DIY Vinyl Cutter from an Old printer Using Arduino - Part 1

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you all for your support!! Check out Part 2 of the video for Code, Schematic and STL files. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaWpYnuMj9R4q9U

[@alexanderpristinsky177]

Hi, I don't see nothing about nomination of the motors. How many Volts? Ampere? What is the model? Anything?

[@neilbarnett3046]

I have to say that I admire you for doing this. I don't want to cut vinyl, but even if I did, I'd start this sort of project and give up after about a day, as soon as I found that I needed to order the "right" bolts. And by the time they had arrived, I'd have lost half of the other parts!

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks mate!

[@billburnard3790]

I never thought of reusing ribbon cables! Slick!

[@maxmixer]

Out of the thousands of videos i've watched in the last 16 years since KZbin was invented, this is one of the most entertaining yet ! I'm the process of buying a phone/tablet chinese plotter for my phone shop, came across this and brilliant !

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you !

[@viswanathanramakrishnan7613]

Super invention you have made to convert the inkjet printer to a vinyl cutter. Infact due to the e-waste piling up this type of recycling will help the people to make use of the defunct items lying in many house hold. There are certain items in your DIY seems to be 3 D printed ones. If people like you to come forward to those people who are interested in converting such inkjet printers in to an usefull item like this. Kudos.

[@indrayit571]

Yang saya tunggu tunggu. "Push selenoid". Akhirmya nemu jawabannya 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Harinair72]

That's freaking bloody genius... Wow!

[@LoopLinks]

Thank You!

[@THX..1138]

Not something I think a lot of viewers are going to attempt to copy , but i love the project all the same 👍

[@crykerhater3507]

This is awesome, the way u adapt to what’s already there …. Nice project

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks!

[@fgarza]

I have an old printer with scanner and was wondering what to do. I have most components you use here so I think I'm going to try it.

[@itslooger7454]

hi is it possible to make it to order ?

[@jackhope45]

Reinvent on a old case is always difficult but u solve it perfectly 👍

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@bagasaji9512]

Just a suggestion, how about give it a contour cut feature

[@Mr_Ravee]

That's some serious reverse engineering you did to that printer..it almost felt like watching Bruce Lee's movie without subtitles and slo mo😃😎

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!

[@Germknoedel]

@Tripp Landyn Nice Scam

[@Mr_Ravee]

@@LoopLinks Do you provide paid assistance in case someone wants to pull the same with any random printer they source.? Just asking...

[@angelchiriboga3904]

I enjoyed watching the transformation from printer to a cutter- I do not understand the electronic components, but it was edited like the carpentry shows I watch and imagine it was simply common sense stuff for the guys that do. A 3rd video could be just the explanation for the dummies like me on what was the idea behind the repurposing of the parts in dumb-dumb speech.

[@patprop74]

The idea is good and well-executed, however, with most of us having 3d printers, adding a cutter head is very easy and converting any SVG file to an Stl is even easier.

[@Yogenh]

I have a 3D printer I don't know how to do that is it hard to fo??? I really would love to know how!!

[@patprop74]

@@Yogenh go on Thingiverse download the STL model for the cutter head you want to use for the model of 3d printer you have, print the part, and install it, Then use one of many hundreds of png or SVG to STL free file converters or make your own stickers in Inkscape... then just run the stl throw you slicer of choice making sure you have the Z hop when not printing enabled, that should give you enough information to get you started, the rest I'm sure you can figure it out for yourself, if not lol BUY A SICKER CUTTER lmaoooooooooo

[@jlucasound]

I have an old HP Inkjet and I have a resin 3D printer, so I think I will try to make this, if not for anything, to say I made it. It looks challenging but I think I could do it. Adapting a filament printer sounds awesome, too (and easier). It does make me want to get a filament printer! (Can it be made into a little CNC miller? :-) )

[@patprop74]

@@jlucasound sounds like a plan, and a good idea let me know how it turns out if you can

[@Yogenh]

@@patprop74 thanks

[@souravbhattacharyya3392]

You are a real genius 🙏

[@tanwirtanwir9590]

Saya akan mencobanya,tq brow sangat berfaedah

[@johnmaher9546]

very impressive, i really like your design, looks awesome

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you very much!

