31$ for a screen protector
1/3rd of this is shipping

@icedquinn
Sounds about right. That's why I always look to buy more junk at once, than just the screen protector. At the very least I'll buy a sd card or something.

@alyx yea i didn't realize until after i committed the order i could have gotten a cover for the wacom tablet too. photodon will do custom cuts so you can get hard coats for drawing tablets in random sizes.

but er, it's a direct order from a company that makes protection equipment. so there wasn't anything other than that i could batch

@alyx apparently there are DIY enjoyers who buy weed whacker cord and cut up their own little styluses for wacom pens. it's just some dead plastic that runs a pressure trigger so as long as you grind it in to the right shape and sand off the tip it works. but apparently the weed whacker cords are durable as shit and you can use them on certain screen protectors to give them a paper feel.

the paper films usually fuck up your nibs but this is where the part where you can make 200 nibs out of wire comes in

but no i just got some super hard cover because i actually like the glassy feel in the pen.

@icedquinn
Never did much drawing, even on paper, let alone on a tablet, so I wouldn't know a thing about what feels better. But the DIY part does sound interesting. It could be interesting to experiment and see what else can be used as a stylus.

@alyx the stylus itself must have the fancy ESR circuit board in it.

but the nib is literally anything. people have done it with spaghetti.

but don't because spagoot will fuck up the tablet.

XP-Pen i kind of like tho because they sell you 100 nibs for 10$ only downside is you have to wait for shipping out of china. but considering i don't burn out nibs (i don't draw 15 hours a day, nor do i use a heavy hand and scratchy surface, like some do) that's ridiculous.

actually even if you do wear out nibs its still ridiculous. samsung, wacom, and staedler want ten dollars for 5 nibs.

i wondered what kind of machinery would be needed to manufacture nibs. they are tiny little things so it's probably a pain.

@icedquinn
>i wondered what kind of machinery...
If they're from some kind of plastic, then it's typical plastic injection molds, and then you polish them in big vibrating vats filled with even smaller ceramic beads.

Another method that would work for more materials, make long rods of the stuff, and then shape them further on a lathe.