From: don porter (don.porter_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 01:06:28 PDT
The best way to take care of a damaged stylus tip is with a hammer. Remove the stylus tip from the stylus body. Place on cement. Strike with hammer. Get a new stylus.
At Apple we spent a great deal of time getting the correct finish on the stylus tip so it would not scratch the tablet. Don't sand it down.
Once you have a piece of metal or grit stuck in the tip it is difficult to remove. The grit can scratch or worse, crease the screen. Get out the hammer.
If you use a aftermarket stylus the tip was more than likley made on a screw machine. Pratice safe newtin, ware a comdom.
Newton gear head.
-------Original Message-------
From: Mark <markr13_at_comcast.net>
Sent: 04/21/03 04:57 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] best way to clean stylus?
>
> >Quoting Jeff Abbott <jabbott_at_ninewire.net>:
>
>> What's the best way to clean a stylus? Alcohol wipe? It seemed in the
>> archives that some advocate that approach and others don't. I have
>> cleaned off the tip thoroughly with lint-free fabric, but the grit
>> persists. The stylus is the original to the MP2100.
>
>You can use a *fine* emery board to smooth the scuff out of the stylus
tip.
>I've used this trick a few times on some styli with good results. Use
the
>finest board you can find, and be gentle and precice: try to target only
the
>area where the grit is, give it a few gentle swipes with the emery board,
and
>then check with your finger (or on your NuShield) to see if the grit is
still
>there.
>
>YMMV. Void where prohibited, no guarantees, etc etc.
>
>--
>Victor Rehorst - victor_at_newtontalk.net - chuma_at_chuma.org
We have an article on stylus damage. You can see how tiny the grit is
here:
<http://www.nushield.com/news_articles_stylus_damage.htm>
Victor's suggestion is probably the best way to resurrect a stylus tip.
Even better would be to replace the tip entirely, or get a new stylus.
For ca. $10, its probably worth it.
Mark
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