Well, I got this gun for free, so I figured I would tinker with this one before I screwed with anything I actually paid for. This is also my first electro, so I had no idea if it was going to work or not. Anyway, I took out the "stock" microswitch, and replaced it with a switch out of an old Logitec mouse I had laying around. Now, with some work done to the trigger, there is no free movement in the trigger itself, and I have a mouse-click trigger with maybe a 16th of an inch of movement.
After I removed the stock switch, I got to tearing the mouse apart, trying not to damage anything important. I managed to get 4 switches out of one mouse (I had the kind with a side double-click button and a wheel), so now I have extras.
The wiring harnes for the mouse was built for seven wires, but needed two to fit into the trigger's spot on the harnes on the board. So, I cut off two of the ports on the seven-wire harness, and they fit perfectly in the harness on the board. Woo, first hard part figured out.
The second hard part was the mounting. Since my new switch is much smaller than the stock one, I had two choices: I could drill and tap new mounting holes for the new switch, or I could use the holes for the stock switch, and modify the trigger to ensure contact with the switch. Well, I chose the latter, and I was forced to do it in quite the ghetto way. I glued small pieces of the board to the mouse onto the trigger. Yeah, okay, come on...It was 11:00 pm, what else was I supposed to do?
So, anyhoo, it works. But now, I have a problem with the valve that I can't figure out. the hammer is not wanting to return. Well, onto the pics. The first one shows the relative size of the stock swich, with the orange clicker-thingy, and the red mouse ones. The penny is there for scale. The second one shows the formerly incompatible connectors. I have a crappy webcam, so I apologize.
After I removed the stock switch, I got to tearing the mouse apart, trying not to damage anything important. I managed to get 4 switches out of one mouse (I had the kind with a side double-click button and a wheel), so now I have extras.
The wiring harnes for the mouse was built for seven wires, but needed two to fit into the trigger's spot on the harnes on the board. So, I cut off two of the ports on the seven-wire harness, and they fit perfectly in the harness on the board. Woo, first hard part figured out.
The second hard part was the mounting. Since my new switch is much smaller than the stock one, I had two choices: I could drill and tap new mounting holes for the new switch, or I could use the holes for the stock switch, and modify the trigger to ensure contact with the switch. Well, I chose the latter, and I was forced to do it in quite the ghetto way. I glued small pieces of the board to the mouse onto the trigger. Yeah, okay, come on...It was 11:00 pm, what else was I supposed to do?
So, anyhoo, it works. But now, I have a problem with the valve that I can't figure out. the hammer is not wanting to return. Well, onto the pics. The first one shows the relative size of the stock swich, with the orange clicker-thingy, and the red mouse ones. The penny is there for scale. The second one shows the formerly incompatible connectors. I have a crappy webcam, so I apologize.
he sends one of yours to the hospital you send one of his to the morgue
. Anyhoo. Yeah.
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