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Making Wacom nibsby *F0rmaldehyde

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I was super frustrated with how quickly my Wacom nibs wore down and found this solution online. I gave it a go myself and it was so great I wanted to share it!

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!
I didnt include this in the tutorial, and now looking back I probably should have. Someone on here who will remain nameless ( <3 ) told me that they had somehow managed to get their home-mad nip stuck in their pen. I visited them to have a go at getting it out (well okay...I visited them because they make good food and checked the nib while I was there...) and turns out they had purchased the snipper cord that was STAR SHAPED and not ROUND.
NO NOT use the star shaped cord. Make sure that the cord you buy is a smooth round tube. Even with the correct size the star shaped cord will make it just that little bit too snug in your pen and if its a tiny bit too short it will get stuck.
If for some reason you have also done this use a fine sewing needle to remove the cord from inside your pen

TL;DR USE THE ROUND CORD NOT THE STAR SHAPED CORD.

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~barefeets May 1, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I feel like I go through my nibs so fast, so this was an incredibly helpful bit of advice!

~SongOfCrow Apr 26, 2013 New member Hobbyist General Artist

Haven't seen this yet, but I've found a light touch with a Dremel will really speed up the process and give some nice results with a bit of patience. The easiest way I've done it so far was by cutting the cord really long, then while holding the far end from the tip being sanded gently it touch the sanding drum and turn the wire (think the like the Q-Tip in Hitch). After that I used a bit of the Dremel with sandpaper to get the very tip rounded and smooth. Thanks for the guide, though! I had no idea what to even use until someone pointed me to this.

~pezzhippo Apr 19, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is a great help! Not even had my new tablet a week and was alarmed by how quickly these new nibs are wearing out, and more still when I saw how much replacements are here Dx I will have to point people with similar issues here in future :3!

~Brollonks Mar 4, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Edit: Just put the nib between two heavy planks and made it as straight as possible. Now it doesn't cause a permanent click anymore. So everyone should make sure that the selfmade nib is straight, or it might stick when pressing too hard (causing a permanent click).

The material of the trimmer line feels even smoother than the original nibs (I use an Intuos3). Wacom won't see any money from me until they fixed the heavy nibwear in the never versions.

~Brollonks Mar 2, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Hey there, tried to create my first nib today. Unfortunately it would cause a permanent click when I press harder. I read in the comments that it might be due to it's slight longer length. It didn't help to adjust it though. I guess it's because one might need to "straighten" the nib very accurately, or it might get stuck inside when pressing down too hard (permanent click). It's easy to remove from the pen though.

Any idea how to straighten the homemade nibs properly? I wasn't able to find a solution yet.

Anyway, I keep trying...

~Cedeera Mar 2, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

YES after over 10 times I finally managed it to get the nib right! I´m so proud of myself!!! Thanks for this amazing tutorial.

*Shaythulhu Feb 9, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

 I want to thank you so much for this tutorial on making Wacom nibs. I would have never thought of this before and 
you saved me tons of money. I went out today and bought 275 ft of Trimmer Line and it works beautifully.  $7 
for 2000 nibs (give or take) is a lot better than $1 for 5. \o/

*F0rmaldehyde Feb 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thats fantastic! congratulations on your successful nibb-ing! I really like to think you sat there for ten minutes measuring exactly how many nibs you can get out of your roll. I havent done it and seeing the numbers compared with how the home made ones wear I think its pretty safe to say, your nib supply will be something you will have to leave in your will

~ijary Jan 29, 2013

Girl i love you, you saved my life, thx.

*F0rmaldehyde Jan 30, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

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