Mini Project: Pen Plotter

The Pen plotter is a device that draws, using a marker, shapes and designs coded with Gcode using the UGS platform, shown below with example code of a circle.

As part of making sure that the machine worked correctly, we were assigned to code different toolpaths for our machine to use. Below is 3 videos of the machine working totally as intended: 

Unfortunately, due to not really thinking about it, I didn't actually take that many photos of the plotter itself, but here's some more info about it: 

The machine uses 3 Stepper Motors to move in the X and Y planes, and a servo motor to move the marker up and down. It also contains 2 limit switches that help the machine home itself and prevent it completely breaking itself while working.