Part 2 - Super Easy 3D Printed Arduino CNC Drawing Machine - The Software | GRBL | Inkscape Plotter
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2024
- Learn how to upload and configure GRBL to your Arduino CNC machine. I'll also help you test it and then show you how to create your own artwork. 👇 More info below 👇
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■ Wooden panel to mount project at least 36x42cm (I used an Ikea ‘LÄMPLIG’ chopping board)
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■ M3 x10 (x3)
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This video is shared for demonstration purposes only.
If you missed part one, covering the 3D printing and assembly you can watch it here: ua-cam.com/video/XYqx5wg4oLU/v-deo.html
Really amazing, how big can you make this, A2, A1 size?
@@unrealone1 I worked on keeping the cost down with this design so I don't think you could go much larger than A3 in landscape orientation. The side to side axis can be increased substantially but the back and fourth in it's current design is not suitable for extending much.
would you please consider DIY Laser CNC?
Thanks in advance
@@TheErixcode I've always wanted a CNC laser. It's on my list of projects to research and design but I'm afraid it's not near the top of the list at the moment.
@@DIYMachines what is at the top of your list, love your videos btw!
I was troubleshooting my servo motor for the whole day because I thought it was not working. But when I saw your video, I realized where I was wrong and had figured out how to make it work! Your video helped! Thank you so much!
Glad it helped. What was the error you were having?
Onde estava o erro? to tendo problemas no servo motor
Just finished a diy cnc pen plotter. I 3D printed my parts based loosely on Mr. Innovatives design. It was a lot of work to get everything dialed in. Your software instruction are the best. Although when using inkscape I had to use a scaling factor even though I was using mm units.
It is so funny that you posted this right now. For the past week I have been thing about building one of these on my own!
I really like the concept of converting such an analog process (writing) into something controllable.
Your use of writing on the phone case seems like an awesome idea!
Thanks Trevor, that is great timing. I did it for the same reason but thought out in reverse, I wanted to see something as digital as GCODE generate what traditionally is analog (the handwriting). :)
I've been using the phone case eversincme it drew it and feel I little proud of it every time I see it.
@@DIYMachines I am planning on making a slightly modified version. If you'd be interested I can show you the results when it's finished.
Trevor Clarke That would be great to see what you do with it.
I'm going to build my own CNC drawing machine. Great tutorials! I'll make my own version mounting the servo on the slider. Thank you!
No problem, your not the first (a probably not the last) I know off who wants to build it that way. Go for it. :)
Interesting project!...I guess you can make this larger to print A3 etc ??? longer rail etc Laurie
I've seen a few projects like this one but this is by far the best presented. I actually think I can build this. Thanks so much for that. I'm interested in using it to make PCB's without the need for toner transfer. Any hints along those lines are appreciated. I'm learning Kicad now.
Hi Mark. Thanks fo the kind words. :) I'd love to offer you some PCB advice but as it turns out I have just started to learn Kicad myself only just this week. I hope to make a project with a PCB in the future.
You should have covered more on converting simple colored drawings.. and how u made the infill into thin lines....
Best videos I ever watched about how to make CNC Machine , specially it's AxiDraw CNC Machine .
Explanation couldn't be better kudos bro👍
Thank you so much 😀
Great walkthrough and impressive mastery of the subject!! Thank you!
Very cool!
Here's an idea that should be challenging!
Adapt in place of the pen, an inkjet system, (using common parts of inkjet printers), simulating a DTG printer, with the head moving in both axes, contrary to the printer that the head moves in only one
Really well done...looking forward to making this as a practice for a cnc router. You've earned a new subscriber
If anyone is finding that their XY motors are only moving the pen around 40% of the area that they should be; I had to change both lines $100 and $101 from 40.000 to 100.000 in the GRBL setup document. That sorted it for me so that the X and Y are at the correct scale.
Very stylish, efficient, complete, précise presentation, like part 1! Thanks! Great job! Above hte other (dozens) of maker vidéos around in YT.
This is brilliant! You sir are a genius!
Thanks Toby.
I feel like Dr. Emmet L Brown: „I did make my first functioning drawing machine!“
Works. Needs some refinements but basically works as promised.
Thanks a lot for the detailed videos.
