These Are Cool...

[Phiily Manyaan]

I found these just doing a google search for DPDT switches...

[Darth_DevilGuy]

any idea how deep they are?

[Novastar]

I've seen those before Philly... indeed they look nice, but... they are BIG AS ALL HECK. Deep too.

They might be the "anti-vandal" types, which are recessed, sturdy like crazy, expensive... and also pretty huge.

Additionally, due to their "totally round" shape (and no real "curvature"), they CAN be tough to install onto a saber without a sort of... hmm, how do I say this... "side... gap... filler". Uh yeah. Well, anyhow--mounting a FLAT (but round) switch on a ROUND tube... it's not easy...

...especially once the switch's diameter begins to exceed 0.5 inches. The ones I've seen in the photos are like maybe 1" or a bit more in diameter. :)

[Graphixa]

It is possible to mount this sort of switch in a MHS saber. As Nova says you do need some form of spacer.

I did this for my Halcyon saber, see:

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?t=4852

I am also doing the same for my latest project dual curved hilts which have a quick release coupler mechanism to connect them together.

[xl97]

commonly known as anti-vandal switches ..

[Hasid Lafre]

Yes, there ws a user on her enamed kit fisto, forgo from where and he used one and it sat deeper into the hilt than the guarded switches.

[Phiily Manyaan]

Yeah I thought they looked big, just thought they'd look sick. They'd have to be big to house the backlighting they have...that's the coolest part!

[Onli-Won Kanomi]

I can see how some of the nice switches available really lend themselves more to use of OT-like 'activation box' designs than PT-like 'button-on-a-tube' designs.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

it's weird mechanically those switches don't need to be that deep though, as much as I like the look of the activation boxes on some sabers, my form folow's function philosophy means I don't tend to include them in my designs, the only one I've ever seen that looked workable was the Mara Jade style.

[Hasid Lafre]

They are that length anyway if they dont have the backlighting.