Wacom’s cheapest drawing tablet, the 13-inch Wacom One, will still set you back $400. So instead of upgrading, Akaki Kuumeri built their own by creating a strap-on screen for an older Wacom tablet using $80 worth of purchased and 3D-printed parts.
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The key to the affordability of this particular hack is that Kuumeri already had a screen-less Wacom Intuos 4 tablet on hand. When new, the smallest version of those cost several hundred dollars, and even now, a medium-sized version of a basic Wacom Intuos Pro tablet costs $380. So if you’re completely lacking in drawing tablets, and can’t find a used Wacom on eBay for cheap to start with, you’re probably better off getting a Wacom One, or Apple’s 10.2-inch iPad with an Apple Pencil.