That's an incredibly well done build for a DIY project. Probably THE best DIY pen plotter that I've seen in a while! Awesome. And thanks for putting up the website with all the detailed info, it's incredibly useful for someone like me who's trying to do the same :)
Impressive work and great drawing. I have come to your video and your Github looking to make myself a plotter. I am a plastic artist and I wanted to make an installation with a plotter. Yours looks gorgeous to me. I have been translating your github for two days because my level of English is not good. I don't have much idea of programming and I don't know if I would be able to make a plotter like yours, but maybe I'll try it! Once again, great job.
wow, that is really great. I would like to build a pen plotter, but I am very bad at building and electronics, etc. do you also build for clients or do you consult one on one on how to make them?
Awesome project. This is an incredible build. Can´t believe it´s sleekness and design! Thanks for sharing. I´m currently in the building process of a slightly other design - but i think your solution is top-notch! One question? Did you 3d printed the whole base, or just paint it the same color as the printed parts and use wood or something? Also, i got a suggestion: Maybe it´s a cool feature to modify the pen-holder in order to give it the ability to hold pens in an 45 degree angle, to make it able painting (and writing) with fountain pens. BR and thanks again for sharing.
Hi Georg - sorry, only just saw these comments. If you look at the thingiverse page there is more discussion about this, including the question of the power supply - short version - I made a small mod to the CNC shield to get 12V power to the stepper drivers, not through the Arduino. The base is just painted wood.
May i ask two questions: 1. You don´t use a seperate Power Supply for the CNC shield? Never heard that it´s possible to power the shield over the arduino... Is this working for you? 2. What pulley size do you use exactly for the x-axis? 30 or 40 teeth? 3. Idler pulleys for y-axis are 20 teeth (without teeth), right? Thanks in advance, your help and efforts are really appreciated.
