wacom airbrush...modification
polycounter lvl 13
I got a wacom airbrush for my bday... i've been airbrushing since i was a teenager and have always been curious if these actually emulated the feel of a real one.
It takes a little getting used to at first, there are a couple of things I would have liked to see done different, the shape being one of them, but can't really modify that...was hoping to trim down the big extension on the bottom.
My biggest issue with it was the wheel and the fact that it didn't return to an off position when you let go like it would for a real spraygun or airbrush, since the needle/trigger is spring loaded.
So I decided to remedy the situation and see if i could throw a spring in it and began dissecting it. It actually wasn't too tough to do... a small spring and a couple holes later and now it functions more like an actual airbrush would.
It takes a little getting used to at first, there are a couple of things I would have liked to see done different, the shape being one of them, but can't really modify that...was hoping to trim down the big extension on the bottom.
My biggest issue with it was the wheel and the fact that it didn't return to an off position when you let go like it would for a real spraygun or airbrush, since the needle/trigger is spring loaded.
So I decided to remedy the situation and see if i could throw a spring in it and began dissecting it. It actually wasn't too tough to do... a small spring and a couple holes later and now it functions more like an actual airbrush would.
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Well i just cut open part of it as I wasnt sure how the case was secured, the front cone pops off, but the back side of the cover was wedged in there good...probably glued too, not sure. I just cut around the seam line. I wasn't too worried about wrecking anything since I wasn't using it much because I really didn't like the way it functioned, it would have been collecting dust otherwise...now its much better, more of what i'm used to with a real airbrush. Just didn't feel natural to me to have to push the wheel forward to reduce the flow.
a pressure sensitive button would be nothing like a real airbrush. The wheel design on it is fine, mechanically the feel and function is different because it lacked the return spring.
It might be possible to get a real airbrush and put the internals into that...
No need to do that really...was hoping to cut off the big buldge on the bottom but circuit board is shaped to it. Regardless, it just feels more like it should now...at least to me.