The two videos in this series were great. Would you be able to use this CNC to draw the traces on a piece of copper-clad circuit board before etching it?
I suppose you could - though I have not tried.
Hi, I wanted to congratulate you on the project ... it's really crazy!
I scrupulously followed the step-by-step video instructions, but I encountered 3 "problems":
1) Right / left swing of the pen (slight, but prevents small details);
2) Up / down swing of the Y when the servo clicks or in extension beyond 50%;
3) Using the square procedure only about half of the effective area is covered (225x250mm). The $ H procedure is successful.
I wanted to understand if the first 2 points are normal or not and how to solve point 3. Thanks a lot and congratulations again.
Thanks for the kind words BlackGeare, I'm glad to hear you managed to follow my instructions. :)
To answer your points:
1) This can be reduced by having less distance between the 3D printed pen slider and the mount it is on. Though too closes and it will not slide freely. A better solution is to mount the pen slider on two small steel rods. This would almost eliminate it but I one of my main design goals was to limit cost and this would have required more steel rod and an additional linear bearing.
2) This is something that has become more apparent to me since I published the design. Where the teeth catch the the main slider you could take the 90 degree edge of with some sand paper and make it more of a radius. As for the extension, this is another cost management choice. Ideally we would have to linear rails - one each side of the print area but this would certainly be a much bigger cost. To make up for this movement at full extension I designed the pen part so it can rise and fall by itself to compensate for this. A slight trade of win accuracy for a big cost saving.
3) To increase the printable area of the machine if it physically is able to travel further on each axis just create a larger document size in Inkscape.
I hope these points help.
Lewis
@@DIYMachines Thanks a lot for the answer. I fully understand the need to reduce costs and believe that the project itself is still great. To mitigate point 2 I have reduced the angle to 35 degrees, but I think the main problem is due to the "speed" of the servo movement (too lightning-fast click).
For point 3 is it better to have the origin in the corner (from $ H) or in the center of the print area?
WOW! What an Amazing project!
Glad you like it!
Great job with the design and the instruction videos. Cheers !
Thanks 👍 You're welcome.
Nice build! Congratulations!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice Job. How do you create the infill once you create your drawing in Inkscape.
Nice video. Great instructions. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thanks for watching!
very nice, detailed and noob friendly, I'll definitely going to use this project to build mine, thanks
Awesome product and great video! I'm kinda interested in building this, do you know the total cost?
Thank you. It was roughly £85 of you needed to buy most of the electronics and rails/rods.
This is excellent. I have a random collection of parts but I’m going to build this. I have a plan to make a machine that’s carried out a specific task and this would be a great place to start the learning process. Thanks.
Let my copy past my older comment here, hope it helps :-)
Hey guys. I did some research and managed to find all the parts for around 90€. (printing, screws, wood and stuff not included)
Just in case it´s helpful for somebody, here is the list: (note: some parts are from ebay germany but you should find them international also, however most parts are from CN so you have to be patient ;-)) Prices in list are from Sep 24th - prices vary from day to day, but with around 90€ you should be in the same ballpark. Also check for coupon codes on aliexpress!
List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x4umLIupzvAYpdcEAnp_9ZDpc8oV2mRbMIxAm9QQhs0/edit?usp=sharing
@@d3rsch0rsch thanks for that. The only thing I don’t have is a 55mm 8mm rod. I’m hoping I can use a 50mm...
@@geospectrum Glad to hear it might provide some inspiration.
This should also work nicely with an old 3d printer mainboard. I have an old ender 3 mainboard which is basically an Arduino with stepper drivers...maybe I found a use for it 😁
Would it be possible to turn this into a vinyl cutter by adding a spring to the pen holder rod and using a swivel knife?
Hi everybody,
I built (thanks to this amazing tutorial, a big thank you!), this machine.
The machine works, I could test it with drawings in .gcode format but the problem is that the Inkscape extension to generate this famous gcode does not work. After many attempts, python updates and other manipulations, this extension of Inkscape does not work because the lxml is not up to date and it is impossible for me to update it.
- Do you know what other software could replace Inkscape?
- Or if by any chance it is possible that the machine works with another file type than gcode?
