DIY Steampunk mouse is awesome

For those of you who aren’t satisfied with your typical run-of-the-mill mouse you find in computer accessory shops, there is always the option to customize your own device to your heart’s content. And that’s what hardware designed Peter Balch did. He took apart an optical mouse, removed its innards, moved it to a strip board of his own, using a coin, pieces of metal, glass, Fimo and wood, he managed to come up with this strange-looking brain contraption that looks a bit to freaky to use. But nevertheless, the kind man has put up the instructions online on his website, so if you’ve got the skills (and stomach) to handle the project, you can make one for yourself. Now if only we could make lightning flash around inside the glass dome…