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by 2dollars27cents 3038 days ago
Building 2d plotters is a fun mechanical design exercise too. It's very accessible from both a mechanical design + software/electronics perspective.

Shameless self promotion but here's one I built: https://www.markjgallagher.com/projects/#/utsushi/
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joshu 3038 days ago
Very nice work! I also use GRBL.

Here's some of mine:

- belt driven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKsTr9XfFU&t=0s&index=3&lis...

- screw driven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rGjyPqcVbg&t=0s&index=2&lis...

corexy belt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf1MJxOYzkU&t=0s&index=7&lis...

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dsnuh 3038 days ago
Awesome stuff! The water droplet one looks amazing.
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askvictor 3038 days ago
Not quite the same as a pen plotter, but the Maslow CNC http://www.maslowcnc.com/ takes a similar approach to CNC (no reason you couldn't replace the router with a pen), but with a near-vertical work surface. OTOH I guess an 'ordinary' CNC is the same base principle as a plotter, just with more moving parts and another dimension. As are 3D-printers (the extrusion type, at least)
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