I am using an iPad Pro to create the drawings and vectorise them. I was thinking of creating the drawings on ipad and then sending them to a mac book pro in inkscape to change the file type but maybe there is an app that allows saving to the correct format directly from an ipad?
If you have any clues it would be a great relief for me. I think I've reached the end of my skills in this area...
I thank you in advance for your precious help.
I wish you a lovely evening,
L.M
Absolutely wonderful! I will build this! Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!
Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you so much for this insightful video!!
You're welcome Luuk.
Do you know if there is an updated Inkscape extentsion (MI GRBL Z-AXIS Servo Controller) that works on latest Inkscape release?
Instead of belt can you use T8x8 300-600mm Lead Screw Pitch 2 Lead 8 Stainless Rod Linear Rail Bar Shaft?
Yes you could do this. You would need to adapt the printed parts to accommodate the change in shape.
This is a great video.
Thanks Casper. :)
Excellent set of videos! Have you given any thought to increasing the size of the drawing area? Do you think this drawing mechanism would scale up to 1.5m x 1.5m?
Thank you David, yes I have thought about a larger one. The code would scale just fine. One of my main designs goals was low cost and as you go any larger than this the first increase is an additional rail and stepper motor to form a more traditional gantry.
Is it possible to adjust the rate at which the pen drop/lift servo operates? I'd like to be able to use a more delicate pen but I feel that the servo drops the pen too quickly and may break the pen. Absolutely love this project! thanks!
great job,Keep share knowledge
Thank you, I will
#great job .wow how amazing is this for me i can't explain to you man .only i can wow and so awesome so meaningful for me as a researcher cnc projects for me
This great you are awesome
Thank you
Nice video, thank you
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No problems Marcel. :)
This amazing. Thank you so much
You're so welcome!
Спасибо !!! Все информативно.
пожалуйста
Hello great project i had a couple of issues getting Inkscape on my MacBook, and connecting it to chilipeppr with the json port, luckily I have had a pc to which I could get Inkscape and make chilipeppr work, I was wandering if there was another alternative to chilipeppr preferably not an online app and how I could make Inkscape work on my Mac, also how do you create infill in your drawing using Inkscape?
Hi, I'm building a 2D CNC pen plotter following your video. I’m encountering a weight distribution issue: at the home position, the weight of the pen causes it to tilt downwards, but as it moves up, the pen lifts off the surface, preventing any drawing. Do you have any recommendations for adjustments or additions that might help balance the pen better throughout its movement? Thank you for your help!
So be grateful for your tutorial. The question is how to make a multicolored painting, change the pen after one layer finished?
Yes, exactly that. I also recommend rehoming after changing the pen between layers jut in case you may have jogged any of the axis whilst changing the pen. Rehoming is very quick one-click action. :)
@@DIYMachines thanks :)
Grats. Good job.
You're welcome.
Really cool -- I wonder how much this can be scaled up? Say, if I wanted something that could draw on a surface 3 foot by 4 foot? Just a matter of longer rails & belts?
Awesome build, does it draw fine detail with pencil?
Thanks, I've never actually used a pencil on mine. I put some fine liners in it and had it draw out some fairly detailed technical drawings which it seemed more than capable of.
Hi, i love your Video!
I got a Problem with the scale of the gcode, its too small… how do I fix That ?
Does the preview in the Chillipeper appear to show the intended size correctly?
Really awesome tutorial. One of the best explanations i've seen on here. Definitely subscribing. Just one question, I can't seem to get GRBL Arduino sketch to compile? it's suggesting i'm missing files that I am not missing? any help or thoughts would be great, please and thank you.
Once again great tutorial.
I’ve not seen this happen before. I’m very sorry but except for ensuring your Arduino IDE is up to date and the correct board type is selected I’m not sure where else to look. Can anyone else reading these comments suggest anything?
Haven't checked the sketch, but could it be libraries that have not been added?
NO if your machine goes wacky ,then you need to troubleshoot and find the reason why and fix it, if one or both motors are moving in the WRONG direction then reverse the plug on the board and try again.
good explanation, thanks.
Your awesome man
Thanks!
just perfect.. thank you so much sir..
Hiii there can you pls help me out? I made my plotter but by using 3 stepper motor no servo used so getting error in calibrating the motors.
Amazing video, thank you~!
