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Cheap cheap trackballby ~vonSmallhausen

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I was bored today as I am sick (strep throat/tonsillitis), so I decided to build a trackball mouse for my bed-computer. Works pretty good. Will probably add some sort of scroll to it.

Built it from an old optical mouse and a deodorant ball.

~PaulRokicki Apr 3, 2011

wow thats crazy! amazing that it works!

~vonSmallhausen Apr 4, 2011

Thanks!

~Melbournesparks Feb 23, 2011

Nice! Very clever and very innovative. Are those marker dots on the ball to improve the tracking accuracy?

~vonSmallhausen Feb 23, 2011

Thanks!
Yes they are. Without them my sensor didn't quite pick up all the movements, so I figured I'd try dots like how it is on the once you buy. Greatly improved the tracking.
You might not need it if you build it yourself, but I did with my old Terratec Mystify Mamba (crappy mouse to begin with).

~Ankutt Feb 22, 2011

Luktar den gott? :3

~vonSmallhausen Feb 22, 2011

Mjah. Den luktar okej. Man bör nog helst använda luktfri deokula när man ska göra något sådant här.

~Ghost-Rid3r Feb 22, 2011

That's some hell of trackball!

~vonSmallhausen Feb 22, 2011

Not really. Just something you make when you're bored.

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