The pen will be holded and released using a third engine in our structure which will be a servo motor. In our case the CNC plotter that we made is a double axis machine "details in picture 1" that has a small stepper motors in its axis "stepper in picture 2" these steppers will move an active tray and make it move in a double axis plan to create the drawing design using a drawing pen. Most of these machines are stepper motor based machines which includes stepper motors in theme axis.Īnother word to mentioned "axis", yes, each CNC machine has a defined number of axis that will be controlled by the computer program.
#PLOTTER DRAWING MACHINE SERIAL#
Since I've made this instructable for beginners, I should explain in details first what is the drawing machine and how it works!Īs it is defined in wikipedia, CNC stands for Computer numerical control, a machine which is a computer-controlled structure that receives instructions through a serial port sent from a computer and moves its actuators depending on the received instructions.
Assemble all the project parts (mechanical and electronic assembly).Prepare the circuit diagram to connect all the choosen components.Making the right hardware selection for your project depending on its functionalities.Before starting let’s see first What you will learn from this instructable: We've made this project in just 5 days only, just three days to get all the needed parts and finish the hardware making and the assemble, then 2 days to prepare the code and start some adjustments. To improve the appearance of our machine and also there is enough documents and codes in this guide to allow you create your machine easily. This project is so handy to make specially after getting the customized PCB that we’ve ordered from JLCPCB
#PLOTTER DRAWING MACHINE HOW TO#
I found lots of tutorial accross the web that explains how to make a CNC Plotter , but with the lack of information it was a bit difficult to make such machine, thats the reason why I've decided to start this instructable where I will show you in details how to easily make your own drawing machine.
Hey guys! I Hope you already enjoyed my previous instructable " How to make your own Arduino training platform " and you are ready for a new one, as usual I made this tutorial to guide you step by step while making this kind of super amazing low cost electronic projects which is the "CNC plotter machine" known also as "CNC drawing" or just "Arduino CNC machine".