Amazing videos, I am currently building my own Plotter and everything works, as you explained, till i want do move the servo motor. Nothing happens. do I need to change something in the grblmi files to use a servo ? I ran a test code in the arduino ide and there it moves the servo, but with grbl and "m3 s90","m5" commands it doesnt
Hello,
Firstly thank you very much for explaining all these in a simple way. I build the system everything is working well except servo. When I command "m3 s90" the ardiuno is resetting. I did a quick research and the conclusion is "I have to power the servo externally." but I couldn't find the wire diagram for it. Could you help me about how can I power servo externally in this project?
where can I get migrbl
It's on the projects page at www.diymachines.co.uk
Hey guys and mister DIY machines! Thanks for inspiration. I loved it so much i went ahead and built this contraption myself. Everything was done properly and everything seems to work fine. But I have got a problem. Whenever I try to load up g code it only goes through couple lines and stops. My question is if you know what the problem could be. Thanks in advance for response.
Great job.
I have a question. I also made a cnc drawing machine. The main problem is when I create g code of any pictures or text g code generate according to outline of pictures or text. I want machine just take as single line how can I solve this problem?????
Hi... How to fix... Homing Fail Alarm??
thank you very much for the video.I am wanting to handwrite lots of A4 letters, Will it be possible to scan one of my letters and then use your machine with the pen to perfectly replicate my hand written letter, so that it looks hand written?
Thanks for the well made tutorial! Any thoughts on how to make this plotter without the need for a base, it would allow to write on bigger and thicker surface. Also are the motor strong enough to write vertical? For example I set up the machine on a wall and it can draw. My daughter room's need some more artwork :)
Thanks Loïc. Goo question about making it without a base. I suppose for what you're suggesting you could attach it to a wooden frame instead of the board, but have the frame sit on the the topside of the printed 'feet' and screw in from below. This would then make the surface of the wall level with he drawing plane. Motor wise, I think it should be OK. Slow the movements down when you export the GCODE - that should help prevent any slipping of the timing belts. Most of the weight (the two stepper motors) is very central to the main machine linear rail on purpose to keep the weight on the extending arm to a minimum.
@@DIYMachines Thanks for the detailed answers. Still wondering the trade-off between all flat or longer pen offset but the lever the pen create might be an issue with rough surface. Got the IKEA cutting board already, but it will stay on the kitchen this round :) will go with your suggestions.
I am really enjoying the results I get from this, very accurate. I am unfortunately getting an Inkscape crash whenever I try to use the gcode extension on an SVG file with lots going on. Simpler designs convert with no problem and look great on the finished paper. Is there any work around for a big load of gcode that needs creating? In smaller parts perhaps?
Can you layer it?
Hello, when drawing colors, the pen needs to be manually replaced
CAN YOU TRIPLE LIKE A VIDEO??
You are amazing =)
Best regards, from Colombia!!
I have homing, X and Y moves working perfectly. However, I can only get the pen to move up, not down. I issue M3 S90 and the pen moves up (servo rotates to 90deg). However, when I issue M5, nothing happens. I can issue M3 S10 and the servo goes to 10 degrees but M5 does nothing. What am I doing wrong?
Nice. How to picture converter G-code as picture in video please
Hi , How do you swap the colors
Sir,
Plesse recommend me some books that can help me to figure out the fundamentals of CNC Plotter/Machine...there are various kind of CNC.... I need to know the basics and then i will make my own designed CNC.....
However you're really a good... explainer...
is this machine can be used for the purpose of writting ???
It can draw out writing and you could use a decorative font to mimic handwriting
Out of curiosity, is there are printer driver (e.g., for CUPs) that is able to turn a postscript document (or whatever) into g-code and send it to the controller? What is the smallest distance the print head can move?
could you make one of these big enough to do sewing patterns? 1600mm by 3000m?
How dimensionally accurate is this machine? I am thinking of using it to mark out technical drawings onto plywood for model making.
It's pretty good. As long as you have the GRBL parameters for your machine dialled in. The mains ones being:
@@DIYMachines I think you forgot to check your own comment.
