I’ve always wanted a stylus pen for my PDA. The small sized stylus is good if you dont have a pen handy, but it isnt so handy to use. On the contrary, a Pen stylus can cost up to 25 euros, which in my humble opinion is really expensive concerning that its just a piece of plastic instead of ink.

I found out a pen in my drawer empty of ink. i was using it as a stylus for a couple of days and a friend of mine (piksels) was making fun of me telling me he’s gonna buy me a real stylus pen just to stop using old pens :P.

Well tonight i got the crazy idea. Why not make one myself?

I had a spare stylus that came with my phones box, so i decided to play around with the one i was using since the beginning of my phone.

The victim: Silver pen (looks cool), and HTC p3300 stylus

Ok lets start.

Step 1: Take everything apart

The first thing to do is take apart the pen. sounds easy? well who said its not?!

I decided to use a second ink of a pen of the similar shape and size, which had less ink inside.

Step 2: Cut out the stylus hatch

The stylus has a little hatch (grip) on the end of it. I decided to cut it out because it was not that useful in my case.

Step 3: Making the space for the stylus

Ok this part was the most annoying one. at first i had to cut out the front part of the ink bottle. Nothing tricky yet. After you’ve done that, you have to empty, and i mean fully empty all the ink thats in the bottle. This is crucial because you really don’t want ink on your PDA’s screen.

To take the big part of the ink out of the ink bottle ( i know bottle is not the right word but w/e :P) i used another pen’s ink bottle (:P) and pushed away all the ink from the inside. Use some kitchen paper or something to avoid making a mess from the ink.

To take away the rest of the ink, i used a small container, which i filled in with hot water. The ink started floating away from the bottle.

Last, I used some *ear-cleaners* (sorry no clue how these things are called in english and im too tired to google it :P) to wipe away the rest of the ink.

Step 4: Get everything together to assemble

Now after you removed all the ink from the container, its time to start putting everything together. First take the stylus and gently slide the stylus inside the container. After its in, test it out in the front department of the pen. If the stylus is longer, use a second ink container, similar in shape and length, and measure the proper length.

Step 5: Does it fit?

So we are almost there. I noticed a problem, the space behind the stylus and the end of the container was too much. that caused the stylus to move back when attached to the front of the pen. How to solve how to solve…Lets use a screw!

Step 6: Final cuts

So after all, we must finish up. Put the back of the container (the small thingie with the edges that turn when you click the pen’s button) back to it, and put everything back in the pen. Satisfied? -Give yourself a beer (or in my case a cold cola refreshment) and enjoy your creation

ps -1 . I am not responsible for any damage you may cause creating or using the stylus mod. If you are afraid of anything, go at a local PDA resource store or on ebay and buy one.

ps - 2. I am sorry for the picture’s quality but its just shot with my PDA’s camera. I will make a good quality image of the final product tomorrow.

Thank you for reading