Lara's Lego H-015 Sentry Droid

[kresty]

I've spent too long on this button.  While Lara's been printing and gluing the skirt parts, I've been trying to design a power button.

H015 Sentry Power Switch

I was mildly curious what "real" switch it was, but I wasn't able to figure that out.  But the uniqueness bugged me enough that I thought it'd be fun to capture that idea in Lego.

I found a power button with enough amps, but it's a tight fit between the waist and the Lego Greebles.  Also it's throw was only about 3mm, but I wanted more like 10mm so I could have a black & white Lego pattern as a nod to the original.

So I printed a lever that the Lego could trip.  Since the lever's longer, it goes up & down further than the button.  It ended up being a lot of parts.  The lever, the housing, a pad for the lever to push the button, and a cap at the end of the lever for the Lego to attach to.  (And a TBD mount for the housing)

It needed a little sanding, but amazingly it pretty much worked the first time! It does what I wanted, showing some B&W detail when "OFF", and pretty much hidden when closed "ON".

When turning it off, I do have to pull up a hair on the Lego to get it to click so I can push it back to on later (otherwise it won't latch when pushed), but pretty much it does exactly what we want it to.