[@spamspasm8183]

Hello. I have a deactivated Cricut Expression Air 2 I was given for parts. It was going to be thrown away and I figured I could grab the motors from it because they still work. Then I saw this video and I now want to rip it apart and turn it into something like your machine. Do you think it will work? Thanks!

[@GiNodrog]

That's very clever , make good use of an old printer .

[@LoopLinks]

thanks!

[@mattmelford1991]

Love the way how you recycle it for better use. One way of being innovative. 😍🙌

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you! 😊

[@MilanGajicBuva]

this is a beautiful build! i love how you kept it really neat !

[@LoopLinks]

Glad you like it!

[@giselletan3103]

Hi, may I know how you are able to make the arduino read the image you want to print. Do you code it yourself or do you use another software to read the image and send it to aduino like how CNC works? I apologise in advance if everything sounds stupid, but I am really curious on how you did it.

[@LoopLinks]

Please watch part 2 of the video

[@giselletan3103]

@@LoopLinks ok, thankyou so much!

[@philwiltshire1306]

Awesome!! Now where did i put my old Printer!! Defo going to try make this!!

[@johncrunk8038]

I appreciate your hard work, but I think building one from scratch might be easier.

[@Vatharian]

What are you using to actually cut the vinyl? I can see it's a black... finger?

[@vernonzehr]

Ironically, I have two vinyl cutters and wanted to use the old one and try to convert to a very low power laser cutter/burner! My thinking was it should work fine with the existing software for the machine and if I could figure out how to mount and power a small laser.... skies the limit!

[@pradeepchaudhary5996]

How to Make CNC Laser Engraver Using DVD Drive search this and share the end result if find this helpful

[@yauck1]

Why did you use a new stepper motor but not the original motor/gear for the y-axis? Great work!

[@asifabbasi2035]

Really very impressive 👍👍👍

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@dr.whitehat9734]

Congratulations, very nice project. What preparation do you use for cutting?

[@nepotycznysuperbohater9140]

Nice, but You have a conectinc diagram? How to connect a push pull how is he under 12v?

[@alexanderpristinsky177]

Hi , interesting project. Can you please specify the what Nema 17 Stepper Motor type that you used?

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks! Neema 17 stepper motor - bit.ly/3NNHwQ0

[@samueljayaprakash2496]

Awesome work! brother, what type of timing belt is used?

[@LoopLinks]

I salvaged it from an old scanner. Anyways it's GT2 timing belt only

[@NicksStuff]

That's a great project! Don't you think you could have kept more printer parts? Like no stepper

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks! Stepper motors were easy to use.

[@NicksStuff]

@@LoopLinks I bet that's much easier, yeah

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@NicksStuff I'm using the ink jet motors on my 3d printer videos.

[@smtsoftwaresolutions1966]

Great video. I'm about to embark on a fruit machine build in an attempt to replicate the 1980's machine each way shuffle. It seems all but impossible to purchase one. I have some programming skills, although, I have never written anything like this. I'm more of a front & back-end web app developer. Your channel is going to be a great help so thank you for taking the time to record, upload, and share these videos. Now back to watching more of your brilliant explanations. Many thanks. Shane

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks! Good luck with your build.

[@davidrockaston8623]

Hello dear, this is an interesting project. Could you please mention the type and volt of the Nema 17 Stepper Motor you are using?

[@3dp_edc]

do you have a write up or something that explains this in more detail?

[@thewolf3530]

It's a good idea but it's too much hassle a lot of headache

[@COTINHAify]

Congratulations from Brazil! Very very interesting your idea!

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!

[@glecelyngalvez1474]

That's some great work sir! Great job

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!

[@viswanathanramakrishnan7613]

The video shows you have the in-depth knowledge of the printers circuitry and also of the mechanism. What would be the cost involved in altering the inkjet printer to vinyl cutter? I have with me one HP make inkjet printer with me; it seems that there are many parts are to be 3D printed. But the project which you have done is superb and is tempting me to fry my inkjet but further guidance is needed from you to achieve it.

