My mouse guts project nearing completion. Supplies consisted of duct tape, a rubber band, a tourniquet, a shoe-box and, of course, the innards of a usb-compatible track-ball mouse. Construction took roughly 10 minutes. The original idea consisted of two rubber-bands—the rubber-band, and the tourniquet—both of which would loop around a 1-inch wooden dowel with the smaller rubber-band connected to the x-axis controller of the mouse.
The idea was that the tourniquet was to be the portion that the user would move with their finger, which would turn the dowel, and the x-axis controlling rubber-band. However, that idea hasn’t quite worked out. While the small rubber-band looped around the dowel has enough tension to turn both the dowel and the x-axis controller; I can’t seem to get enough tension on the tourniquet to transfer the motion. So, my backup idea is for the dowel to be the actual interface; sort of like a knob that the user would turn to browse through the gallery.
I haven’t given up completely on the slider idea. I’ll give it another try—I feel like there might be something that I’m overlooking :\
Supplies used in construction.
Inside box, Shot #1
Inside box, Shot #2
Inside box, Shot #3