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Title: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on December 08, 2004, 10:40:54 am
Anyone know of a supplier that I could get a 2-1/4 or 3" trackball from, that would look like a soccer ball?
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: pcates on December 08, 2004, 11:29:37 am
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
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 08, 2004, 12:39:21 pm
Almost:  http://www.flyingclipper.com/home/fc1/multilist/2/0   >:(
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: RetroJames on December 08, 2004, 12:53:58 pm
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

Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: clanggedin on December 08, 2004, 02:04:31 pm
Almost:
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on December 08, 2004, 02:27:05 pm
There are a bunch of links in this thread to novelty trackballs.
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 09, 2004, 11:59:32 am
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?
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on December 09, 2004, 01:00:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: GadgetGeek on December 09, 2004, 01:28:42 pm
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
Title: Re: Novelty Trackballs?
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on December 09, 2004, 01:53:35 pm
That is possible.
That's basically how inlays are done on them.
It would be ALOT of work though.