Hackaday

pen plotter

Building your own CNC machine can present a series of varied challenges. There are the software considerations, but also the mechanical side of things – motors, shafts, screws and slides all need to ...
Geeky Gadgets

Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver

Instructables member Patrick Panikulam has created a versatile wireless Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver, powered by an Arduino UNO microcontroller and offering a work area of 200 x 162 mm and ...
Geeky Gadgets

Awesome Arduino Pen Plotter Built Using A Few Rulers (video)

Electronics enthusiasts looking for a new project to keep them busy this weekend may be interested in this excellent Arduino pen plotter which has been created using for rulers, 2 x NEMA 17 stepper ...
TechCrunch

Making an Arduino-based CNC plotter out of a DVD player is as easy as 1, 2, what’s Arduino again?

Once, long ago when magazines still existed, I bought a copy of Popular Mechanics. Inside was a guide on how to build a robotic lawnmower. Now this was back in the 1980s so it wasn’t a very complex ...
Hackaday

pen plotter

A pen plotter is often the first experience many ambitious makers have of the world of Computer Numerical Control, or CNC. While they typically operate on flat stock, with the right build, they can be ...