Inverse Plotter
After a day of hard work, the physical construction is almost done. The rest is finishing touches – add the table on top, the plexiglass window, secure the Y stage properly, etc. The code is nearly ready as well. Yay
pcomp/drawing machines final – inverse plotter
My pcomp/drawing machines combined final will be is the inverse plotter (details to come). For that, I needed to build an XY table. I spent the last week messing around with scavenged parts from printers/scanners/copiers/etc., trying to figure out the mess that is the mechanics of an XY table… Yet another case of HTIL (Harder Than It Looks).
I finally got some few basic parts together and built a ghetto X stage.
It actually worked pretty well, even though the bearings were very poorly done. I got some skate bearings but no nuts, bolts, or washers. Later Igal (who’s also working on an XY table) got some and made his own bearings, which worked great. I’ll be doing the same once I get the rest of my parts.
