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My "Tied To The 90's" Cab or: How I Learned to Stop Planning and Love the Router
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: push2reject on March 30, 2011, 10:20:20 pm ---One idea I had:
I was thinking about trying to install a Fushigi Ball in place of a standard trackball. They have both glow-in-the dark and acrylic-over-metal balls. They are 3" big per the website. 20 dollars @ Wally World and no shipping. What do you think? Has anyone tried this?
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Interesting idea. I wonder what the acrylic over metal would look like LED lit from underneath...
BobA:
To quote the faq "Each FUSHIGI is hand made and polished therefore making every FUSHIGI ever so slightly unique to itself. " If this is the case it might not have the tolerance required to give you constant contact with the rollers in a trackball. I guess the only way to see how it rolls is to try one. It would look great if it works :D
push2reject:
--- Quote from: BobA on March 30, 2011, 11:47:39 pm ---To quote the faq "Each FUSHIGI is hand made and polished therefore making every FUSHIGI ever so slightly unique to itself. " If this is the case it might not have the tolerance required to give you constant contact with the rollers in a trackball.
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Sorta... I just got back from Walmart. I pulled one out of the box in the aisle and I'm glad I did. It is a metal ball in cloudy plastic with what were clearly casting marks. The ball had a molding seam all around the circumference with additional seam on one side from what I assume is a secondary casting (the metal ball inside would need to be suctioned in place on an arm while the first pour took place) I looked at it for about 20 minutes figuring out how it was made. I figured it would need to be sanded and polished. On top of that it didn't have a clean or smooth feel to it like my ball has. It was almost a bit tacky. It's not "hand polished" its wiped down and stuck in the box in. I'll pass until I see it in the 5 dollar bin.
I was so hopeful it would be cooler looking. I'll likely order a black ball from Bob Roberts. Anyone have the correct link to his site? There appears to be a couple of versions. I keep finding older ones.
mgb:
http://www.therealbobroberts.net/
SNAAKE:
lol awesome thread title. reminds me I still need to watch drstrangelove on blu ray.
cabinet looks good. what kind of hdtv is that anyway?? looks like those "samsung slim crt".