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NoOne=NBA=:


--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on December 08, 2004, 12:53:58 pm ---There are a bunch of links in this thread to novelty trackballs.
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Tiger-Heli:


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--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on December 08, 2004, 12:39:21 pm ---Almost:  http://www.flyingclipper.com/home/fc1/multilist/2/0   >:(

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Those won't work in a trackball unless they are made out of acrylic, but they are made out of tough suede instead. You would need to find an acrylic ball that the design of a soccer ball had been laser etched on the inside or something similar.

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Right, that's why my post said "Almost".

NoOne - Did you ever find them?

NoOne=NBA=:

I didn't find anything that was finished, and ready for sale as-is.

I did find a couple leads for custom printing in that other thread though.
I'm waiting to hear back on the feasibility, and price.

I also remembered that I know someone locally with a die sublimation setup.
I may be able to do some trade work with HIM to get it printed cheap, if I buy my own cue ball.

GadgetGeek:

Thinking as I type here and this may be totally unfeasible but...
what if ...
start with a regular trackball
then tediously dremeled out a slight groove in a soccerball pattern
take some sort of epoxy (colored somehow) and filled in the grooves
once expoxy has cured, tediously polish the trackball

just a thought

NoOne=NBA=:

That is possible.
That's basically how inlays are done on them.
It would be ALOT of work though.

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