Absolute noob question: How do I install a push button professionally on a (self made) console? Many buttons come with a thread. Some of them also feature a screw nut and some kind of snap ring.
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00zCmTbvtEhDkOM/Push-Button-Switch.jpg
How do I install such buttons correctly so they stay in place - even under stress?
thnx,
abw
The snap ring as you call it is a spring washer. This is placed between the panel and the nut to give extra retention. Using a spanner (or wrench if you are of the U.S. persuasion) to tighten the nut is more professional than using the electronic engineered pliers.
Normally they come with a nut but those with just a thread you have to supply your own nut. Some switches have a washer with a small lug bent at 90 degrees. This is placed in a blind hole to stop the switch rotating. This is used on mainly toggle switches.
Hope that helps.
So basically a button just stays in position because the hole in the (hopefully robust) panel is smaller than the screw nut and some other part of the button.
Thnx,
abw
Yes that is basically it. Similar to anything you bolt on a hole actually.