Making a stylus - hassle free.

[OldKen]

I have tried to find out how to make my own stylus for the iPad but I keep coming up against the need for black conducting foam. Then I remembered that cellulose conducts a charge fairly well and decided to try using a piece of a decorator's sponge for the tip. And it works very well. This is my solution:

 

[schmidtj]

Amazon has nice ones for $1.50

 

[OldKen]

Yep! But you have to take whatever tip it comes with. I find that a fat tip is a disadvantage when I'm editing music in the Notion app. The smaller tip gives me much more control.

 

[The OB]

And of course there is the satisfaction of having nutted out and done something productive yourself. I think Great!


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[VitaW]

My first stylus was my own creation. It worked great. It was a drafting pencil (without the pencil) because when button at the tip it opens up the little claws at the bottom that hold a pencil nib. I used conductive foam with a q-tip stick inside of it for stability. Worked really well. FWIW carrots work really well too. No joke.

 

[MuzzaC]

that is hilarious.........and true! no joke - I just used a carrot to navigate my iPad! What a great party trick

 

[iJamesH]

that is hilarious.........and true! no joke - I just used a carrot to navigate my iPad! What a great party trick 

I guess whatever works

Although if your iPad starts to multiply you're in trouble

 

[The OB]

that is hilarious.........and true! no joke - I just used a carrot to navigate my iPad! What a great party trick í ½í¸„

Ahhh! So many carrots, so few iPads.

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