DIY stylus for a tablet: what and how to make a stylus

The stylus is a special small stick that is needed to control the touch screens of tablets or phones. Many will wonder why this is necessary, because there are fingers? But unfortunately, sometimes you have to click on small icons. Making it a finger is quite problematic. Therefore, you have to use a stylus, as the speed and accuracy of clicks are much higher.

In this article, we will tell you how to make a stylus for a tablet with your own hands.

What will be needed for manufacturing

There are currently several types of screens. The stylus will not work on every device. The fact is that the principle of the screen is different. therefore before making a little test.

Which screen is needed

Take your device and slide the pen cap across the screen.

If you manage to do this, then this means that

resistive screen. Its advantage is that you can use any stick or similar object to control it.

If you couldn’t manage to control the screen with a pen cap, it means that capacitive screen. On its surface is a thin conductive layer. You can control such a screen only with the help of conductive elements. A person is able to conduct current, so you can interact with the phone with your finger.

What material is suitable

To make a stylus perfect foilsince it can conduct electric current perfectly.

IMPORTANT! Use only foil, we highly recommend you.

Because the foil is still metal, although thin. From this, the screen will soon be very scratched. We will use foil as the main conductive material. We advise you to take the chocolate foil, as it is much thicker compared to food foil.

What materials and tools will be needed additionally

In order to make a safe stylus for a tablet, in addition to foil, we also need the following materials.

• The tube from the handle.
• Double sided tape.
• Cotton swab.
• Hot glue sticks.

In the process of creation, we will need instruments.

• Scissors.
• Glue gun.

ATTENTION! If a child will be engaged in the independent production of a stylus, then this should take place under the careful supervision of parents.

The fact is that scissors, and even more so a glue gun, are tools of increased danger.

How to make a stylus with your own hands

• Take an unnecessary ballpoint pen and remove all the elements from it, since we only need a tube.
• Next, cut one end of a cotton bud with scissors and insert it into the empty ballpoint pen case. You need to do this so that the soft cotton edge is located outside.
• Then plug the glue gun into the outlet and wait a couple of minutes. In this case, the glue will have time to soften well.
• After that, fill the glue inside the tube from the handle to fix the cotton swab well.

IMPORTANT! Do not leave glue to warm up for more than 5 minutes. Since the adhesive, heated to a high temperature, can melt the plastic handle body.

• Cut a strip of foil along the length of the handle body. Stick double-sided tape on the edges of the foil for better fixation. Otherwise, it just slides off the tube.
• Then glue the edge of the foil onto the handle tube and begin tightly wrapping the foil. In this case, one edge should be pressed tightly against a cotton swab. Outside, a shiny layer of foil should be placed. It has the best conductive properties.
• Moisten a cotton bud with a homemade stylus with a drop of water. Now he is completely ready to control the tablet. Such a stylus will need to be periodically moistened, since during use, water from the cotton wool will evaporate.

IMPORTANT! When the stylus does not work, then it is worth checking the adherence of the foil to the moistened fleece. If there is no good contact in this place, then the capacitive screen will refuse to work with such a stylus.

We hope that our article has helped you understand how to make a stylus for your tablet. Try to create a stylus, following our instructions, and then you will definitely succeed. We wish you success!