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Endless Plotter
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Update: I've since posted my second iteration - a [cartesian plotter](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4037180) that improves on this version in many ways – please check it out here: or check the full project write-up at:
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I was inspired to start this project when I saw [this plotter featured on Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2019/08/26/3d-printed-pen-plotter-is-as-big-as-you-need-it-to-be/). As well as being nicely finished, it has a clever design that moves the pen in one axis, and the paper in the other, much like a commercial plotter or inkjet printer.
This has a couple of nice benefits:
* It has a more compact footprint (when not in use) – it's only as big as its x-axis.
* It can, in theory, plot an endlessly large (in the y-axis) piece of artwork.
I made a version of this plotter, adapting the original 3D files and had some success with it in practice, but I eventually decided this format was too compromised for me – I couldn't get the paper to feed back and
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I was inspired to start this project when I saw [this plotter featured on Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2019/08/26/3d-printed-pen-plotter-is-as-big-as-you-need-it-to-be/). As well as being nicely finished, it has a clever design that moves the pen in one axis, and the paper in the other, much like a commercial plotter or inkjet printer.
This has a couple of nice benefits:
* It has a more compact footprint (when not in use) – it's only as big as its x-axis.
* It can, in theory, plot an endlessly large (in the y-axis) piece of artwork.
I made a version of this plotter, adapting the original 3D files and had some success with it in practice, but I eventually decided this format was too compromised for me – I couldn't get the paper to feed back and
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