Mod J00r mouse

po0k

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?

Celt

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

MarcusGarvey

Oh that rocks.

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

Stephen

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

TacT

good stuff indeed

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!

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.

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!

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

po0k

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

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

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