DIY precision touch screen Stylus for iPhone

Make a precision touch screen stylus for iPhone, iPad, or other phone/tablet

[@Y0JA]

Tutorial starts at 4:20

[@aboz8649]

Thank you You are appreciated

[@tn1710]

thank you

[@tn1710]

you are a savoir

[@Aphid121]

nice

[@brandoncooper6994]

Mvp

[@puckbucky.5545]

the background music with his intense dark style is just killing mee!!!

[@Cheese-yn9od]

Man..This man got the real deal,when others are still playing around with foil paper😏 GOOD JOB..👍

[@larrysteinke1839]

Ajay Ghale , yeah, foil and wet sponges that don’t do anything more than your finger. I hope you try making one for yourself.

[@Cheese-yn9od]

@@larrysteinke1839 i am sure trying to make one man,thanks

[@user-ls1cw6vi2t]

@@larrysteinke1839 Foil works pretty well

[@larrysteinke1839]

The principle is simple. You can use anything that conducts electricity and has the approximate surface area of a finger tip, but the tricky part is to have it transparent AND to have the right tactile response. You can experiment with the size and shape of the tip. The curved shape I came up with provides a gradual transition from a flexible tip that flattens on the screen but then stiffens to give a good tactile response, a bit like a fountain pen.

[@tuionukuafu6307]

Larry Steinke do you know where to find antistatic paper?

[@larrysteinke1839]

Tuionuku Afu you could try to ask at any computer shop if they can give you a spare anti-static bag. Electronics parts and modules come in these and usually they through them out after installing the parts.

[@danaabulaban822]

Is it the bag that is shipped with electronics like Arduino board?. Or the ones from National Instruments?

[@danaabulaban822]

By the way, thank you for sharing your innovative ideas. A lot of people out there has amazing ideas but are afraid to share it because of critisim , but not you. You rock 💪🏼💪🏼:D

[@larrysteinke1839]

@Dana Abulaban a bit late response but yes. That’s the stuff.

[@BlenderBug]

Very underrated vid. Good info. The amount of q-tip videos that were replicated makes me want to throw up.

[@larrysteinke1839]

@BlenderBug, yeah, I didn't quite see how a q-tip is any better than just using your finger. The touch screen allows an amazing amount of precision but normally you can't see the contact point so you can't make use of it. I hope you were able to make use of the idea.

[@hivekahuna1011]

BlenderBug you can go to pounds and and buy a stylus for one pound if you’re in the Uk

[@melsxteaxcake]

Chibuikem Nzerue Poundland*

[@annabandana9889]

This is the best diy stylus I’ve seen yet! Thank you!!!

[@Icdezines]

You sir are a genius. I was thinking of a design similar, glad i keep those ESD bags . Thanks 👍🏾

[@luqmanhanif62]

what is the materials?

[@oiBOYsaysFUKu]

Good job! So far the best diy stylus I’ve found. Thanks for sharing the info.

[@jamesbernards8409]

I love this idea and thank you so much for posting this. It would be pretty cool if the clear part had thin guidelines that point to the center and perhaps ~30 degrees off either side

[@mbk0mbk]

Thanks for the idea of non static plastic

[@ellaevergleam]

Brilliant Maybe you should put a summary in the infobox!

[@randysmith6493]

I’ll give this a shot. The see through aspect is a wonderful idea since we can’t use a fine point. Thanks.

[@HolidayGolightlyify]

Thank you for the video. I will try to make this.

[@yaiphuakhakpa227]

This video really make sense after all. What we want is a transparent one and the static plastic is easy to come by. Thnks

[@ArBon747]

Thank you Larry I've been looking for this for a long time.

[@kairos8452]

Your calligraphy is great

[@ViTysssss]

Thanks for your DIY, i like it.

[@hashtagme8324]

Cool I like the video n life important things in a simple way thanks for sharing any idea how to make a paint brush to make sketches on device ?

[@ray0760]

You are amazing and that music complements it all so well!

[@TomWylie]

Thanks for sharing this Larry, great idea!

[@strawberrylemonade3899]

Very smart But if you don’t have the materials he used in the video you can use a paint brush with a metal clamp but make sure when you use it to make sure your fingers are touching the metal clamp and if it’s to short for you to reach the clamp than wrap aluminum foil around it.

