Hardware
2,309 items in 11 lists
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Pens for AxiDraw wiki.evilmadscientist.com
List of pens suitable for general plotter abuse.
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Pens for EggBot wiki.evilmadscientist.com
Egg- and glass-focused pen recommendations but still generally applicable information.
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WaterColorBot watercolorbot.com
XY art robot and software to plot with watercolor paints.
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Ingrid Burrington wares.lifewinning.com
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Bottle Plotter vgnotepad.blogspot.com
Blog post about building a cylindrical pen plotter for drawing on wine bottles.
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From Lettering Guides to CNC Plotters typotheque.com
"A Brief History of Technical Lettering Tools".
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Hidden wireframe removal trmm.net
Discussion and links to code for wireframe removal of STL files.
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Drawing Robot thingiverse.com
3d-Printable AxiDraw clone w/ Arduino CNC Shield controller running grbl firmware.
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svgurt svgurt.com
Web-based PNG to SVG creative noodler.
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SVG.js svgjs.dev
Dependency-free lightweight library for creating, manipulating, and animating SVG.
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Let's make map svg-exporter.netlify.app
Web-based tool to export an SVG map from Mapzen tiles.
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Vera Molnár surfacemag.com
OG plotter artist.
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Pedro Alcocer store.pedroalcocer.com
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NextDraw store.bantamtools.com
The Bantam Tools successor to the popular AxiDraw pen plotter.
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Plotter Cable Pinout sites.music.columbia.edu
Schematic for a plotter cable that will work for most HP and Roland plotters. Search eBay or Amazon for DB9 to DB25 Serial Null Modem Cable or similar to find them for sale.
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OrCAD 386 and a plotter Colorgraf Aritma 512 simandl.cz
Article about using a Colorgraf 512 plotter with OrCAD 386 for making printed circuit boards.
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Aritma Colorgraf 512 simandl.cz
Website with scanned schematics and manual.
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The Cohen-Sutherland Line Clipping Algorithm sighack.com
Detailed explanation and examples of an interesting algorithm.
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Paul Rickards shop.paulrickards.com
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AxiDraw shop.evilmadscientist.com
Pen plotter from Evil Mad Scientist.
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EBB Driver Board shop.evilmadscientist.com
USB-based dual stepper motor controller board, originally designed for the EggBot.
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AndyMakes shop.andymakes.com
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Making cheap HP plotter pens scruss.com
Blog post mainly about using vinyl cutter parts as pen holders.
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REVDANCATT Plotter Tools revdancatt.com
A bunch of web-based pen plotter tools with SVG output.
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Vera Molnar's Computer Paintings researchgate.net
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AxiDraw Subreddit reddit.com
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PlotterArt Subreddit reddit.com
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Taxan X-Y Plotter KPL 710 Instruction Manual pzwiki.wdka.nl
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Plotter Pen STL Models printables.com
Accurate STL models of both short and long standard plotter pens.
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Sharpie Fine Point Plotter Adapter printables.com
3d-printed adapter to fit a standard Sharpie in an HP-GL plotter.
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Plotter People plotterpeople.github.io
In-person meetups (SF and NYC so far) with talks and plotter art galleries.
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PlotterFiles plotterfiles.com
Community for sharing SVG files for plotters.
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plotter.vision plotter.vision
Interactive website for hidden line removal of STL files to generate plottable SVG. Also supports Red/Blue 3D glasses.
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Hershey Vector Font paulbourke.net
.fnt format of vector fonts from the 60s. Includes a good overview of the original data format of the fonts.
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Adaptor for universal X-Y plotter pen patents.google.com
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Replacement Pen Carousel Turret Carriage Holder for HP 7475A Plotter obsoletetech.us
3d printed replacement part.
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Replacement Geneva Drive Wheel Gear for HP 7475A Plotter Pen Carousel obsoletetech.us
3d printed replacement for a commonly-busted part.
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makio135/plotter observablehq.com
An Observable notebook collection full of plotter-oriented work.
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Reviving the Apple 410 Color Plotter nycresistor.com
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Surface Projection nb.paulbutler.org
Deep dive into surface projection and hidden line removal using Python and penplot.
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Fractal Generation with L-Systems nb.paulbutler.org
Techniques for creating line-based fractal graphics.
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SVG Cropper msurguy.github.io
A browser-based tool to crop SVGs using different primitives, custom shapes, or other SVGs.
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Rad Lines msurguy.github.io
A web-based radial lines vector generation tool with SVG export.
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Flow Lines msurguy.github.io
A tool for generating flow line representations using SVG paths / polylines.
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CNC Text Tool msurguy.github.io
Browser-based Hershey Text tool with export to SVG.
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An Introduction to Pen Plotting mrmrs.cc
Another getting started article with modern pen plotters.
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PlotterFun mitxela.com
Browser-based Image to SVG converter similar to SquiggleDraw.
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