How to make a laser engraver ALTERNATIVE for your CNC pen plotter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.พ. 2023
- Here's how you can easily build a DIRT CHEAP SUBSTITUTE for traditional laser engraver modules to install on ANY STYLE of pen plotter! This must be the zero effort solution for getting most of the engraving fun you'd get from normal diode laser engraving, but without the associated eye hazard and for almost free! This thing should literally take no more than 10 cents and less than an hour to build!
Because laser engraver modules are really expensive and people tend to be careless around laser radiation anyway, the idea was to get rid of the dangerous light source all together and do the engraving the good old fashioned way: using direct heat! In this video I show you how to build a super simple and tiny wood burning iron that directly replaces the pen on literally any style of pen plotter, allowing you to start engraving even with laser-incompatible machines.
If you decide to build one of these, make it only 5 to 10 watts as excessive heat can lead to carbon buildup on the tip. Through some experimenting after the fact I can now say 7-8 watts should be ideal for getting the highest range of shades on a plotter using the 28BYJ-48 stepper motors.
𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹:
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑫𝑼𝑪𝑻 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑾𝑵 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑽𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑶 𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑷𝑶𝑺𝑬𝑺 𝑨 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑬 𝑯𝑨𝒁𝑨𝑹𝑫. 𝑹𝑬𝑷𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑨𝑻 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑶𝑾𝑵 𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑲! 𝑰𝑭 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑫𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑫𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑹𝑬𝑷𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝒀 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑺 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑾𝑵 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑽𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑶 𝑰𝑻 𝑰𝑺 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹, 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑼𝑺𝑬𝑹'𝑺, 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑺𝑨𝑭𝑬𝑻𝒀 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑨𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑬 𝑺𝑨𝑭𝑬 𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑰𝒁𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵! 𝑪𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑪 𝑴𝑬𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑪 𝑻𝑨𝑲𝑬𝑺 𝑵𝑶 𝑳𝑰𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑨𝑵𝒀 𝑰𝑵𝑱𝑼𝑹𝒀, 𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑯, 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑬 𝑻𝑶, 𝑶𝑹 𝑳𝑶𝑺𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑨𝑵𝒀 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑻𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑬 𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑴 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑼𝑺𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑫𝑼𝑪𝑻!
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If you decide to build one of these, make it only 5-10 watts! Excessive heat can lead to carbon buildup on the tip. Through some experimenting after the fact I can now say 7-8 watts should be ideal for getting the highest range of shades on a plotter using the 28BYJ-48 stepper motors.
If you want your power output to be adjustable you could easily combine this engraver with the PWM controller circuit from my other video (th-cam.com/video/CcMiGZUzITo/w-d-xo.html)
Bro, recently I built a cnc machine which can able to mill the PCB, engraves the wood and able to use as plotter. But the problem I have is when iam using inkscape for plotting any picture or text , it represents the z-axis (trace line) too, but it works fine with PCB and wood milling. Can you please tell me what to do to get rid of it😢.
Hope, you reply me fast plz
@@suryavamsiy I'm sorry I don't understand the problem from your description... Also I don't have any experience working with 3 axis machines 🫤
@@ChronicMechatronic Bro, my machines pen doesn't moving up and down while drawing any of the image.
@@suryavamsiy The pen is servo driven? Then it's probably because the start/stop spindle command is missing in your G-code. I covered that in this video: th-cam.com/video/s47uF0DVW1g/w-d-xo.html
If the pen is just mounted to the spindle you'll probably need a different G-code extension that converts the on/off of the pen into an actual Z-axis motion
It is so satisfying to see how wood is engraved with such a high precision cheap CNC
Ive never expected to find someone whos on a tighter budget than me. :D
I like that you're not wasting ressources and building new stuff from it.
When i was young i were in a similar situation but i had zero access to a workshop, so i turned my tiny room into one. :D
Anyway... now im a adult and still be broke, so i have to re use parts vom any device or machine i can find!
Tinkering arround with electronics and teaching yourself about this stuff will help you when you are grown up, even if you dont work in a job which includes working with electronics, you can make alot of side money when you are able to fix things!
If you were located near me i would gift you my CNC 3018, i dont use it that often and i think its better when you are owning it. :D
So text me if you ever travel to Germany!
Haha yeah, my budget is a bit ridiculous, somehow money's the hardest thing to make :p
Yes, my room was how I started out too! But after I dropped a big piece of plywood smashing a huge dent in the laminate flooring I got allocated that basement room for my woodworking efforts 😂 Now my room's become the electronics lab and office.
My dad was always a huge scrooge, so I learned to make the best of whatever trash I had access to pretty early on - in hindsight an incredibly valuable skill to have! Though I am grateful to be, in a way, privileged by my parents owning the house of course. Otherwise it would be much harder to make videos like this...
Thanks for offering your CNC, but you can keep it :) I actually intended to build one for years and now I've finally gathered all the parts and finished the design. May just take a while till I get around to actually building it :D
Awesome work. i enjoyed that a lot.
this channel is underrated
Very nice!
too good for just 4K subscriber
Excellent job man, you should consider, creating a mod for vinil cutting like a Cricut or a Silhouette machine.
Т...т...тесак?
Always so much practical information I learn from you! thanks man!
This is amazing!
Possible machine diagram
We are eagerly waiting for 3d print 🙃
Yes, yes, Feb 28th if everything goes well... :)
please complete the 3d printer 🤩🤩
th-cam.com/video/tF-yNkTIu4g/w-d-xo.html 😁
How's your 3d printer doing?
Currently not much. Caught a cold last week so I haven't been filming since, instead doing some CAD and designing stuff for future episodes...
14:29 hour to make , what about 1 week of curing Time for new tips 🤔
1 hour of work I guess 😁
Also, I actually force dried mine overnight at ~50°C since I literally only had 2 weeks to make the video 😜