[@diversa23]

The video ive been looking for, thank you for this man!!

[@idunparks9971]

This is absolutely fantastic. I have one question though, is it possible to make one with a fine point on it? Again outstanding, I like your pen better than the Apple Pencil or anything else on the market. The ability to see through the pen is exactly what I need for mapping terrain and landscapes

[@larrysteinke1839]

hi Joseph. it doesn't work when the contact area is too small. basically it needs to be about the size of a finger tip but it calculates the center of that area very accurately and with high resolution so you can get very fine detail by seeing the contact point.

[@sonymicronin]

Genius design sir. Thank you.

[@rvanwaay]

Also absolutely fantastic... thanks a lot from Enschede (NL)

[@LuisEduardoArcilaBonfante]

Wow, very useful, did you try hot the point of the pen and then put it on the surface of the antistatic plastic, maybe the plastic get the form of the point and with a little of clue... you will get a stylus.

[@timokalmar]

Awesome, Larry!

[@tuchnik]

Brilliantly Beautiful

[@ashlee530]

What an intriguing music i like it also will start looking for that kind of material

[@fvrrljr]

i've seen many videos that i like, but this one is the best by far. i Like, OLE! p.s. thanx for naming the music, love when music is added, but hate when they don't give credit by naming music becuase i loose focus on what video was about till i track down the song. Two Thumbs Up, Four if we count Toes! OLE, OLE!

[@erwinwizzy]

Hi Larry, what about those rechargeable pens on the market. They have 1.5mm tip, quite small. What's the principle of those? How could we make one with a AAA battery?

[@texwan]

Could you tell me how to make a mechanical arm hold and mark with a stylus? do you have to add/make a capacitor of some sort? thanks.

[@HaloFarms]

I had a pressure sensitive stylus for a regular drawing tablet (not on the screen) and the design bothered me. I could not achieve the lightest touch as I would in traditional art by having the pencil very close to horizontal to make a very faint line. So the pressure sensitivity became almost worthless to me. I actually sharpened it! I realized the plastic part unnecessarily prevented the degree of angle I could achieve. After this, I was more able to do what I wanted except the bulkiness of the stylus itself was somewhat limiting. Looking at your design, I believe it is a superior design for applying pressure sensitivity as the pressure could be detected through the flex of the material instead of raw pressure. Perhaps this is worth the time and effort to innovate around this or patent it? I am perplexed at how strange the styli are to a traditional artist who has long ago thrown out any notion of adhering to holding the pen in a fashion similar to when one is writing. Your design seems to allow for holding the stylus very horizontal and even gives a degree of natural physical feedback on the amount of pressure applied, perhaps in an even superior way to natural art tools.

[@zegobbledook]

Will definitely be trying this out! Thank you for sharing. Out of curiosity, why does it need both layers of plastics to be used? One for sturdy shape and the other for capacitive touch effect?

[@larrysteinke1839]

Shweta Sharma, yes exactly. the conductive antistatic foil is what gives the capacitive effect acting like the skin of your finger. the clear plastic is just to give it the right stiffness so it feels right to the touch. just try it with a piece of that antistatic foil in your hand to get a feel for how it works and what size and shape works best for you. essentially it should be the approximately the size of your small finger nail. when it is layered together with a stiffer plastic and curved then it gives a nice feel. make sure that the ant static foil is on the side that touches the screen and that it makes contact with your hand some how. i used a metal pen housing so the foil conducts through the pen to the hand.

[@tsairox6035]

You remind me of David Bowie. Love the music! Great video! 👏🏽

[@gaurabdeb9112]

It works great.... very very thank You... You helped me a lot

[@elitechampion6502]

Bhai ye antistatic bag kaha se milega? Acche se likhta hai kya tab pe.

[@marwankt886]

this only works with apple pencil supported devices right??

[@shleemon]

Great example of how to present one minute of information in an 8-minute video. Covering up the very low volume of your voice with extraneous music is also a brilliant idea.

[@larrysteinke1839]

shleemon. Smartass. I don't care about making a slick video to get lots of likes, I just thought I'd share an idea that others might appreciate.

[@EL90291]

Larry Steinke Next time make it a silent clip.

