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Mod J00r mouse

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  • 25-01-2002 4:00pm
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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭


    http://hw.metku.net/firewheel/index_eng.html


    looks cool, but I'd rather get a clear rubber wheel or something.
    Plexiglass might slip a bit too much and if it was textured it mightn't look good.

    Anyone any other suggestions?


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    Celt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Celt


    seems like an awful amount of effort to get a fire effect on your mouse wheel :)


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    MarcusGarvey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 825 ✭✭✭MarcusGarvey


    Oh that rocks. :)


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    BioHazRd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭BioHazRd


    I reckon plexiglass would be tough enough to withstand most punishment, but if you are really set on the clear rubber, try silicon rubber. Most labs / lab supply companies would do silicon tubing of various diameters. you may even be able to get a sample free. Then all you have to do is cut a ring...easy

    Just an Idea :)


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    That'd be doable (even by me) if it wasn't for the whole having to cut your own wheel bit :)


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    TacT
    Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    good stuff indeed :)


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    I love these hardware mods when they're posted (things that wouldn't even occur to me to do but love seeing them). Still comes in behind the guy who turned his playstation into something the size of a GameGear with a Cd spinning half an inch from his fingers and the chap that managed to get goldfish in the window he popped in his case.

    Great stuff!


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Yeah, that PSXp was class.
    SNESp
    He's some sort of Californian (no wait - don't go yet) Electrnoics guy.
    Mods VCSes into portable things. Does em quite well too.
    You send him an Atari VCS and a bit of cash and he'll give you one he's made earlier.

    Where abouts would one find the silicon rubber?
    Any chance it could be made from silicon sealant, moulded and shaved a bit? I'd like a little bit of 'sponginess' on my wheel :)

    /me envisions the day when mice are classed not by their array of butons, nor by the dpi of their cold fusion powered-opticals but by the simple wheel. And the sponginess there-of. :)


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    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    just buy an MS optical mouse and you get free laser light shining morning noon and night.
    and its free.
    the light, not the mouse!


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    Clinical Waste
    Registered Users Posts: 1,574 ✭✭✭Clinical Waste


    Epoxy Resin would be better than Plexiglass, has good texture and would be simple to make.

    But i'll take one of BioHazAds free silicon rings, they would be softer


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    yeah, but it's not Bosco 'Make it your self' style :(

    besides, I'm getting me one of those nice Logitech Opticals. Lovely.


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    strat
    Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭strat


    yes as wwm pointed out the optical mice already have mad red lights - all u need is the transpairent wheel

    dunno if i like the idea of hacking my £40 mouse to bits tho :(


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