Custom touchpad with right/left buttons and thumbpad in armrest

**ErikArmbrust** · 05-18-2005, 03:41 PM

just did this yesterday. cut apart a miniature keyboard and took out the touchpad. Had to cut off the wiring to the kayboard. I cut out a square section of the control panel I had to make, under the thumbpad keyboard. Then I glued the touchpad board under that flush. Then I soldered two momentary switches (red and black mini) into the little right/left click controller board and put them into place next to the touchpad.

**Willy-Mach1** · 05-18-2005, 05:05 PM

Slick! Keep us posted on the progress!!!!

**ErikArmbrust** · 05-18-2005, 09:15 PM

The only thing else that I'd like to do is find some kind of like.... rubber coating stuff that I can put on the edge of the aluminum square I had to cut out... so it would look better... (without electrical tape - hahaha)... anyone know of anything I could use to coat those edges? (rubbery)

**scott_fx** · 05-18-2005, 09:25 PM

look at computer modder's websites they have some rubber edging material that people use around exhaust holes they cut for fans.

**scott_fx** · 05-18-2005, 09:30 PM

http://www.xoxide.com/thickmolding.html

**scott_fx** · 05-18-2005, 09:33 PM

http://www.frozencpu.com/scan/se=Win...nu_search.html

you could also use small rubber tubing from the hardware store, cut a slit down the center and glue it in place.