[@payneroadstudios9663]

It's not a matter of making a slick video to get a lot of likes Larry..... I mean I have my speakers CRANKED and I can't hear a damn word you're saying and I'm interested in WHAT YOU ARE DOING....

[@teardropsrnng]

I agree with the points made in this comment, but not the unnecessary asshole tone.

[@janeneboracci1478]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@xsilentslothx5903]

Thank You!!!

[@RachikaFauz]

Love the design the transparency is what did it for me. Keep innovating! Just a side thing the music 😍 Whats the track name?

[@larrysteinke1839]

glad you like it. did you make one? the track is Running Out of Time by Nite Jewel kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqbCZWWnirxkq7s

[@gailschlicht8236]

Nice stylus!

[@vemi5066]

amazing! thanks for saving me some serious $$$ =) It works great! It's not as pretty as yours but it's much more functional that some I got on amazon

[@carolinaortegaperez178]

What material did you use?

[@Success_ful]

What are the materials plz

[@IsaKocoglu]

Bucking frilliant!

[@kairos8452]

You should be a stylus designer and have branches aroung the world

[@gaurabdeb9112]

Commenters does it work very good..as I'm not understanding how to make this

[@ryudomesayonara5806]

nice!

[@birjeeshussain6106]

What did you stick onto the plastic Larry. Surelyvastic isn't conductive on its own. And does it only with work for iPhone orwill it work on other devices

[@larrysteinke1839]

Birjees Hussain. There are two layers. Conductive antistatic film and normal plastic to give the right amount of stiffness.

[@TuLamLay]

Should we care about kind of glue to stick 2 plastic layers together?

[@sabamasood6890]

I luv it

[@franciscomoreira6248]

Olá, sou francis e gostaria de saber que tipo de saco é esse e onde posso encontrar-los???

[@TheBonus]

É um tipo de saco que costuma proteger material eletronico fios etc quando chega novo na caixa .

[@RudraSingh-pb5ls]

If u were using a plastic at the tip of your stylus, how did u make sure of electricity conduction ?

[@larrysteinke1839]

there are two layers. the non conducting plastic is to give stiffness and must be on top. the conductive film must touch the screen and your fingers so there is electrical connection from your body to the screen.

[@NyneT9]

It isn't solid and will put strain on the wrist but the precision of your design is commendable. It can be a good paintbrush for iPad/other e-canvas.

[@bluestack946]

very nice video but edit with good quality of sound.

[@mpereirawolf]

Hi sir, sorry my english is not good. Is not not my native language. So i don't understand you very well. So what i want to ask is what material is between the 2 plastic layers? Cheers.

[@larrysteinke1839]

Hi Miguel Pereira. Between the layers is just a bit of double sided tape to hold it together, but just at the top, not at the tip where you want it to be transparent.

[@mpereirawolf]

@@larrysteinke1839 thank you. No wires or foil and that plastic works on the screen..? Yesterday i tryed a wacoom pen on my Touch screen laptop and it did not work. I will try this.

[@jolttrontitan2755]

This concept is superb! I’ve shared this with many of my friends and the are asking if I can make these for them. I only complaint is that the music overpowers your voice.

[@larrysteinke1839]

JolttronTitan. i'm glad to see you put the idea to good use. i hear you about the music. if i make another video i'll take your advice.

[@ujveersingh6051]

You should show the making

[@larrysteinke1839]

@Ujveer Singh , you're right, I probably should, but the idea is pretty simple and I show how the main foil part is made at around 4:00 in the video. You can use your own creativity to attach this foil to a metal pen or metallic tube of some sort. Just use something metallic so that there is conductivity between your hand and the conductive foil. You can also experiment with the size and shape of the foil/plastic part before mounting it on a pen or metal tube.

[@nicolasgiant3993]

Excelente truco jejeje

[@AndrewTateOfficial_]

Why doesnt it work ?

[@tsairox6035]

At 5:50, What brand of pen did you use to put the static paper in?

[@larrysteinke1839]

i used an Edding 405 pen marker. it was very convenient because it has a metal shell but a plastic tip that's easy to cut and put the foil inside. but actually you can use anything that's the right shape and has some electrical conductivity. you just need to make sure your hand has a connection to the foil somehow.

