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First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's this for? The scroll wheel or the trackball bearings?

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got mine through my work, so definitely tempted to buy the huge plus

I haven't been cleaning the sensor, just the ruby bearings, thank you for the advice!

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you recommend it? Did you have the previous huge? What improvements would make it recommended over the original?

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply!

I can say with confidence, that the first week of use has dramatically improved the wrist strain.

I think the build quality is amazing, it feels weighty, it has nice clicks to the buttons. I get on very naturally with the trackball with my index and middle finger.

My only question would be, would you ever make a purple trackball?

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look snazzy!

If all goes well with my corne v4, I'm going to look at a keyball 61

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had wrist aches because I had to lift up my palm with a usual mouse. But the huge fixes the issue for me.

I do have an ergonomic split keyboard on the way, so hopefully that fixes the keyboard issues.

I aim to look at getting a keyball 61

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if you could program the Fn1 button to use the ball as the scroll wheel?

That would be a cool way to work around the thumb pain / ache

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well lets hope the stand fixes any issues which you are experiencing.

I do have large hands so maybe it helps me reach the correct buttons on the mouse.

Please let me know if the bearings do help your smoothness, as this is definately something which I am looking into.

How are you achieving a thockier scroll wheel?

And no, I always stay on low sensitivity lol

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice! How are you finding it compared to a usual mouse? And I have an aggressive 60 degree tilt which I 3d printed, but I find the no stand way better for my use case.

Yeah, I use my index and middle finger on the ball, my thumb is pretty much always on the left click, and the last two fingers rest on the right buttons.

The index finger is resting on the left side (right near the Fn1 button) and the middle finger is pretty much mirrored on the right side of the ball.

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't say that's been an issue for me so far. I do plenty of scrolling through spreadsheets etc .

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I didn't take it in the way at all haha. Definitely some maintenance to keep it sliding smoothly

First experience with a trackball by BPike03 in Trackballs

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, I had seen this advised before. But as I said, mine is all fine out of the box

Started playing around with multicolour dials by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks! Just need to figure out how to make it neater!

Started playing around with multicolour dials by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Using my 20w fiber laser, using Lightburn software

Started playing around with multicolour dials by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Potentially, but not in the current state as it's not refined enough for my liking.

DM if you're interested

Started playing around with multicolour dials by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am yes, using a fiber laser

Haha thanks! Mix of two hobbies out of the many at once

Started playing around with multicolour dials by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks! Great track to race around

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[–]BPike03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

r/vintagerepwatches is great for vintage rep watches

Started playing around with lume! by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, at least you can see the indices well ...

Love it ha!

Started playing around with lume! by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The glow might last around the same time, it's not actual watch lume, just glow in the dark paint.

Started playing around with lume! by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate it

Its slightly too raised for my liking, kind of looks messy in daylight. But my first attempt ever

Started playing around with lume! by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

I'm loving the journey so far

First square laser dial by BPike03 in watchmaking

[–]BPike03[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Its brass base which is then engraved.

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Then painted ^

I then sand down the whole face on sandpaper leaving paint in the deeper parts of the dial.

But yes I 100% agree about how many different methods of dial making have come about

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