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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: NoOne=NBA= on December 08, 2004, 10:40:54 am
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Anyone know of a supplier that I could get a 2-1/4 or 3" trackball from, that would look like a soccer ball?
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Anyone know of a supplier that I could get a 2-1/4 or 3" trackball from, that would look like a soccer ball?
I'm not 100% sure, but I would start by looking at pool table suppliers. I have seen several people use a 2 1/4" pool ball for their trackballs.
Good luck, Patrick
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Almost: http://www.flyingclipper.com/home/fc1/multilist/2/0 >:(
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There are a bunch of links in this thread to novelty trackballs. I didn't see any soccer though there is a company that will put a logo on the ball, maybe they would do a soccerball theme. Good luck.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=2%3baction=display%3bthreadid=22761%3bstart=new
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Almost:
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There are a bunch of links in this thread to novelty trackballs.
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Almost: http://www.flyingclipper.com/home/fc1/multilist/2/0 >:(
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.
Right, that's why my post said "Almost".
NoOne - Did you ever find them?
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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.
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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
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That is possible.
That's basically how inlays are done on them.
It would be ALOT of work though.