[@tsairox6035]

@@larrysteinke1839 Thank you so much! I have used only Galaxy Notes since the Note 2. Even just had the Note 20 Ultra, but just switched to the iPhone 12 Pro Max. It has been so difficult for me not having a stylus handy to write in a pinch. Hopefully, this solves that. I’m very aware that Steve Jobs did not want a stylus for the iPhone. Lol 😂

[@larrysteinke1839]

@@tsairox6035 you're welcome! The Apple pencil brings some pretty nice features like pressure sensitivity and tilt angle etc., but it does require a different touch screen electronics which is why it isn't available on the iphone. the basic touch screen technology though is amazingly accurate and precise but it requires the surface area of a finger tip to trigger it. it then calculates very precisely the center of this area, but with your finger you can't take advantage of this precision because you can't see the contact point. with this transparent stylus you can see what you're doing and get very precise. there are other designs based on this same idea, like the Adonit, but they don't have a nice tactile feel. with my idea you can play with the size and shape of the foil and plastic to give a nice feel so that it bends a bit without deforming too much. first just try it with a piece of that conductive foil, then add a layer of some other clear plastic to give a good stiffness. curving it adds to the stiffness, something like a fountain pen. then it's just a matter of mounting it in a good pen shaped holder that allows some electrical connectivity between your hand and the foil.

[@storyteller4991]

Is the plastic my earphones came in the same kind?

[@larrysteinke1839]

Krysteen Nelson, it should be silvery coloured. You can just test it by rolling up a piece of it and see if it works on your screen. You could ask any computer supplier if they can give you a spare anti static bag. They usually throw a lot of these out.

[@storyteller4991]

@@larrysteinke1839 thank you!

[@omariparris9953]

What if you just cut a circle disc like those styluses and stick it flat to a piece of metal or something? Will that work?

[@larrysteinke1839]

it would work because metal conducts electricity but the point is to have something transparent so you can see the screen where you are trying to draw.

[@omariparris9953]

@@larrysteinke1839 wow I did not expect you to answer so quickly 😂 so a piece of metal about the same diameter of a pen point could still work once the anti static disc has enough surface area touching the screen?

[@larrysteinke1839]

@@omariparris9953 yes. that should work. the metal or film must make contact with your hand though. just get some of that anti static foil and try different shapes and sizes just holding it in your fingers.

[@omariparris9953]

@@larrysteinke1839 thanks I will try it and let you know how that goes 😁

[@edubomb6215]

Hey can you tell me what kind of transparent which can conduct electricity? Pls??? Tell pls

[@larrysteinke1839]

hi. it is from the antistatic bags used for sensitive electronic parts. it is silvery grey transparent. ask any computer or phone repair shop for a spare piece of it. usually they have many that are thrown away.

[@edubomb6215]

Is there any thing like that else? Like is there any other options like that?

[@larrysteinke1839]

@@edubomb6215 there's nothing else as easy to get as antistatic foil. just need to ask at an electronics shop and you should be able to get some for free because they normally throw lots away. it's used to pack electronics components. ie. repair parts. or memory chips etc.

[@luqmanhanif62]

what is the material names?

[@Daddydiluc100]

If your struggling trying to pause the screen so you can read the pop up, this is what the pop up says “Make your own touchscreen stylus for iPhone or iPad or other phone/tablet”

[@onejourney]

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[@iCOGNiTOSHiNOBi]

Hi is it just plastic no foil or anything ?

[@larrysteinke1839]

hi iCOGNiTO SHiNOBi. it is two layers. one layer of ordinary plastic to make it rigid enough, and a layer of conductive plastic like what you get electronic components in.

[@iCOGNiTOSHiNOBi]

Larry Steinke thank you for the quick response. I will post my results later. Great 👍🏽

[@indioarmani8209]

antistatic = conductor?

[@larrysteinke1839]

yes, anti-static bags used for protecting electronic components from static electricity is conductive. it conducts a static electric charge.

[@fvrrljr]

you remind me of Clint Eastwood...

[@zubayraslam876]

Will it work on android?

