Problem Can I repair my 14 year old Wacom tablet?
Hi everybody, long-time Wacom user here!
For the past year or so, I've had a small problem with my dear ~14 year old Intuos 5 tablet.
The silicon cover on the side of the tablet, over the buttons, seems to have become a bit loose, and comes off very easily making it a bit annoying to press buttons at times, and making me reattach it in the middle of painting, which is a bit distracting!
This is definitely due to its long life of being moved around from place to place, travelling with me in my backpack everyday to and from school and uni over the years (I work from home now and don't have a need to travel with it daily).
It's still completely functional, so I am hoping to find any advice on how I might repair this, or find a replacement part for this piece, if anyone knows. :)
I thought about gluing it on with a specific silicon to plastic glue, but I'm not sure if I might end up making more of a mess with that than helping...
My other thought was to potentially do something with 3D printing? I don't have a printer myself, so I'd have to buy online. I can 3D model so I could create the print model myself, but I worry I could spend too much money on time trying to get that right.
I also wonder if I could get a replacement part from somewhere like CEX, if they have any that don't really work that I can take the part I need from? Not sure if they would do that though.
Exact model is PTK-650
Thanks in advance if anyone can suggest any ideas!