Russian wood mouse

[philpirj]

http://habrahabr.ru/post/161539/

Not kidding.

[damorgue]

The shape looks nicer than Swedx.
http://www.swedx.se/index.php?cPath=118_25

[philpirj]

Another Russian tinkerer makes wooden keyboard:

http://habrahabr.ru/post/157775/

[guilleguillaume]

It looks like a high quality mouse.

I would buy one for sure. But can't find how to do it.

[dirge]

I love it too! Group buy

[Spharx]

Well first see the prices : 21390 rubel = 536.72 Euro

[RC-1140]

seems a bit pricey…

I read the link http://clickwood.org/ out of one of the pictures. Price: 640/690$

[guilleguillaume]

No longer interested

[korne]

This is amazing, i think the price its OK if they are handmade, but 640$ is too much for a mouse (atleast for me)

[damorgue]

Especially since milling wood is dirt cheap. It is very fast, doesn't wear the mill bit at all and the machine itself doesn't require nearly as fine tolerances.

[philpirj]

@damorgue: It's red wood, and it's far from being cheap.
This doesn't explain so far the price of the mouse, it's red wood, not silver.

[rodtang]

@damorgue: It's red wood, and it's far from being cheap.
This doesn't explain so far the price of the mouse, it's red wood, not silver.

Milling the wood is cheap.

[Findecanor]

It looks seriously well-engineered.

I think that there would also be a few manual steps involved in the manufacturing.
You can't just mill wood like a piece of plastic or metal. Each piece has to be selected and oriented. The pieces are also held together with grommets.

[mbodrov]

Short version: this guy has had to overcome some very serious hurdles in manufacturing. There's good reason why mice are made of plastic, not wood. Wood has non-uniform structure, it warps, splinters, and chips during milling; it's very difficult to make it both robust and flexible (for the buttons) - very easy with plastic; moisture from the user's hands is also a serious problem and requires the elaborate process of sealing the wood's pores - again a non-problem with plastic. So, if you have to have your mouse made out of wood, there's the hefty price to pay.