worked out here. Believe the flat toggle was from Tayda as well.

 

[MichaelW]

I used one of these:

Sub Mini Toggle Switch 2M Series DPDT On-On Short Lever

DAILYWELL ELECTRONICS - Get It Fast - Same Day Shipping

www.taydaelectronics.com

Feel like I may have ordered them in accident for another project and it happily worked out here. Believe the flat toggle was from Tayda as well.

I got some similar ones off Amazon and they didn't work. Trying to remember why it's been some time since I built it. Maybe the legs weren't long enough or something.