Banzai mouse mod

[Cannibal23]

ok so i decided to mod a mouse to match my case. here is what i have done so far

i started with a ms optical mouse.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/start.jpg

then i formed some plex over it ya i know it looks rough but you'll see
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/mold.jpg

then i put the design on it and got out the drimel. i cut out the design..supprise!!!

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/cuts.jpg

here is what it looks like assembled with the lights on so far.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture016.jpg

dosent look horrable for a start but its far from over for this poor little optical mouse. will post updates as they occur

[Razors Edge]

Dude thats sick. Yes the cuts are a bit uneven, But I suspect that you will be making much more changes. Now try a pic with th emous enext to computer. Anyways, Good luck and keep it up.

[Cannibal23]

here ya go as requested. yes the cuts are pretty rough right now and not all of them are done either. im just working arround a problem in my mind with this thing at the moment before i go further. without further adue here is your pics :-)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture017.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture018.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture019.jpg

[Maz]

did you use a heat gun to shape that?
i have a feeling you will finish in no time and it will look as sick as your case.

[ThaiLuNn..]

is it hard enough to hold

it looks breakable from here and make it pure white i mean clean that blue things and rest of the microsoft

you can color this roll thinq in the middle of the mouse as red

last one this mouse is not pour this is the best mouse i have ever seen :D

[purdy]

I really like the design you put on the mouse, it flows nicely with the shape and contours of it, and still matches the case; which is amazing I must say. Keep up the good work!

[Cannibal23]

thanks guys. glad your likeing it so far. the plex isnt installed in it yet as im totaly not done chopping this poor little fella up yet. there still needs to be alot of work done here. more cuts, more fileing, some paint never hurt. and im thinking of somehow either painting the circut board or covering some of the inside parts up so it looks more uniform in color. i will most likely be trying to add additional Led's to it to make it brighter. as for the plex i used a heat gun and a damp cloth to form it. i heated it up over my stove placed it over the mouse and coverd my hand with the damp cloth. then i placed my hand ontop of the mouse and squeezed it into shape. the mold isnt exact all the way, but its not like i need the entire thing and in the end of it i can correct minor things by just reheating parts of it and form fitting it into place. yes the blue marks and the remainder of microsloths logo will be dissapearing when i paint it so dont you worry about that. there are going to be some issues like how to keep it closed after i cut the last 2 sections i want out. i say this because i will be most likely cutting through the plastic bits the screws go through. most likely i will do everything i need to, and then fix it shut with the same glue i use for my plex as it works on this stuff too. thinking of changeing the scroll wheel and makeing it glow. we will see

[Cannibal23]

is it hard enough to hold

it looks breakable from here and make it pure white i mean clean that blue things and rest of the microsoft


thats cause its not a finished peice yet. as for painting it thats exactly what i had in mind. im trying to make a matching mouse for the case i made recently. you can find it in the projects gallery under banzai. you seem to be carrying the same train of though as me. maybe you should mod a mouse too, i bet it would look awesome

[ThaiLuNn..]

i have a logitech g5 gaming mause :D

but i will mod my old creative notebook mause

first of all i need to design then buy some leds colors ;)

[tybrenis]

Looking good so far! How did you go about forming the plexi? Did you just drape it over the mouse or did you do anything more complex?

[Cannibal23]

i heated it up over my stove placed it over the mouse and coverd my hand with the damp cloth. then i placed my hand ontop of the mouse and squeezed it into shape.


seems to work well for me

[Silenced_Coyote]

Can you form it so that it fits into the sun rays?

[Cannibal23]

basicly i wanted it to make it flush with the rest of the mouse. so instead of forming it into the cuts. i needed the mold to take the same curve as the rest of the mouse. basicaly what will happen now is i will mark off on the plex what to cut out and glue it into the cuts in the mouse.

[tybrenis]

Sounds pretty cool!

[Cannibal23]

well im just hopeing that the plex and the abs bond really well and dont end up with some ugly marks where the glue sticks them togeather. im really hopeing that this all works out to look nice. its my first time modding a mouse and i would love for this to not turn out to be a disaster lol

[tybrenis]

well im just hopeing that the plex and the abs bond really well and dont end up with some ugly marks where the glue sticks them togeather. im really hopeing that this all works out to look nice. its my first time modding a mouse and i would love for this to not turn out to be a disaster lol

If it is ABS, then it should bond great, especially if you use a solvent glue (I recomend it!)

[progbuddy]

lmao.

*kicks again*

[Cannibal23]

solvent glue (I recomend it!)

im going to be useing the same stuff i use to just bond plex togeather. i know it will work on this plastic too but im more concerned about what the acctual join will look like seeing as one plastic is clear and the other is not

[Cannibal23]

lmao.

*kicks again*

why do you keep kicking me lol

[Cannibal23]

yay updates. here ya go

i Painted the top side of the electronics board
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture025.jpg

also i added a wire bridge to the circut that controls the dimming of the led when not in use as per the instructions on this forum. ya its blurry couldent get a better pic i tried.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture030.jpg

i also painted inside the base plate of the mouse. apparenltly i own too much red paint.. hmmm
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture029.jpg

i cut out some sections of the plexiglass mold i made. they still need to be filed down to fit, i get the feeling thats going to take a while.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture031.jpg

here it is again on top of the mouse body.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture032.jpg

did i mention i cut a few more strips out of this thing? here are some shots of it now
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture026.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture028.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture027.jpg

another update to come some time when im done all this lousy fileing..

[Cannibal23]

ok here are some updates

i cut out most of the plexiglass bits from my mold. they just need to be filed down to fit. i get the feeling i will be fileing forever. oh well least i will become some kind of fileing jedi or something.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture031.jpg
did i mention i cut some more strips out of this poor poor optical mouse?
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture032.jpg

i also made a wire bridge on the circut board to dissable the led from going dim. hey.. dim is lame ok. anyways i got the instructions from right here on TBSC. mouse mod thread under tips and ticks i think. page 2 post 16 as someone helpfully pointed out to me.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture030.jpg
painted both the mouse base as well as the top side of the circut board. i have far too much red spray paint for my own good i swear.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture029.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture025.jpg
so here it is all assembled. still alot to be done to clean this up but its starting to look like something i wouldent mind putting my name on.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture026.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture028.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e255/Cannibal23/Picture027.jpg
more tasty updates later when im done some fileing ... oh yay.