[HN Gopher] The Bellwether mouse: A modern Depraz clone
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       The Bellwether mouse: A modern Depraz clone
        
       Author : floren
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-03-09 18:12 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | ch_123 wrote:
       | I, for one, would buy one of these if the author produced them.
        
         | floren wrote:
         | Thank you, I'm looking into options for selling small batches
         | after I make a few more refinements (I'm considering putting a
         | USB-C port in for the cable instead of the current style).
         | Maybe via Tindie or some other platform?
        
       | antattack wrote:
       | It would probably be much cheaper and faster to use donor mouse
       | for electronics/optics. Good 1000dpi optical mouse goes for $5,
       | if board needs to be shorter it can be safely cut off where
       | buttons are.
        
       | bloopernova wrote:
       | In any mouse thread, I will always recommend ploopy trackballs
       | and mice.
       | 
       | https://ploopy.co/
       | 
       | My only gripe about the ploopy mouse is the scroll wheel spins a
       | little too freely.
        
         | floren wrote:
         | Ploopy makes cool-looking stuff. Based on the pictures on their
         | website, it looks like the bodies are 3d-printed? How do they
         | feel to use?
         | 
         | Their nano trackball looks interesting, too... are you meant to
         | bind keys on your keyboard to act as mouse buttons, since the
         | trackball lacks buttons?
        
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