Steampunk Finger Stylus

Step 3 Paint and Hot Glue Extra Stuff

Getting a sense of Steampunk style takes a little intuition and internet browsing for ideas. Steam water tanks, brass, copper, rivets, hoses, gears, adjustment screws, leather, and levers come to mind when I think of this design style.
I spray painted a base coat of silver onto the stylus; then I added some gold Victorian style picture frame stickers from the hobby store sticker section. Finally, with hot glue I added some circuit board components and a brass screw.

Comments

[hardlec]

After a little time has passed:  How well is this holding up?

Also:  Would/does it work on the tiny keys on many qwerty phone keyboards?

[robbtoberfest]

 This one I made I use at the desk and it holds up fine, for ones I use out in the field I don't even paint those. It's probably too light to push those little qwerty buttons.

[spawnos3717]

You could augment the tip with extra material...like a spine.

[Batness]

How has the paint itself held up? This is a great idea, I might have to borrow some inspiration from this....:)

[robbtoberfest]

I used spray paint for plastics, it held up well until I lost the stylus. Maybe I should have made a neck chain for it too.

[freerunnin1]

if the paint starts to come off, repaint it and coat it in a thin layer of glue, to water proof it :P

[fastlines49s]

you could use this as a fountain pen for your finger

[LNaboo]

I wish I'd had one of these back when I had a Palm Pilot!! But really great for steampunk accents so thanks for that!

[bhuidhe]

I may need to make one of these but I also wanted to say to those making it out of metal, maybe there is a way to add something to the edge so that it doesn't harm a touch screen. There is this stuff you dip handles of tools into to make them more grippy and it really holds on, you could paint some of that on the edge as a buffer of liquid plastic.

[Sheather]

I was just thinking about using some copper pipe for one, and just painting the tip in some kind of hot glue, or resin? Perhaps paint the whole outside so it doesn't look out of place. Will look into the tool handle coat too.

[robbtoberfest]

Heating the copper with a torch should age it nice.

[jrlggrits]

Very cool and easy! Thanks for sharing

[BlissfullyDoomed]

time to make some finger picks for my guitar

[Poeticy]

Dayum! That's a sweet idea!

[mr. robot skull]

Cool i is gona bild one

[Achan20]

ok this isreally cool. but what kind of spraypaint did u use. cause some dont stick well to plastic. thanks. :)

[robbtoberfest]

 I didn't use anything specific. I think some spray paints are labeled specifically for plastics nowadays.

[Achan20]

k. thanks. im looking to do something like this only with metal. and yes i no not to use it on any touch screen. lol

[catboo22]

i use my finger pick for my bass on my touch screen fone

[skribb]

This is nothing short of incredible. I *am* steampunk, and this lil gadget incorporates everything that steampunk is - DIY spirit, function, and aesthetics. Truly marvelous. I think I'd make the screw a little smaller myself, but it's awesome nonetheless. Good job!

[myrrhmaid]

I like it! I want to make one now too! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Kava]

This IS a very cool springboard project! Now I want to fabricate one from copper or brass for a better heft and longer life. Perhaps that will be my task over the long weekend. Thanks for the inspiration!

[caityjay]

That is incredibly wicked. I'm totally making one for my friend for his DS (and then one for me for my DS, and maybe a cute, Japanese-styled one for my other friend for her DS (because she'll be using it as a kanji dictionary when she goes to Japan), and maybe a Zelda one for my other friend... The possibilities are endless! Thanks for this awesome idea!

[quinnisfat]

i wonder if i could add a small ink reservoir to this......

[Arcticpheonix]

It shouldn't be too hard. Try incorporating it into a glove-type idea.

[finfan7]

dead simple to make it quill style. a bit more effort to make it fountai pen style. A quill style one would be a hole and a slit in the plastic. A pen style one would require working some fine tubing.

[Smexy Dead]

Please do it!

[Ethgar]

Thats actually quite interesting I might have to make a few, I loose my stylus' quite often. I'll probably end up making it steampunk as well.

[codenameblackbird]

I think I just found a way to kill some time tomorrow.

[shubleedsblue]

Look's like I've got something to do this weekend.

[dragonflii]

This is awesome! I can't wait to make one for my boyfriend!

[r3db0x]

Hey, this is great. Simple and needed. Little details like the photo frame stickers make the piece, and little details like this piece make the costume. Thanks much!

[zako]

very cool, looks metal, i might make one now, look really easy +1 vote!