Please tell me, is there such an opportunity for this device, not to draw the whole drawing at once, but in segments, for example, I drew one line and drove off to the zero point for a couple of seconds, then again drew another line and again drove off for a few seconds, and apply this action for everything drawing, yes it will be much more in terms of the time spent, but the fact itself is such an action possible or not?
Hi Lewis. The plotter works great for me but when I use Inkscape to create a g code file with a few objects, when it comes into Chilipper, there's a line from the origin to the first object and then line connects all the other objects. But when I made the boundary box file it was ok. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Gord
No need to reply. I figured it out. The M3 and M5 settings need to be reversed as you said :-). Thanks!
Hi Lewis! All have been printed, but there is too much play between the pen holder and the plastic where it mounts, so the pen is not perfectly stiff/still when used for drawing. Is there perhaps another way to try and fix this? Any possibility you can share the design files?
Hey you are awesome tutor thank you! I have a question can’t we use an sd card to put the gcode to our arduino?
Hello what will the thick ness of a pencil line to keep in the software because I dont wanna use sparkles
Couldn't get it to work because it kept slamming into the side with the X axis motor. Then it occurred to me that the build plane is wrong. At 12:39 you say to set the width and height to 225 and 250 (in millimeter) respectfully. However the physical print area it only 30x30. Once adjusted it was fine.
Excellent video, where can I see a tutorial to learn how to make color fills in inkscape?
Limit switches are normally closed (closed circuit). Why is $5 set to 0 in the configuration?
I have been trying to find the Inkscape extension for mi grbl but do not see them. Did I miss something?
can we write a document with this machine or just use it for drawing
I have a yora draw with grbl 1.1f, the pencil up and down commands do not work, what should I do?
Hi Lewis! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! I have been following the steps to make my own plotter and have done well so far, but I have encountered a problem with the sevo.
when i engage M5 command it rotates infinitely (and very fast) unlike your video, and makes loud, high pitched noises .
and when i engage M3 command It doesn't move,,,
other parts are working well but the servo I don't have a clue,, please help haha
Did you solve it? What was the problem?
is that setting what is the part for the servo moving? I can t make it move.
I crated everything and it works nice. Only problem is filling with colour. I cannot do this and it does not work. I got only stroke
Hi Lewis!
I am doing this project.
I accidentally bought the a4988 motor driver instead of the tmc2208. Would that cause a problem?
If so what should I do to get it working with these ones because I have to present this as my school project in 2 days?
Hi, you should be OK but the TMC2209 is worth it. I've replied to your Discord message on Discord. :)
Can you do a video on bulding a 3D printer
Maybe sometime in the future but not soon. I have a lot more to learn before I'm comfortable building machines with very hot nozzles and beds.
Great!
Thanks. 😊
hey can you help me out I did every instruction but when I test the page size code I get a very small sqaure
Great videos. I have to try this. But I need to modify it a bit. I need to print on cardboard cylinders.
This should be possible by locking the pen arm and use the stepper for rotation in stead... or am I wrong on this?
Dont lock the pen arm just add two servos attached to two rods with bearings on one end in a support housing with, you may need some extra parts just do some research and im sure youll find what you need, even possibly a video explaining how.
@@b-rad7708 I did not explain my self very well. This is what I want it to do: ua-cam.com/video/BLRfBk9yIbw/v-deo.html
But since I also need a flat bed plotter I was thinking of a mix.
Your plotter as it is but with the possibilety of adding a 4th axis
I am not getting grbl-mi in examples of arduino after copying this folder to the libraries folder for arduino, pls help
I use inkscape to generate gcodes too. But been facing a trouble lately. The pen directly goes to a different location without lifting up, this makes a straight line that shouldn't be there. Any fixes for this? Idk if the generated gcode has mcode in it between paths to lift up the pen or not. But if they're there and this still happens, what might be the issue here?
What are the suggested pens to do fine permanent ink on plastic?
I run this, but only one axes run smoothly, the other vibrate. Please help me, what did i do wrong?
does the github link not work for the GRBL code anymore? I can't get it to work and get the "grbl:h no such file or directly" invalid library issue no matter how I try to import the file. The steps from 3:17 on I just always get that error
Are you sure the settings are correct? $100=40 (x, step/mm) $101=40 (y, step/mm) are really high on my machine, 4 steps / mm gets me 78mm when i try to draw 100mm.