PEN PLOTTER

Pen Plotter

THE CHALLENGE

Over the course of a week I developed this pen plotter entirely out of laser cut acrylic. It was a proof of concept to show just how far you can take a basic structural technique and build upon it. Two main things make this design unique: all of the joints are held together with wedge and mortise joinery and it’s entirely flat-packable.

TECH

The plotter is driven by an Arduino Uno with a CNC driver board. G-Code commands can be streamed to the device from any computer over a serial connection.

Because of the easy to assemble, low cost materials and the popularity of the Arduino platform, this little plotter might one day make a great DIY kit.

The laser cutter ready files are free to download and use.

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