Post AzawFQtj2xgcbOURbk by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
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 (DIR) Post #Aza95OgpVPwz6X2jmi by foone@digipres.club
       2025-10-25T22:51:50Z
       
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       is there an easy way to turn a 3d printer into a cheap plotter? like, I tape a marker to the print head, and some program takes in an SVG and outputs the gcode to move around the print head so that it'll plot what I gave it?
       
 (DIR) Post #Aza9UIGeWKQeQSfdLM by log@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-10-25T22:56:05Z
       
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       @foone Pull the filament.  Tape the marker.  Set a z-hop so that the head moves up when the head is not "extruding".  Make your shapefile one layer high, no raft, no brim.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aza9cHAkTapJLUiPMe by geoffl@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-10-25T22:57:48Z
       
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       @foone For all your plotter questions ask @paulrickards
       
 (DIR) Post #Aza9rmUUJkcqp0LF3I by foone@digipres.club
       2025-10-25T23:00:37Z
       
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       and I'm asking "is there already a tool to do this". I know I could build something, but my interest level in this idea is "it'd be neat, as long as I don't have to write fucking g-code"
       
 (DIR) Post #Aza9vcpeAcxy1Y4V4i by foone@digipres.club
       2025-10-25T23:01:21Z
       
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       I know I could hack it together, I want to know if there's a mature enough solution for this anyway that I've got a good chance of just dropping in some kind of image file and getting out gcode that has a chance of working
       
 (DIR) Post #AzaA1JTt1uJ3kHbbfM by foone@digipres.club
       2025-10-25T23:02:23Z
       
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       not being able to stand for more than 10 minutes and having a 3d printer in another room doesn't make hacking this together sound fun, so I don't really want to build it myself. But if there's something existing I can drop in for a couple plots, that'd be perfect
       
 (DIR) Post #AzaALkalwPdxcXZUno by foone@digipres.club
       2025-10-25T23:05:50Z
       
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       @gloriouscow creality ender 5 plus
       
 (DIR) Post #AzaAOv6RJpQz5VtYNE by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
       2025-10-25T23:05:49Z
       
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       @foone If you do a YT search for "3d printer plotter" you'll get plenty of examples. In many (most?) cases, you need to 3d print an adapter to hold a pen but many of those models are already designed; you just need to download and print them.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3d+printer+plotter
       
 (DIR) Post #AzaHwbFYKzdj2XAGES by mrcopilot@mstdn.social
       2025-10-26T00:31:03Z
       
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       @foone tangent.I bought a few surplus 3dprinters to cobble together 2 working units and a laser.That machine is as simpler as taping a pen to the laser.It claims you could swap back & forth between Laser and 3d Printhead, but in practice its too much work and is better permanently mounted instead of hastily reassembled.https://store.creality.com/products/creality-laser-module?variant=51732408598893But yes using SVG it is pretty simple to move the tool head around.Tested lasergrbl, Lightburn won. Used sharpie for layout/testing.TLDR: Yes
       
 (DIR) Post #AzaMqwii69anf6vTqy by wndxlori@ruby.social
       2025-10-26T01:25:00Z
       
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       @foone it’s easier to find mods for laser engravers to do pen plotting. But you generally need to 3D print a pen holder for it 🤷🏻‍♀️
       
 (DIR) Post #AzawFQtj2xgcbOURbk by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
       2025-10-26T08:02:41Z
       
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       @foone @gloriouscow you want to plot 3 different characters.Create 3 objects, 1 layer high.Put them in the slicerSay the slicer should print them one after the otherThis forces to lift the head between objectsMake gcodeyou have a plotter! 🤣