[sdiy] Plastic Moulding

[William Inman]

Mechanical mouse ball?  It may be too heavy or too small (metal inside?),
but there are a billion of them not being used anymore.  I have no idea
what would happen if you tried to drill one.

Elliot


> [Original Message]
> From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: 1/4/2005 1:33:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Plastic Moulding
>
> Hey Paul,
>
> Just a random and possibly/probably daft idea, but what about a toy ball?
I
> know there are compressed rubber balls (also called "super balls") of many
> different sizes that might be drilled to fit the shaft.  A hole slightly
> smaller than the shaft might make a nice slip on fit.  They are
ridiculously
> inexpensive.  Color?  I don't know how lucky you'd be at getting a grey
one.
>  I've seen some cool swirly multicolor ones as well as solid color.
>
> "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.QinetiQ.com> wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> > Does anyone out there know where/how I can get a couple of knobs made?
> >I'm after a small grey plastic 'ball' to go on top of an analogue
joystick,
> >a bit like the old PacMan Arcade games.
> >
> >Paul
> >
>
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