To build this Arduino pen plotter, you will need a few basic materials and tools. The primary components include four rulers, which serve as the arms of the plotter, and two NEMA 17 stepper motors ...

Arduino scalable pen plotter 9:18 am August 30, 2019 By Julian Horsey d.i.d. or Deep Ink Diver is an open source scalable pen plotter which you can build yourself using a 3D printed housing.

As primitive as it was the plotter performed admirably, albeit slowly. The second version was a mechanical improvement over the first, but largely the same. The software got a nice improvement.

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 … ...

Being only ten at the time I was unable to build the thing and, now that I’m 40, I still can’t fathom how to build this DIY CNC plotter out of a DVD player and some Arduino gear.