[@RixtronixLAB]

Nice video, thanks :)

[@LoopLinks]

Glad you liked it!

[@ronyd...1310]

Me sumo al canal....!!!!! saludos desde ARGENTINA BS AS

[@bonez1305]

Excellent project....

[@LoopLinks]

Many many thanks

[@vignesh_waran]

Wow this is so amazing Bro. Searching this for very long time on KZbin but no proper video. Can we modify any inkjet printer like this or is there any special requirement for the printer ?

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!! most probably yes....

[@noemannoeman2176]

all printer using 2 ink tank can be used

[@chipminion7887]

Perfect hack. Bravo!

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks!

[@prof.mauriciomonteiro7427]

Hello bro, your project is amazing, very creative. Congratulations!!!

[@LoopLinks]

Hey, thanks!

[@raydavincci2912]

Ficou nota 10 ! Parabéns pelo excelente projeto.

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks!

[@skidloaders1]

thumbs up , very innovative - great work ( waiting for software setup in part 2)

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks! Working on it!

[@A.Roger__]

Amazing Idee from Printer to Plotter 👍

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@imatrueliar7936]

Mere pas bhi hp ka printor pada hua hai.. purana wo bhi ban sakta hai kya cutting machine

[@B-U-N-N-I]

Where did the part from 3:09 come from? Is this to make sure the cutter has a flat surface to cut on?

[@LoopLinks]

That's Aluminium angle. Yes to have the flat surface

[@B-U-N-N-I]

@@LoopLinks Thanks. Did it come from the printer or did you buy it?

[@LoopLinks]

@@B-U-N-N-I I purchased it

[@ghazimalik]

Genius!

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!

[@bcoolyuva]

tony stark made iron man suit in a cave, which seemed far more DIY than this printer to plotter.

[@danielcezario2419]

Masterpiece!!!

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks!!

[@B-U-N-N-I]

Is it not possible to configure grbl to use the original motor that came with the printer?

[@LoopLinks]

I guess it is possible!

[@salmanwasi3802]

Any deskjet would work or only ur specific model

[@alexrXX]

Think I will make one of these tomorrow. Iv'e got a couple of old printers.

[@rajendrasoni3836]

can i buy this item from you or can you make this kind of product for me i have an old printer

[@DesainCAD]

one step closer perfect, keep R n D

[@mr3dp]

Can you explain about the belt? GT2 3mm?

[@LoopLinks]

I salvaged from an old scanner..

[@integratedstm]

Outstanding work

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you very much!

[@rayshowalter6265]

Genius!!!!

[@sitijamilawinarti2859]

what is the solenoid (push pull) clamp made of or product name and series

[@joseguevara184]

Very simple. Did it with my yes closed. Muy sencillo, lo hice con los ojos cerrados.

[@adrianodri4179]

good night I can use the Shield L293d Driver Bridge H instead of the shield expansion board, and use micro servo instead of the 12v solenoiede, I'm waiting thank you.

[@krisso5473]

What kind of 6mm rails did you cut for the carriage with the knife?

[@LoopLinks]

6mm chrome plated smooth rod if you are looking to buy it..mine was salvaged from the printer itself.

[@ronyd...1310]

excelente video .... like por mas desarme de componentes electrónicos... !!!

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you !!!

[@girishk5533]

hats off to u

[@gracedy756]

Can you do that using Canon ip2770?

[@humzakhatri7085]

What are you using to do the actual cut? Is it a blade or a laser?

[@LoopLinks]

Roland blade.

[@ducvan9912]

Can i use cannon ip2770 old printer to make cnc machine ????, sir. This look so great.

[@renjimurry9842]

2 relay module.. single will do right??

[@LoopLinks]

yes single will do!

[@jothain]

Very clean 👍👍 Somewhere in the video when disassembling I was thinking that it's shame that ribbon cables can't be used. But damn. I've never even noticed that some printers can have so big soldering points in their connectors! I've always looked them that they can't be re-used anywhere, but now I'm definitely going to keep eye if I happen to disassemble printer, scanner etc.

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks!

