Scrappy Pen Plotter Draws "Meow!"

[@sdenisen]

I supposed that you already stopped to post any videos on youtube, but I'm very glad to see new one. it's amaizing...)

[@ElectronDust]

Oh, hello Sergey! Thanks so much for the comment! I joined the workforce a while ago. That's probably the biggest reason why the videos got ever fewer. There isn't as much time to play around anymore.

[@Makenitso]

I love watching plotters work, good job :) Looks very accurate!

[@ElectronDust]

Hey Chris. Thanks for the comment! It should be quite accurate. At least in theory. The biggest source of inaccuracy is the pen holder thing (made out of a notebook CD drives linear movement mechanics. The thing the laser would normally slide up and down on). Maybe you made similar observations about the source of inaccuracy in your machines.

[@Makenitso]

Yeah i did, i found that if the pen travels past the point that it contacts the surface then any slop in the mechanism would cause the pen to shift a mm or so. very tricky to get it right. those 4 colour bic pens seem to work well in this case since the ink cartridge is already bent to make it out the hole and acts kind of like a spring. Pretty cool idea using an optical drive's laser sled though, i had forgotten about those things.

[@ElectronDust]

Funny how you get that kind of insider knowledge about which pen fits the machine best. I forgot that in your case, the hole thing including the pen moves up and down. Was impressed once again by that typesetting when re-watching the video. definitely thought about doing some multi color pen action. automatic switching might be worth considering. though the Gcode generation might be a bit tricky.

[@Makenitso]

I luv playing around with this sort of thing, especially since i'm so crap at writing and drawing hehe. I recently bought vinyl cutter blades and a holder (ebay item 142347522268) which is ridiculously cheap for what it is. but it got me thinking that the blade holder and roland pens would suit a multi-pen setup. not much luck so far designing a gripper for it though but i'm sure one will pop up. would be real nice to have multiple pens and cutting blades available on a machine :) perhaps some sort of magnetic coupling would make it easier

[@francoislebois]

Success is coming maboi

[@LeonvanBokhorst]

Awesome. The music as well 🤗

[@davidshaw164]

This would be a little more interesting if you speed it up a little.

[@icarusswitkes986]

Could it do my detention for me?

[@francoislebois]

Incredible

[@francoislebois]

You deserve so more views

[@hariharanramamurthy9946]

sir can you send circuit design

[@pardeepsaini_24]

How you make gcode

[@ElectronDust]

I used Inkscape and the GcodeTools plugin. This plugin enables you to get Gcode out of a drawing like the one I used. Here’s a link to GcodeTools: github.com/cnc-club/gcodetools Sorry for not being able to give you a more detailed explanation. Hope it helps. Cheers.

[@pardeepsaini_24]

Electron Dust thankyou