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How to : Very cheap spinner !
« on: June 03, 2009, 04:47:23 pm »
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Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2009, 05:15:34 pm »
That's almost exactly what I did over a year ago. Still works great.
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Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
« Reply #2 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!
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Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2009, 08:43:34 pm »
Very nice indeed! What did you use for the disc that the mouse tracks on?
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Re: How to : Very cheap spinner !
« Reply #4 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.

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