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Re:A $1k Wheelchair by HPsquared on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:29PM (#41713114)
Sounds like a nice application for 3D printing tbh. Take the electronics from a regular mouse and fit into a left-handed housing with a range of shapes/sizes etc available! Call it "second hand"
Re:A $1k Wheelchair by Miraste on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @03:48PM (#41713325)
At least one guy on reddit did this and is still sending out the files for people who ask: https://old.reddit.com/r/MouseReview/comments/enxzgg/lefty_g...

It seems like a massive pain though. Rebuilding a non-symmetrical mouse the other way would take electronics tinkering as well as 3d printing, and probably a ton of work to get all the connections and tolerances right.

I am left handed, and I use trackpads with my left hand, but I gave up on lefty mice years ago and use an ergonomic one right-handed.

Re:A $1k Wheelchair by HPsquared on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @04:17PM (#41713621)
I'd assume the electronics are very modular and probably just clip into place in a single unit. You do need a battery compartment or something though, and the buttons need to fit well. Wheel can come from donor mouse.
Re:A $1k Wheelchair by Miraste on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @01:33AM (#41717478)
Unfortunately they are not. Mouse motherboards are generally shaped like the mouse, i.e. right-handed, and the side buttons are on ribbon cables too short to move to the other side. Impossible to reorient without serious work.
Re:A $1k Wheelchair by HPsquared on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @05:03AM (#41718612)
Sounds like someone could buy a bunch of different mice and x-ray them to look for the easiest candidates. Looking for symmetrical-ish electronics, most of all.