[TheForge] Re: Ralph, Mike and their toys (Was: OT Threads ?)

[Jerry Frost]

I don't know how they work either Mike but I bought one a couple years ago 
as the ball mice tended to wear out pretty quick. This is a dusty 
environment around here, lots of glacier dust year round.

Anyway, it has a bright red light, a sensor and doesn't much care what 
surface I use it on. I can hold it about 1/8" off a black surface and maybe 
1/16" off a white surface and it works fine. I'll play around with it and 
see if there is a color it really likes, maybe red or green and let you 
know.

What I really like about it so far is it's total insensitivity to dust, cat 
hairs and other bits of litter I run it over. No ball skip, juddering or 
other mechanical hinky jinky "noise" my ball mice seemed to pick up.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>


>
>> Use an optical mouse and you won't need mirrors, smoke nor physical
>> contact.
>
> I'll look into that, Frosty.  I don't know how they work.
>
> - Mike
>