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Title: How to : Very cheap spinner !
Post by: zouliv on June 03, 2009, 04:47:23 pm

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Title: Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
Post by: Ginsu Victim on June 03, 2009, 05:15:34 pm

That's almost exactly what I did over a year ago. Still works great.

Title: Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
Post by: drventure on June 03, 2009, 05:48:17 pm

So if I'm reading that correctly, the idea is to take an optical mouse, gut it and put a spinner knob attached to a wheel that's marked in some fashion, the mount the mouse guts over the wheel upside down, so essentially, the "desk" is moving under the mouse, right?

That's a slick idea, and very simple.

Nice!

Title: Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
Post by: IG-88 on June 03, 2009, 08:43:34 pm

Very nice indeed! What did you use for the disc that the mouse tracks on?

Title: Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
Post by: Xiaou2 on June 03, 2009, 10:43:00 pm

 Doesnt this introduce some Vertical movement as well? 

 It would be the equivalent of rolling your mouse in a circle.

 
 I think it may be better if the wheel tracked was made to be vertical.   
And that way,  you wouldnt have any other direction being sensed / activated.