Sharpie Pen Plotter

3D Printing & Imaging

Check out this Sharpie plotter attachment for the Phlatprinter CNC kit cutter. Even though it requires a manual pen swap, it’s still mesmerizing to watch it plot in image. [via reddit]

8 thoughts on “Sharpie Pen Plotter

  1. Timothy Gray says:

    I really miss the plotters of yesteryore. They were far more fun than watching a large format inkjet.

    1. Anonymous says:

      We had a Calcomp drum pen plotter at UMass, connected to a Control Data Cyber. Now *that* was real computing! Looked *just* like this video when it was plotting.

  2. Morgauxo says:

    I wonder how one of these would work with crayons…

  3. Cristache Dragos says:

    Awsome project. I wonder where can I find thre project files.

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