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Author Topic: How to polish a trackball  (Read 2227 times)

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How to polish a trackball
« on: November 21, 2008, 04:16:10 pm »
I just added a post on my wifes blog about how to polish a trackball (I figured I would post a link here in case anyone here is interested, I know when I tried searching for info on this, I came up empty handed).  Anyways, if you're interested, you can find the post here:

http://melarky.com/?p=905

Here's a pic from the post for those too lazy to click the link:

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Re: How to polish a trackball
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2008, 04:39:53 pm »
Very nice!   :cheers:

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Re: How to polish a trackball
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2008, 04:59:44 pm »
Yikes. I just read the comment on the blog. Who did you piss off?
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Re: How to polish a trackball
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2008, 05:08:16 pm »
Yikes. I just read the comment on the blog. Who did you piss off?

Ha, that's actually a buddy of mine, he left it as a joke, I haven't seen last nights office, but he said it had something to do with that.  We just give each other a hard time as a joke, he thought he was pretty funny with that comment.

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Re: How to polish a trackball
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2008, 06:34:54 pm »
Personally I think the comment is the most interesting part of the article :laugh2:

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Re: How to polish a trackball
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2008, 10:44:08 am »
That's pretty cool.


I work at an optics shop where we use diamond powder to polish balls  (I know it sounds funny)  but when they are done, they have a mirror finish.

If I ever had some old track balls I might try polishing them.

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Re: How to polish a trackball
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2008, 04:24:34 pm »
If you want a tester I have an old betson that could use some love  ;)