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Journal Zarf's Journal: Mouse Tray Replacement "Do it yer-self kit" 4

Journal by Zarf on Saturday May 15, 2004 @05:15PM

So I have a keyboard tray on my new desk that is fine for a keyboard but has no mousing surface. I want something like this. But I'm too cheap to buy it. Solution: A drill, a bolt, a 3M mousing platform, a mess of washers and a locking nut for the end of the bolt... and a dremel. I'll punch a hole in the rigid 3M mousing platform and the keyboard tray, place washers over the openings and a whole mess of spacer washers between the keyboard tray and the mousing platform... fasten with bolt and locking nut and use the dremel to cut off the extra bolt thread. Viola instant mousing platform. Now ... where do I find a rigid mousing tray and a mess of spacer washers... or a silicone locking bolt? I guess I'd better find the Home Depot around here.

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The washers (Score:1)

by Com2Kid ( 142006 ) writes:

I have those. :)
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by understyled ( 714291 ) writes:

made me think of something i'd expect to see in a "white-collar minimum security resort" prison. and the mouse pad area seems rather small. i was too lazy to look for specific dimensions though..
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  by Zarf ( 5735 ) writes:
  
  Not sure what you're driving at with that remark... I suppose it means that I'm cheap. Well, fine... I'm cheap and I have simple tastes, I'm not asking for much here. I'm asking for something that measures up to "prison furniture"
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    by understyled ( 714291 ) writes:
    
    nah, i just found it an odd replacement for a stable, large, flat surface.. the prison furniture just looked a little uncomfortable :)

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