Macally Iball Spinner Hack

[Valence]

Here

[Valence]

Now you have to do the support for the pcb assembly. Take the encoder wheel and you will notice that it has a rubber grommet on it. This fits in the hole on the bottom of the bearing. Do not glue it there yet. You will need some play to get it in the proper position.


This is the most time consuming part. With the wheel post in the bearing with the grommet, you will have to adjust were the wheel actually sits on the post. The black piece that you glued to the pcb has a nice slot to help you align it. Once you know what height the pcb has to be, bend the expansion slot covers to accommodate this. Again, this is a trial and error thing. You can use my pic as a guideline but it really depends on how yours is set.


I ended up using two slot covers to make sure it didn

[hooded_paladin]

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_acc_mactrack.html
is this the same one?  I didn't know they were at Fry's.  That could save me some shipping fees.

By the way, that is the first understandable do-it-yourself spinner lesson I've seen, and I'm very compelled to make one.  (later, when I have time)  Very nice.

*edit*
Actually, that store is in Santa Clara... and is plain retail too ... SCORE!

[Chris]

I don't think that's the same ball, but that ball is very hackable.  I used it for my Happ interface hack.

[Valence]

Its this one. Though, the web site lists it as 30.00. I got mine from fry's for 3  http://www.shipitforyou.com/cgi-bin/sgin0105.exe?T1=M450+1022&FNM=89&UID=2003081316114616

[hooded_paladin]

Would the Macally one work for PC's?  And does it have an okay feel to it (as a trackball)?
I'd like to buy a PC trackball for a trackball, and another to hack into a spinner.  Which would work best for both these things?  If they're both PC compatible, I could get a different one for each purpose as I can get both locally and cheap.