This is a 30 year old outdated technology it's called pen plotter I used o fix these machines from lockheed martin (calcomp), widely used in cad industry and even today some radium cutter still use these machines.
Zaki Adam While the tech is not necessarily new, the implementation is. If you read the designers own comments, it's a newer system, that is stiffer, more capable and much faster. In fact the speed is the greatest improvement.
@@chrisbloodworth72 not to say i don't like this machine, but speedwise, have you ever seen an old pen plotter in action? Also very cool technology from a bygone era: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YLZtSUiB2eE.html
@@rp101aquatics6 no it's not that simple. To make a machine a as precise to the point where it can draw a seemingly perfect circle on such small scale means having very precise parts and preferably measuring the pens position as many times as possible and using that information to auto correct the machine. This machine is a true masterpiece of technology and if you don't see that, that's very disappointing. When I see this thing, I imagine the hours and hours of coding, let alone the troubleshooting, let alone the fact that this is the 3rd version of this product.
I've used something similar in a previous tech job. Worked great but didn't use regular pens, we had to use special plotting pens that were expensive. This is too cool, this could replace my printer, imagine, no more expensive ink cartridges.
this was the standard Arhitectural CAD plotter using real Rotring Rapidographs, in various thicknesses and colours, some years ago. seeing it using a fountain pen is so satisfying.
So this just randomly popped up on my RU-vid. And I look at it and I said this is cool although I have to admit it's randomly silly like my old egg bot. And then I looked at who made this. Awesome. You guys have been doing this the whole time... Keep up the good work
this invention will certainly come in handy! in a universe where the printer was never invented and they needed a solution for the wrist breaking pen work everyone does when making a document or a panflet for say, a wedding.. just great!
i have seen something like this before from the 1960s. isn't it called a pen plotter? my old programming teacher has one in his office that i'm sota helping him get to work again. it does however not use full size pens. it just got a lot of small ink pens/bullets that it quick changes. i think he said it was able to do something approaching CMYK printing. but nice machine.
ok sorry did not check the web page so sorry. also sorry again but i have two questions.. is there any reason you aren't using a gantry system like on 3d printers? i reckon that it for a lighter and faster pen movement using those linear motors is that right? what's the max size? from the size of the linear motors on yours one i reckon it's able to draw up to A4 right? the reason i'm asking this is because old one uses a gantry system and it's max is A3 paper. because he may be interested in this axi draw i that case. i'll have to ask him. thank you.
This one is A4 (or letter) size. The geometry is such that the pen extends beyond the footprint of the machine, which makes it so that you can place it next to, or on top of things, to draw on them.
This is SLOWER than ANY printer in the industry. Has fewer number of parts than the smallest and more practical printer in the market out there and costs MORE than 10 times the smaller version. VERY EXPENSIVE!!!. On the other hand is Unique, you won't have any ink problems, is portable. You don't put paper in the printer, you put the printer on the paper. Nice NOT FOR OFFICE WORK!!!
