Hey all,
Looking to add pinky and better thumb rests onto my mouse. There are other mice out there that have these features as standard but I'm not a fan of the rest of the mouse and the finger rests are not enough of a draw alone.
so the mouse (mice) in question are the g500 and g400. The old 400 is the test mouse that will be the prototype for the final mod on the 500. Basicly I want to add a pinky rest on the right and a better/larger (more forward and left) thumb rest on the left.
as these parts exist for other mice (e.g. R.A.T 9), was wondering if taking these and modding to fit the g400 would work and the best way to make it usable and comfortable. As the rests have screw holes for mounting on the RAT mouse, could use these to rivet or screw to the shell of the g400. then maybe plastic weld or glue for proper fitment. maybe having to trim some of the original shell aswell but only under the contact point of the new part.
That or chop up the g400 to add bits to the g500 but not sure how that might work.
maybe making custom parts out of fibreglass is better? I have a fair bit of
fibreglass building skills from making car parts and kayaks when I were a lad. but this means making many things to get an end result quite a long time down the line. plus at the minute there are no FG tools or materials here so would have to buy in again.
have any of you ever modded a mouse or other device in this sort of way?
any tips before taking the plunge on buying parts or chopping up mice?
is sticking other parts on a better way than custom making parts?
or are custom addons the way forward?
thanks for reading.
Looking to add pinky and better thumb rests onto my mouse. There are other mice out there that have these features as standard but I'm not a fan of the rest of the mouse and the finger rests are not enough of a draw alone.
so the mouse (mice) in question are the g500 and g400. The old 400 is the test mouse that will be the prototype for the final mod on the 500. Basicly I want to add a pinky rest on the right and a better/larger (more forward and left) thumb rest on the left.
as these parts exist for other mice (e.g. R.A.T 9), was wondering if taking these and modding to fit the g400 would work and the best way to make it usable and comfortable. As the rests have screw holes for mounting on the RAT mouse, could use these to rivet or screw to the shell of the g400. then maybe plastic weld or glue for proper fitment. maybe having to trim some of the original shell aswell but only under the contact point of the new part.
That or chop up the g400 to add bits to the g500 but not sure how that might work.
maybe making custom parts out of fibreglass is better? I have a fair bit of
fibreglass building skills from making car parts and kayaks when I were a lad. but this means making many things to get an end result quite a long time down the line. plus at the minute there are no FG tools or materials here so would have to buy in again.
have any of you ever modded a mouse or other device in this sort of way?
any tips before taking the plunge on buying parts or chopping up mice?
is sticking other parts on a better way than custom making parts?
or are custom addons the way forward?
thanks for reading.