Thanks guys.
I was probably not clear in my OP.
When I said "My goal is to be able to have the button in any orientation and position and still be able to rotate a dial 360 degrees when fully pressed/pulled by 5mm.". What I meant to say I want to be able to rotate my button, attached to a ball...
Here's some basic mechanical engineering question for you guys.
How can one turn a press of a button (or pulling) into a rotation?
My goal is to be able to have the button in any orientation and position and still be able to rotate a dial 360 degrees when fully pressed/pulled by 5mm. I suspect...