tobiastoft

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   by tobiastoft 9y ago

   You can make your own adapters depending on the pen you want to put in it. I've made some out of dried out HP pens that I cut the ends off and jammed a Sharpie into. I've seen nicer 3d printed adapters on eBay and Thingiverse as w
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   by tobiastoft 9y ago

   Yeah, fortunately pens are relatively easy to find on Amazon, eBay, and a few online stores (just Google 'HP Plotter Pens'). My Roland and HP plotters use the same type of pens, btw. All USB-Serial cables and adapters I’ve used so
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   by tobiastoft 9y ago

   I should, but I'm frankly too lazy to get it done! I've really enjoyed browsing your post history — awesome work!
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   by tobiastoft 9y ago

   I tried putting a calligraphy pen in my plotter and it was definitely rough on the nib because of the angle. With continuous line drawing it would probably be ok, but too much up/down movement might get messy. Still fun to watch though
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   by tobiastoft 9y ago

   Can't believe my old post got picked up! If anyone's looking to get a plotter I would still highly recommend an old HP 7475A as a gateway drug — they're relatively cheap, not too big (the size of a large-ish inkjet printer) a