Mouse Fan

[Reyer]

I woke up this morning and descided to put a fan in my mouse.
Its nothing amazing but its guna be fun.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-016F.jpg

The Mouse

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-017F.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-019F.jpg

the fan

[Reyer]

I dont have a dremel so i have to use this hack saw.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-020F.jpg


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-021F.jpg

nice and dirty

[dgrmkrp]

i think this is a really useful mod.. mouse+fan=comfort :) good luck

[Reyer]

The fans guna hopefully fit right here

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/FanPlacementinside2.jpg

and im going to drill holes right here

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/FanOutsideHoles.jpg

and if i some how mess that up im just guna make it a giant circle and put black mesh over it.!
woohoo

[Reyer]

And if any of u want to, u can send me a dremel :D

[sirkillalot617]

i was just thinkn the same as you this morning

[Reyer]

spooky...
welll im not going to beable to do this untill i get a dremmel

theres just no way my kruddy fat hacksaw (without a handle) will do the job

im just going to scrowng up 50 bucks and go buy one tonight or tomarrow

[dgrmkrp]

wait.. there is another way.. you need something hot (as in high temp, but not that high).. a very steady surgeon hand, sandpaper and lots of planning.. i won't say anymore.... ;)

[Scotty]

The joys of pre-built ones (http://www.nyko.com/nyko/products/?i=10)

But its a great idea and hope your mod works.

[Reyer]

There is not enough room width wise, so im cutting slots out on either side
i will post pics in a bit

[Reyer]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-024F.jpg

you like it dont you... thoes smooth non dremel cuts.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-025F.jpg

[.Maleficus.]

I was gonna do this same thing, but I ran into this problem.

What are you going to use to power it?

[SgtM]

There's 5 volts coming in from the USB source. FYI red is positive, black is negative. I just noticed that the fan is 12v. If it spins, it's gonna be slow.

[dgrmkrp]

hehe.. true.. i recommend finding a fitting 5v fan.. really tough to find tho, but it would pay off.. :) the breeze is gonna turn in a storm...
(ok.. i'm going back to watching the exorcism of emily rose... mm mm m m)

[Reyer]

i actually tried running it off of the 5 v
and it ran pretty well, not to much or too little
just enough to sooth my hands

i hope

im alittle woried tho cus i ran it off of the 5v and i saw smoke and smelled some burning stuff. i hope it was just because the fan wires were touching other stuff

[dgrmkrp]

auch... be careful not to fry anything.. one thing you can be worried about is the amount of current you pass thru the circuits.. the usb line is limited to 0.5A, that's 2.5W.. a normal mouse needs 0.5W, the leds you add consume a few miliwatts, and a motor can consume 1 W or so.. don't take too skinny a wire.. use multi-stranded copper wire, with good insulation and carefully and minimally expose the wire for soldering..

also, the fan@5V pressure is gonna go down a lot.. in its place, thru the mouse parts, it will move far less air with all obstructions..

[Reyer]

alrite
tomaro im going to go buy a cold heat
WOOHOOO
and im guna take a peek at the dremmels


andd at the epoxy's.

does any one have a recomendation for a good one for me to install the fan with?

[dgrmkrp]

i used super-glue or cyano-acrylate.. a paper intermediary layer may be needed as i found that the plastic from which the fan is made doesn't like the glue...

another way would be to use some kind of 2 compound resin.. some kind of epoxy.. or plastic cement? i have to investigate this thoroughly because i will be facing this decision soon too :)

[Reyer]

i need a base for the fan to sit on
is there a kind of foam or something? i dont want to go all out for some bondo.

im jsut thinking if i try and superglue it, there wont be enough contact area to keep it stable.

[tybrenis]

Don't get a coldheat! They suck!

BTW, sweet mod. Been following your progress.

[Reyer]

if u say so. its probably better than the crappy chunk of soldering iron i have.

well
that will save me 14.95

i guess i will get at dremel then

[tybrenis]

I bought one and it was awful. You can use it for anything other than short, really quick jobs. I recomend just ponying up and buying a nice digital one, but really anything is better than the cold heat.

[GT40_GearHead]

wha' ?!
its battery-powered, and it cools to, how the hell does it do that?

[Reyer]

well my fan just broke...

im guna have to wait untill monday to get a new one.

i was just about to put it togeather. oh well

[jdbnsn]

Just thought I'd tell you about this place, they sell fans of all size and shape (and have some really cool pint-sized blower units which would make for a cool case vent), but anyway...
http://www.majorelectronix.com/dcfans.html

[Reyer]

nice website,
but i think i can fix my fan.
the only part that broke was the red wire, i accidentaly ripped it out, and the area to solder it back on is way to small,

if i tried i would probably melt abunch of plastic :) so
im thinking if i get the dremel today i can cut a bit of the plastic off to expose the circut board and i can fix it up

[Reyer]

chamona

[Reyer]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/brokenfan.jpg

broken fan...

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/outercutholes.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/cutholes.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/cleanedupholes.jpg

messy holes



and i finaly went down to get a dremmel, and they didnt have a cord one, and i just said screw it, so i got a cordless. dont be angry

[Reyer]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/Dremelinbox.jpg

the guy at ace said they just sold the last corded one to a guy 15 minutes before

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/bits.jpg

[Reyer]

alrite,

i got the fan in place and its running and i have it all wired up

i just need to drill some more holes in the bottom. they are going to be what is letting air in.

heres a video of it running

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SrwK9X4eErQ

[tybrenis]

Sweet, great job! +rep.

BTW, whats the name of that song? I hear it a lot and it's pretty chill.

[Reyer]

ya i found it on the website http://www.garageband.com/ its buy some guy Monkeybacon

check him out on there, i think hes under electronica,

you can download the full mp3 straight from the website,
no cost

[tybrenis]

Sweet. Good stuff.

[Reyer]

alrite

i cut out abunch of new air holes, 2 big ones on the side

and this morning i got some of this mesh from my screen door and stuk it in

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-013F.jpg

and this is the sunset from my room a couple of nights ago

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-006F.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/albinogary/MVC-007F.jpg

very nice :)

[Reyer]

i need a better camera

im using a old digital camera that saves directly to a floppy disk

its kind of handy, but its huge

[SgtM]

Looks sweet man. How does it feel when you're using it? Also, sweet sunset pics, where do you live?

[Reyer]

it feels ok, it puts out alittle air.

im thinking about getting a 5v fan and it will be alot better,

but i like it, its a nice comfertable breeze.

and i live in seattle, hora Sea-town