[@WestCoastADV]

doesnt your solenoid overheat ?, within 1 minute mine is so hot I cannot hold it, assuming you engage / ennergize the solenoid to push the cutter down to cut right ?

[@LoopLinks]

Yes it does overheat if you will continuously energise it. It's better to give a break after each design cut especially if you are using 3d printed parts.

[@karadanvers6136]

how did u learn all this? electrical engineering? or just home study?

[@dilipprasannadp]

could you please tell me size of the time belt

[@BoozyWoozy]

How to make a feed button? For initial film loading?

[@vignesh_waran]

Waiting for Part 2 Please. Kindly Show the Schematic diagram and Arduino firmware settings Bro.

[@TechBuild]

The schematic diagram is very simple. The motors just need to be connected to the outputs of the respective drivers of each axis and the solenoid is powered through a relay which is activated by the Arduino's digital pin, most probably D11 as it is used to control the spindle motor when used in a CNC machine.

[@BoozyWoozy]

Hello. where did you get such springs?

[@LoopLinks]

AA Battery holder

[@BoozyWoozy]

@@LoopLinks Thanks. But it's not entirely clear. You have 6mm shafts. The spring from the AA battery pack is much less diameter. ... I want to build my plotter without using an old printer. Only 2040 aluminum profile and openbuilds bracket I really liked your Z-axis. I want to use it.

[@LoopLinks]

Well I had to adjust the springs..I would suggest to use solenoid with more holding force and better springs than mine.

[@BoozyWoozy]

@@LoopLinks Thank you!

[@RodrigoSilva-ic5vw]

amazing

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks

[@sunnyleung9225]

Fantastic. I am gonna convert my printer

[@Hiasibua]

Veeery nice! But I would have loved to see more of the cutting end. Interested to know how it rotates for cutting round shapes

[@abelmartinezky9423]

Been wondering the same, how it cut sharp angles ??

[@quinbee_creates]

It's the swivel cutter that does that, not anything he made. Search for the "Roland blade holder" he lists in the description.

[@VerasakSahachaisaree]

Very good idea. But seem to hard to follow.

[@kirknelson156]

interesting project but I was wondering could you not use the original motors? they seem to move printers with a pretty high degree of accuracy out of the box, so not usable or simply easier to control with standard nema steppers with the Arduino.

[@LoopLinks]

I started with the same idea but it turned out it was not easy to use original motors with my limited programming knowledge. So i opted for stepper motors.

[@kirknelson156]

@@LoopLinks I thought that might be the problem, I too suffer from limited programming knowledge so I won't give you a hard time for that ;)

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@kirknelson156 Check out my new videos. I'm using the inkjet motors for a 3d printer.

[@ДмитрийМорозов-щ8ъ]

Что поменялось? Как резал плотер, так и режет далее, зачем эти переделки?

Very good job!

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!

[@designer9205]

hi, show me how the wires are connected to the board?

[@LoopLinks]

Kindly check Part 2 video description for circuit diagram.

[@designer9205]

@@LoopLinks I looked, but there is another board with a relay shown there

[@Geriarts]

Top Top. Genial Parabens.

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks!

[@UzunKamis]

What is the idea in 2:55?

[@rashednewaz7645]

Omg! Hacker of the hacker.

[@muhammadsameer883]

Good job

[@LoopLinks]

Thanks

[@addyfpv2188]

Where are the STL Files?

[@brianmghanga8048]

i wish you could have talked us through what you are doing

[@narpat007]

very creative !

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!

[@darkside7786]

👍👍👍❤️ jenius

[@nurinurik7629]

Очень классно! Молодец. Модель принтера ho descjet 1660?

[@nurinurik7629]

hp deskjet 1660?

[@LoopLinks]

мой был hp ​​deskjet D1668, если быть точным, но принтер серии 1600 похож.

[@nurinurik7629]

@@LoopLinks завтра принесу 2 штуки ho 1660. Попробую сделать точно такой же как у вас. Спасибо за видео инструкцию.

[@LoopLinks]

@@nurinurik7629 удачи в постройке

[@federicoarganaraz7390]

Please can you do it in a more detailed way

[@00ii0i9]

hey very creative :)

[@LoopLinks]

Thank you!