wasser@viking.DEC (John A. Wasser) (09/11/85)
Many of the Mouse Pads being sold today are made of wetsuit
material. Most SCUBA shops will stock material for repairs
which you can buy by the square inch. The material you should
ask for is Nylon I (Nylon one) which is Neoprene foam coated
on one side with Nylon cloth. The more common type of material
is Nylon II (Nylon two) which has Nylon cloth on both sides.
Nylon I is better because the pad won't slip when put rubber
side down. I guess Nylon II would work if you could keep
it from slipping (like glue it to a board).
The material I bought was Top-of-the-Line material (the only
Nylon I they had) and cost $0.05 per square inch.
-John A. Wasser
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Littleton, MA 01460dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (09/12/85)
> > > Many of the Mouse Pads being sold today are made of wetsuit > material. Most SCUBA shops will stock material for repairs > which you can buy by the square inch. The material you should > ask for is Nylon I (Nylon one) which is Neoprene foam coated > on one side with Nylon cloth. The more common type of material > is Nylon II (Nylon two) which has Nylon cloth on both sides. > Nylon I is better because the pad won't slip when put rubber > side down. I guess Nylon II would work if you could keep > it from slipping (like glue it to a board). > > The material I bought was Top-of-the-Line material (the only > Nylon I they had) and cost $0.05 per square inch. > > -John A. Wasser When we got our Mac, my wife went out and bought a plastic placemat. It works marvelously, is easy to clean, and is very cheap. If you are lucky :-) you can get one like ours, which has Mickey Mouse on it! John' point about slippage should, however, be taken into account. We keep our Mac on a stock wooden door (obtain from any lumber company) which is used as a table. The wood does provide sufficient friction to keep the placemat in place (so much so that I never even thought about this problem until I read John's comment above). Presumably if you have your Mac on a smoother surface, there might be some slippage. -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | "A mind like cement: thoroughly mixed and permanently set" |
spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) (09/13/85)
A note on using wooden doors.....I did just that, as I had made a desk out of a 'flush door'. The bad part of this is that you will wear the little "feet" off the bottom of your mouse. New mice retail for over $150. The solution, put plexiglass on top of the door, the mouse rolls nicely on it, and it costs less than a new mouse. Dave Spector NYU/acf Systems Group Spector@NYU
dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (09/13/85)
> > A note on using wooden doors.....I did just that, as I had made a desk out of > a 'flush door'. The bad part of this is that you will wear the little > "feet" off the bottom of your mouse. New mice retail for over $150. > The solution, put plexiglass on top of the door, the mouse rolls nicely on > it, and it costs less than a new mouse. That's why we use the placemat. (One benefit of having read this newsgroup for a while before making a purchase: we were aware of this problem beforehand, and got the placement before using the mouse.) -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | "A mind like cement: thoroughly mixed and permanently set" |
vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac) (09/16/85)
> That's why we use the placemat. (One benefit of having read this newsgroup > for a while before making a purchase: we were aware of this problem > beforehand, and got the placement before using the mouse.) > -- > | > Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- > | There are other reasons to use a placemat. My wife insisted I use one, not out of concern for the mousie's feet, but out of concern for the desk. Replacement desks go for >$200 at Scandinavian Design. -- Ephraim Vishniac [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, harvard, linus, masscomp]!wanginst!vishniac vishniac%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay
phcalamai@water.UUCP (Paul H. Calamai) (09/16/85)
In article <1461@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) writes: >> >> >> Many of the Mouse Pads being sold today are made of wetsuit >> material. Most SCUBA shops will stock material for repairs >> which you can buy by the square inch. The material you should >> ask for is Nylon I (Nylon one) which is Neoprene foam coated >> on one side with Nylon cloth. The more common type of material >> is Nylon II (Nylon two) which has Nylon cloth on both sides. >> Nylon I is better because the pad won't slip when put rubber >> side down. I guess Nylon II would work if you could keep >> it from slipping (like glue it to a board). >> >> The material I bought was Top-of-the-Line material (the only >> Nylon I they had) and cost $0.05 per square inch. >> >> -John A. Wasser Another good surface that can be purchased without hurting the pcoket too much is the material used to cover drafting boards. This can be purchased in any reasonable size and is relatively cheap (and durable). I got mine at an arts supply store. - Paul H. Calamai