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Mouse Tape

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:23 am
by zeus
Just purchased some teflon tape from mousetape.com. I got 5 1"x8.5" strips shipped for $10. Using some careful cutting, I think that this will last my mx518 several years, even if I change tape weekly, and I know I won't.

So far so good. It is pretty slick. We will see how it hold up. However, I also use a ghetto mouse pad made up of parchment paper. Looks like crap, but works very well.

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:39 am
by d2frob
I just got the steelseries s&s for my mx518...the teflon feet rock and the mousemat does too! Highly recommened but might wanna nudge the mouse sens down a bit

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:55 pm
by KillaDEATH
Zeus your parchment paper is counteracting the mouse feet you already have.

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:30 pm
by zeus
Nope, it is providing a very smooth, even surface. And the mouse tracks over it well, vs. just using the drawer.

If i use a mouse pad, then I am slowed down. Plus, most mouse pads are small compared to the 15" or so of space I use now.

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:20 pm
by d2frob
I don't understand how people play with such low sens :| i have about 10cm for a full 360, plus mouse accel so i could do it in about 5 if i needed

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:15 pm
by zeus
Well, when you are old like I am, you need things slowed down.

i'm scared to ask ...

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:58 am
by HunkaHunkaBurninLove
Just how old are you, zeus?

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:22 am
by d2frob
Last i heard it was at least 1000

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:37 am
by DW_KarmaKat
Depends on which kind of parchment paper we're talking about...

The kind that you use for writing on and making fine documents is a bit rough.

The kind you buy to wrap things in for baking or lining cookie sheets is actually pretty smooth.

I'm guessing, Zeus, that you have the latter.

KKat
:flower:

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:51 am
by zeus
almost to my mid thirtys...

Yeah, parchment paper comes in a roll in cooking aisles with aluminum foil, saran wrap, etc. You use it mostly in baking purposes. The page I originally saw the idea on used wax paper.
I may to give that a try sometime. It would provide a different surface.

The only problem with the parchment paper is that it picks up oil and sweat off of my wrist pretty easily, so you have to replace it.

The surface of my table is actually really slick. I would use that, and I have, except that the optics does not pick up of the grain of the wood correctly, so it does not track very well.

I will take some pics and post them later.