Reusable Apple Mighty Mouse bottom ring

thingiverse

Everybody who owns one knows how frustrating cleaning a Mighty Mouse can be. The only way to properly get it working again for a longer period is to disassemble it and thoroughly clean the internals of the mouse ball module. That unfortunately means you have to remove the bottom ring, which is glued on tightly. You can carefully pry this thing off without breaking it, but once you've got everything nice and tidy inside, you'll have to reattach it with some glue, because there are no clips to hold it securely in place. Enter Thingiverse: [rbuckbailey's "Apple Mighty Mouse Replacement Bottom Ring"](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:994700) is a game-changer! I really liked his clever idea of adding clips to the ring that attach to the hinges. This way, you can always easily pry it off, clean the internals, and pop the ring right back on. After printing it, I felt the fitment could use some tweaking, which is why I created my own version in openSCAD.