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Mouse modding :D

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Dagobert
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Netherlands1858 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 21:59:35
June 16 2011 21:55 GMT
#1
MOUSE MODDING


Alright, so I've been having a few problems with my mouse lately - mostly related to gliding. The stuff underneath (advertised as 'teflon' but if it was, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't get indented just from the small crumbs on my desk; plus it looks and behaves like plastic so... saying it's plastic is a pretty safe bet) was uneven and produced a lot of friction. I was thinking about how I could solve this and came up with a couple of ideas.

First, whatever I'd want to use, it would have to be even and solid. Anything even remotely rubberlike would just stop the mouse movement. Second, it shouldn't be prone to abrasion or require cleaning. Third, it must be relatively flat; as in: the distance between surface and mouse should remain small - otherwise the laser signal won't get picked up. Fourth, it should have as little surface area as possible to remove friction and lastly, it should be sturdy so I only have to do the 'makeover' once.

Out of all materials, only two came to mind: metal or glass/ceramic. Since glass in that kind of shape and size is sort of hard to get hold of - and because it's not exactly sturdy, I decided metal was the way to go. As for the shape, to minimise surface area, anything spherical would be ideal - and luckily, I had picked up this small chain several years ago:

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I removed the gliders and used some acrylic glue to attach the small metal balls to the mouse, so now it looks like this:

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Needless to say - now my mouse glides like a hero. Takes a little getting used to, because the force needed to move the mouse is drastically reduced, but together with the dpi adjustment options, it's not that big of a deal. No mousepad needed (I didn't use one before, either, though) and not bothered by sticky surfaces at all. Only (tiny) issue now is that because of the higher physical sensitivity, the precision suffers a little. Might be a problem if I'd wanted to paint the Mona Lisa by 'mouse' in Photoshop, but luckily my ambitions lie elsewhere.

What do you think about this? Have you modded your mouse?

mardi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1164 Posts
June 16 2011 21:59 GMT
#2
That's pretty sick. The most modding I've done on my mouse was sanding down the sides of my death adder. Stopped giving me sweaty palms and added LOADS of grip.
Dagobert
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Netherlands1858 Posts
June 16 2011 22:04 GMT
#3
On June 17 2011 06:59 mardi wrote:
That's pretty sick. The most modding I've done on my mouse was sanding down the sides of my death adder. Stopped giving me sweaty palms and added LOADS of grip.

Oh, that's a cool idea as well. Luckily one of the few good things I can say about the G5 is that it's got enough texture already, so sweaty palms aren't much of an issue.
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
June 16 2011 22:08 GMT
#4
Cool mod, back when LED's were the rage on mice my friend and I would go to the store buy a 2 button logitech or microsoft mouse, open them up and solder a new LED in so we could have different colours. Too bad they didn't work to well on some surfaces but looked awesome.
Brood War forever!
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
June 16 2011 22:20 GMT
#5
That is really cool. Personally I like the friction (or at least I think I do) but I might try this out sometime with one of my old mice...
:)
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