(Cross-posting this from !3dprinting@lemmy.ml. Hopefully I’m doing it the right way, sorry if not! I know there’s like threadiverse cross-posting meta going on about cluttering up people’s timelines and such.)

This is the 57-68mm ball size version, with an Aramith tournament series cue ball and Rexroth BTUs. I printed the new parts out of PHA, both for sustainability and because I just LOVE the way it feels, almost kinda leathery? It’s got the new hi-res scrolling firmware that Ploopy released, although it took some fiddling (this, basically) in Linux to get it to work right.

So, as some people have said about this mod already, the stiction is really almost too low. To compensate, I have my sensitivity turned way down and mouse acceleration turned off. Even then, you really have to use it on a stable surface for any accuracy. I used to use my unmodded one on the bed occasionally. This one rolls so freely that any shifting of the surface beneath will get the ball drifting around. Still, it doesn’t take too long to adapt, and I don’t think I’d go back. Also the noise isn’t nearly as loud as some people have said, and it’s not an unlikable sound anyway.

There’s a hi-res scrolling Ploopy Knob on it’s way in the mail right now, and once it arrives, I think I might switch this Adept to Plodah’s alternative firmware. It may not have hi-res scrolling, but it has SO MANY other features! In particular, I could replace the dragscroll button with Plodah’s “sniper mode” button, which seems super useful.

Comparison with the unmodded Adept: