Recommendation for switches

[brian257]

I had previously posted looking for Cherry M84 switches and MEI switches, but I can not find them in the volume I need so looks like I will need to make entire new circuit boards. I am trying to find a new switch that is in current production to support an old product and I am hoping someone can recommend a switch to use. Unfortunately, the Cherry M84 are too tall and with the ML I can only find low profile keys that make it too short. The keys project through a front bezel so height is important

Ideally I would like a button with the cruciform shape so I can reuse the old keys, but I will buy new keys if I have to. I need mostly keys that are about 15mm square and some that are about 18mm square.

Any recommendations on switches I should look at? I think I have looked online at every pushbutton I can get from Digikey and Mouset.

[Muirium]

You're out of luck. So many vintage switches died out long ago. M84s are some of the shortest switches I know, and they're not even made any more. I think you'd be better moving other things around to make your spec compatible with what's available: MX and its clones.

[seebart]

True, it seems unpractical to search for M84s and MEI are horrible. Seeing that you are in FL you might be able to find some old keyboards for desoldering.

[brian257]

Desoldering old keyboards is easy enough, but the problem is that I need a reliable source for thousands of switches. I would like to redesign the circuit board once to use a switch that is in current production.

The problem I have with the MX switches is that the PCB is in a housing that places it where the buttons are just too tall.