ZUSE Plotter is an exhibit at the ZUSE Computer Museum in Germany, mounted vertically.īAWP and the Hackaday article is a vertically-mounted wall plotter. In 2020, Ben Congdon wrote about Building a DIY Pen Plotter: midTbot.Īndrew Sleigh’s pen plotter, now at version 3, is a 3D printed plotter with a V-slot X axis.Īrduino CNC Drawing Machine uses a linear rail for the X axis and two linear rods for the Y axis with 3D printed parts holding it all together.ĭrawbot is a whiteboard-format, vertically mounted pen plotter.Ĭartesio uses linear rods and 3D printed parts for a low cost plotter. MidTbot is a very compact design where both steppers are mounted over the linear bearings. Using two belts for XY motion is a straightforward system that’s suitable for smaller plotters. The Plot Thickens describes the assembly of an AliExpress pen plotter. The EleksDraw is an AxiDraw knockoff that comes as a kit.īOTomazov is Maks Surguy’s squiggle plotter. Some of the less-polished plotters are below:ĭrawbot plotter is a 3D printed plotter on 6 linear rods. The MiniKit 2 is a kit that builds an A6 version of the plotter and does not require fabricating any parts. The AxiDraw pen plotter was responsible for a resurgence in plotter art and is a commercial product with a large community. SJSU XY-Plotter was a final project for San Jose State University students and features a detailed write-up of the mechanism.ĭrawingBot uses 3D printed plastic and linear rods.ĭrawBot v1.1 and the Hackaday article is a 3D-printed plotter that uses an Arduino Uno and CNC shield.ĤxiDraw is a 3D printed AxiDraw knockoff with a nice guide.Ĭrazy Engineer’s Drawing Robot is made of wood blocks and metal, using an Ardunio running GRBL for control.ĮxtruDraw Extrusion-based Plotter is a 3D printed A2 or A3 format plotter mounted on an MDF baseboard and uses the AxiDraw’s EiBotBoard. PlottyBot is a well-documented Raspberry Pi Zero-based plotter made with 3D printed parts and linear rods. This adds some complexity to the control software, but doesn’t require a stepper motor on the moving portion of the plotter. It’s possible to hook up a single belt in a clever way to move the pen in both the X and Y dimensions.
This is a list of the pen plotters I’ve found that can be built, roughly grouped by their kinematics. Metadata Status Accumulating Effort Medium Pen plotters Matt Widmann Notes Now Pen plotters