Something experimental - A5000 mouse ball replacement.

[alexh]

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 91122.html

[rubber_jonnie]

I bet there is more than 2mm of rubber coating on a 22mm mouse ball. If you could find some sort of automated mechanical sander that could take off 2mm of rubber that might be the best solution?

It's possible I suppose, I'm open to any thoughts at present.

[rubber_jonnie]

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 91122.html

Interesting, but minimum order is 100, so I won't be doing that. At least for now, though it does represent an interesting opportunity, and I'm now wondering if they offer samples?

[rubber_jonnie]

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 91122.html

I've contacted the supplier to see if I can get a sample.

[alexh]

Maybe bring to the attention of someone like CJE Micros, the big Acorn dealer. If anyone could sell 100 units low risk it's them

[stephen_usher]

CJE will ask for a LOLPrice.

[rubber_jonnie]

Maybe bring to the attention of someone like CJE Micros, the big Acorn dealer. If anyone could sell 100 units low risk it's them

Will see what happens, waiting for a reply. CJE don't have any, but they have mice at £89 a pop!

At 40p a unit I'm not overly worried about the price, but I do really need a sample to see if they work.

[rubber_jonnie]

CJE will ask for a LOLPrice.

Quite possibly!

[rubber_jonnie]

These fellas arrived today:

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Quality of the Chineseum is a little poor, so roundness is not great and there are some seams/flashing, however they fit the mouse and I think they could work with some tweaking. More to come...

[rubber_jonnie]

Also just in:

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It does indeed fit 20 mm balls and seems more resilient than the RTV mould I made, which is a start. I had hoped it would be more rigid than it is, but I think it'll be ok.