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Spawn-Inc
03-07-2007, 05:20 PM
i am going to go pick up this mouse and cram it into an altoids tin. i got the idea from intergalacticman ,thx!
http://www.bbpcomputers.com/images/mouselogusb.jpg

this is how i want it to look.

http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/1939/2537372930100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

i'm off to get the mouse now. i am thinking this should take me 1-2 hours maybe.

Spawn-Inc
03-07-2007, 11:47 PM
well i am almost done, i just need to make mouse buttons. so here are some pictures

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/1532/2926680490100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/1783/2028317520100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/711/2619422650100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/1544/2959907750100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/1701/2284540370100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/1194/2499582420100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
its hard to tell but the mouse is together in the lower picture
http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/424/2797145820100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/426/2219560500100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

Spawn-Inc
03-08-2007, 08:13 PM
well its done! it works pretty good. there are minor issues with it permently right clicking, just opening and closing the case fixes it.

http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/2536/2187552040100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/1187/2544887600100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/2126/2255918690100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/2949/2673316600100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/1438/2706457680100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

to get the mouse buttons to click i melted away a notch from the orginal mouse buttons and secured them in place with some electrical tape. here is a picture of where i melted the mouse.
http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/3400/2723688920100511463S600x600Q85.jpg
and this is how i placed it over the mouse switch. the red is where i placed the tape, brown is the plastic, black is the switch.
http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/1458/2863495970100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

Link to original worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6875)