[@larrysteinke1839]

yes

[@FusionMan-ev9yh]

Why not roll it up into a cone shape instead?😜

[@bugrasakar]

Mads Mikkelsen vibes

[@Joseph-qb8yg]

Hello my stylus did not work

[@larrysteinke1839]

check the material you used. it must be anti static film. try using a strip and holding it in your fingers to test it. the film must make contact with your hand

[@Joseph-qb8yg]

Okay thx

[@gaurabdeb9112]

Sorry sir..it's not working...i tried with a lamination paper..but it not working...sir please help me to find the plastic..

[@larrysteinke1839]

Gaurab Deb, you need to use the silvery grey plastic from the bags used for electronics parts. you could just ask for a piece at a computer store. ask for a small anti static bag.

[@gaurabdeb9112]

@@larrysteinke1839 does xray paper will work

[@gaurabdeb9112]

@@larrysteinke1839 ok sir.. very very Thank You 🙏..i will try to make it..

[@larrysteinke1839]

Gaurab Deb. no, x-ray paper won't work because it doesn't conduct electricity. antistatic bags conduct electricity to protect sensitive electronic circuits from static electricity. your skin also conducts electricity.

[@NOTTHATATALL]

I really thought this would be a quicker video

[@bibianamiranda7773]

Works for my phone but not in my iPad 😭

[@larrysteinke1839]

it should work on iPad. is the same principle. the surface area needs to be big enough though. like the size of your small finger tip.

[@TheClassicOG]

Use adobe draw

[@imolovestea8725]

I used to use that but now I use ibis paint x

[@PikaveeT]

Imogendrawz Same here. Nurd, we can draw using whatever program we want.

[@RahulCarnaliousSnal]

Wow ! It works ! Thanks !!

[@vickysoulsearch7743]

You the man larry

[@beanie_meanie]

Don't have anti static material 😒

[@larrysteinke1839]

hi Binish Nisar, you can try asking at any shop that repairs phones or computers or other electronics. most electronics parts come in such a bag and usually most of them are thrown away afterwards. you need only a small piece but it should not be creased or wrinkled.

[@TheClassicOG]

There’s better apps you could use ✊🏾

[@kblkikebeats9198]

Just buy the iPad pro and the pencil

[@larrysteinke1839]

@John, sure. i have it and is great, but my point was that there are now some good drawing apps available on a phone which also benefit from a stylus for drawing. like Notes for example.

[@sonymicronin]

I don't have the money unless I would lol

[@deepthinker8153]

Background Music attracting me towards finding a European wife. Which I was thinking about my European wife since my childhood. Now, It’s dream.

[@crisr9226]

Don’t work for me

[@larrysteinke1839]

X3ION X3ION. try using just a piece of that anti static foil. that foil is a weak conductor of electricity. it needs to have contact with your hand and connect to the part that contacts the screen. the other plastic layer is just to add stiffness but the ant static foil needs to be on the bottom so it touches the screen.

[@AereForst]

Okay so in a nutshell, cut some semi-flexible packaging plastic into a flat spatula shape and use that. Thanks. Got it.

[@larrysteinke1839]

Mik902 the conductive plastic anti static material layer is what does the magic, so this layer has to be on the bottom and has to make contact between the screen and your hand. The plastic layer is to give it the right stiffness and flexibility. See around 5:15

[@AereForst]

Larry Steinke Thanks 🙏🏻

[@AereForst]

Larry Steinke How did you discover this btw?

[@larrysteinke1839]

Mik902 the touch screen works by capacitive coupling between the screen and your finger tip to your body. Your skin conducts electricity. This is just like extending the conductivity of your skin to a transparent finger tip so you can see the exact center of the point of contact and therefore get precise feedback and see what youre doing. electronics.howstuffworks.com/iphone1.htm

[@larrysteinke1839]

The Adonit Jot works on the same principle, but i prefer the feel of my design. The flexibilty of the tip feels more natural to use, and its cheap and easy to make.

[@Nico-pq2ky]

Looks for this vid 5 years later Look at my drawing in my ipod mom! Mom: Oh my god thats so beautiful! Friends: OMG Thats beautiful!

[@shanestevens622]

Crap sound on this video

[@scheeenfilmiesgucke]

I like your DIY mic. Not

[@mohammedelazery5310]

You talk too much!!