Collaborate Disseminate
To keep track of a location in a two-dimensional space, two measurements are needed. Most of the time, we would naturally think to do this by the Cartesian method, measuring …read more Continue reading Pen Plotter Uses Polar Coordinates
[Arca] sets out to build himself a low-cost pen plotter that doesn’t require access to a 3D printer. The plotter uses a coreXY arrangement, powered by 28BYJ-48 stepper motors, which …read more Continue reading The $50 Pen Plotter
Last weekend, I made an incredibly accurate CNC pen-plotter bot in just 20 minutes, for a total expenditure of $0. How did I pull this off? Hacks accumulate. In particular, …read more Continue reading Irreproducible, Accumulative Hacks
Like it or not, organizing your workspace from time to time is a necessary chore. Labels can go a long way towards taming the most unruly of benches, but writing …read more Continue reading Plotter Churns Out Labels with Roll of Tape
[Mr Innovative] decided to make his version of a small pen plotter (video after the break) to make labels on masking tape. The result is an impressive compact machine that …read more Continue reading Masking Tape Pen Plotter Gets an Upgrade
[Terje Io] decided to breathe new life into an old pen plotter — the CX6000 from C. Itoh, a Japanese company that made several printers for Apple in the 1980s. …read more Continue reading CX-6000 Pen Plotter Upgrade
Fire up those 3D printers because if you’re like us, you’ll want your own PlottyBot. Still, have a pile of “thank you notes” to write from recent winter holiday gift …read more Continue reading PlottyBot: A DrawBot That Plots a Lot
Hacker [12344321A] has built a clever open-source pen plotter having a frame made from odd-shaped PCB panels (Chinese). It holds an ordinary drafting pen and draws on a small writing …read more Continue reading Pen Plotter from PCB Panels
If you’re of a certain vintage and have ever done any technical drawing, chances are good that you used a r0tring of some kind, be it pencil or pen. Well, …read more Continue reading Plotting to Restore a r0tring CS-50
Stock tickers were telegraph-based machines from the 19th century, and quickly fell by the wayside with the advent of computer replacements from the 1960s onwards. However, there’s something charming about …read more Continue reading Build Your Own Bluetooth Notification Ticker