Re: What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse??

The mouse is behaving quite well now. Since I always have a spare on-hand I'll think I'll make that a regular cleaning procedure ;-)

...Jim Thompson

The first part of the thread doesn't show on my server. What did you do? Dunk it in twelve year old Scotch?

I poured denatured alcohol into the battery compartment and it ran out around the buttons.

After around 8 hours of drying it's working like new.

...Jim Thompson

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Hopefully it didn't carry any essential stuff out with it. If it's the Logitech that I have then at least it doesn't have bearings with grease in them.

How do you get so much crud into it anyhow? Eating chips while doing CAD?

One thing I did find is that it pays to install better contact switches into a lot of stuff. I always keep a bunch that have good tactile feel and are nicely sealed.

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Peanuts ;-) Actually I have oily skin (*) which collects on the buttons and, I'm sure, goes down into the innards, collecting dust.

(*) Bugs the wife something fierce... she's always needing lotion for her dry skin... I never do ;-)

When I find a mouse I like I usually buy three at a time. I rarely repair anything... time is MONEY.

...Jim Thompson

In your case, since presumably $30-$40 is not a lot of money to be without, how about hiring someone to spend the hour or so doing it? Have any reasonably competent teenagers living nearby? That way you can spend more time working making more money, you "employ" someone, and you keep the shears out of the landfill.

Yeah, but it took only 20 minutes. Plus I had a beer (can't do that with a teenager around) and listened to stock market news in the garage. Usually I combine such chores with the barbeque start. Letting a neighbor's kid work with the rotary grinder to sharpen the blades also has its challenges and scares.

Of course Murphy struck. The chain saw threw its chain. Oh man ...

The time spent to find a reasonably competent teenager, or even a non-competent one, willing to do it would possibly exceed the time spent to do it oneself. :-(

To say nothing of teenager + sharp object + litigous parents = lawsuit. :-(

Of course, there's the risk of getting O.S.H.A. on your back:

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Funny, but reality is geeting closer. Professional bullriders used to be protected by only leather chaps and one glove. Now some are wearing chest protectors, helmets, face masks, etc.

I have been using a logitech ball mouse since they first came out. Far better for gaming, and for mousing, one does not have to have as much desktop space available since it stays in one place. Mine is old, but the optical read technology they have now is real good. I wish they would re-introduce the early physical design with the modern inner works. Hell, I may try a retro-fit one day, since I have two.

It is worth it, if one is trying to keep that crap out of the landfills.

EWWWWWWW! Just think of all the paw crud!

Talk about breeding super germs!

Hollow out the center and bury your fire safe in there!

That's one piece of furniture a robber would not try to carry off.

You might recall how, in hockey, there was a time when there was very little protection as well. The first guy who, as a goalee, decided to start wearing a wire face protector was roundly lambasted as being quite the sissy... even though he'd already had his face smashed up quite badly not once but twice from stopping a puck with it.

These days, some of the extra protection probably has to do with insurance costs... by the time you get to the level of, e.g., professional boxing, the athletes have quite generous disability insurance policies in place. As soon as injured athletes starts translating into extra expenses for the organizers/promoters, it's not at all surprising that suddenly there's an emphasis on safety!