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Step 8Optical Sensor
If you've got an albino (wetware) mouse, its skin might be clear enough for your optical mouse to work directly through the dry skin. Our mouse had a bit of pigment, so it was necessary to remove the skin flap. Thankfully we had already shaved this area, making the process much easier.
Make sure your completed Mouse Mouse is dry first, or the skin may pull and warp as it dries!
Use your X-Acto knife or scalpel to carefully trim a hole for the optical sensor to peek through, then add just a touch of cyanoacrylate (tissue glue, aka superglue) to the edges of the skin. This will toughen the skin edge and fasten it to the plastic around the sensor.
Use a tool (I used a bent piece of wire) to apply the glue, and do so sparingly- you don't want to drop any on the optical sensor!
Make sure your completed Mouse Mouse is dry first, or the skin may pull and warp as it dries!
Use your X-Acto knife or scalpel to carefully trim a hole for the optical sensor to peek through, then add just a touch of cyanoacrylate (tissue glue, aka superglue) to the edges of the skin. This will toughen the skin edge and fasten it to the plastic around the sensor.
Use a tool (I used a bent piece of wire) to apply the glue, and do so sparingly- you don't want to drop any on the optical sensor!
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Oct 28, 2009. 4:54 PMplokko
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don't want to put my hand over a real rat!(or something A LOT similar)
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Apr 13, 2008. 4:58 AMneardood
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ever heard of a PLUSH TOY mouse that you could use insted!?!?!?! THat's just sick.
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Apr 19, 2009. 7:54 PMMasowai
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You are completely WRONG Sir! There is nothing sick about using a plush toy. Arrgh! Freakin' wingnuts....lol
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May 4, 2009. 4:02 AMneardood
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no i ment using a plush toy for that instead of a REAL MOUSE
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May 31, 2009. 9:08 AMKazeem
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He knew that. He presumably isn't THAT stupid.
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Apr 8, 2009. 11:37 AMsnobahr
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I have a feeling that this project might give a level of satisfaction to people who have been plagued with vermin.
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Jun 27, 2009. 10:44 AMIcarryacameraandaglock45
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amen to that...however, I wouldn't trust just regular vermin, I would have to wait till one of my Rats died (if i still had them) Just cuz I know where his feet and hands have been, and that he wasn't hangin out with other gnarly dirty dope smoking drug addict rats. I couldn't taxi dermy the thing though. BUT you CAN get frozen mice at the pet store - those mice and rats are for snake food.
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Apr 29, 2008. 9:14 AMcodykage
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+1
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Oct 17, 2008. 11:15 PMwolfy_9005
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I like this instructable :) It shows what you can do with mice other than feed to snakes, kill, experiment on, etc. Theres trillions of these things... And piss off PETA.
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Sep 12, 2008. 1:42 AMtorik
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TAXIDERMOUSE!
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May 6, 2007. 8:35 AMg12345389
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lol a wire sticking out of his but and he look like he having heart surgery.
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May 6, 2007. 1:11 PMseedofanarchy
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wouldn't the wire be sticking out of his chest be heart surgery?
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