
I have a Logitech trackman wheel, this trackball is good, but now it's show his age, and it seems that except for the new Elecom one, nothing realy come close in term of quality and ergonomy that the Trackman wheel can provide to me
Before that i had a Microsoft trackball optical but because of the low dpi,i switched to a trackman wheel.
So now, i have a trackman wheel who have only one feet left, the mouse clics who work with hassle because it seems that 6 month of fps,use them quite fast. A scroll wheel who make a lot of noise.
Because this mouse is now old and not produced anymore, i had to look for a few spare one to have spare pieces available if something broke.
The good news is, well its quite common, so i have now 4 trackman wheel that i can use,repair or modify.
Second good news, no fancy sticker over screw, just 4 screw.
For the Trackball this is the plan :
Change the clics switch
Replace the current devlin (bearing) holding the ball with new ceramic bearings
Replace the Trackball ball
Polish the ball / upgrade the ball to have a better slide
Replace the scrollwheel, upgrade it, find a red scrollwheel
Replace the mouse feet, find new one
Replace the rubber part with a wood part
Replace the current cable with a sleeved cable
Apply a custom paint to the plastic shell
Maybe change the lens / sensor / MCU and create a new pcb, but this is out of my capacity for the moment
For my custom keyboard it will be this :
Vintage MX black switch
Cherry g80 3000 winkeyless case with the rectangular led hole closed and sanded like a g81 case
Sleeved cable
Leeku Mx 3000 PCB and his plate so that its more sturdy in the case
Cherry OG isofr pbt keyset
Polycabornate stickers
Lubed switch
Custom paint
After big research on custom g80-81 case i came accross something great
And it was this :

I'am sorry i cant even give credit to the artist, i dont know his name.
yeah it was like a stop in the time, omg that is what i want for my custom paint for my trackball and keyboard.
This is the only picture i could find from this g81 shell, i posted all the information in the g80-81 case thread, didnt event think to screenshoot the page, because two days after this it was down. I just have the picture.
So yeah the custom paint will be a reproduction of this shell, i just need to find a artist capable to do it.
So after a few shopping, this is what i have at the moment :
4 Logitech trackman wheel and 1 logitech trackman wheel wireless for the upper shell
5/64" and 3/64" ceramic bearing
Omron D2FC-F-7N (20M) clic switch
Spare Trackman wheel ball
An g80-1000 to reuse the vintage black switch
G80-3000 Winkeyless shell
A Dremel
And this is what i need to buy :
A red compatible scrollwheel or red dye
A new ball
A Dremel, i have a generic equivalent from Parside brand, but i'am not sure if this is gonna be sufficient enough
Better switch for the clic, maybe Omron D2F-01F
New feet for the mouse
Polish paste
Sheep wool polish disc
Leeku 3000 WKL case
Leeku mx3000 pcb and his plate
Epoxy or filling material for the case rectangular led hole
Sanding paper
Big enough Ultrasound cleaner something similar as the iSonic P4820 2.5/2.6 L, big enough to have a Microsoft Trackball optical in term of lenght and a DT225 in term of width.
A very special thanks to :
Wodan for the ultrasound cleaner advice
Davkol for the sensor change link
Puree for the G80 case and the solder work
Logitech Swizerland Customer Care / Logitech Support
All the people passing by
Have a nice day
Cheers
Alkhar