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FYI, if you already have a 3D printer, you can totally use it as a 2D plotter (if that's not obvious). And you can totally use a fountain pen if you feel like
by romwell 7y ago
FYI, if you already have a 3D printer, you can totally use it as a 2D plotter (if that's not obvious).
And you can totally use a fountain pen if you feel like it.
In action: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQHk43gwra/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQHk43gwra/
Final result: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJHawZgFi1/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJHawZgFi1/
Same, with a ballpoint: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJ8dgmAaTA/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJ8dgmAaTA/
- StavrosK 7y agoHow do I do this? Installing the pen and adding some initial gcode to raise the Z axis above the bed so the nozzle doesn't touch isn't a problem, but what generates the drawing gcode?
- romwell 7y agoI wrote code that generated this particular G-code for the Dragon curve. In general, there's software to convert PostScript or DXF to G-code (used with e. g. engraving machines). The G code to move in XY is simple enough (G0 x y) that you could write a converter yourself.
- StavrosK 7y agoG code is simple, I'm just not sure how simple reading the curves would be. I worked around this by exporting as a png and having Cura slice that, then writing a script to extract a single layer. It works beautifully, now I want to see if I can make PCBs with it, it would be a revolution.