In rec.woodworking, Electric Comet wrote:

like the big arcade style switches on machines

easy to see and easy to hit and have a solid feel and sound

one concern is how they perform in a dusty environment

anyone here added arcade style switches to their equipment

I have, but not to woodworking equipment. I replaced a power switch on
one of my computers, and also have used one for an alarm clock. The
arcade buttons are a plastic cap on a sealed Cherry D44X switch:

Technical drawing of arcade switch and enclosu
http://www.arcadespareparts.com/scre...254_12131.html

Datasheet on the Cherry D4 series
http://www.datasheetarchive.com/dl/4...7987a91/P/d44x

These are reasonable well sealed and I expect would be fine in a high
dust environment.

Elijah
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used to see D4 switches all the time in copiers and laser printers