Requirements:
- MKS Base v1.4 mainboard
- HD44780 lcd
- aluminium profiles 40x20 mm and 20x20 mm
This repository documents process of transforming old 3D printer to 2D plotter. Project consists of two mian parts:
- Hardware
- Firmware
- G-code generation
Hardware part of this project is mostly inspired by this video https://youtu.be/6874VkJRhn4, where Biseyler Yapalim describes fabrication of his laser drawing robot. Most of the components has been used in this project however there are some that I had to modify. These parts could be found in
|--Hardware | |--PlotterPartsTo3Dprint
Also for this purpose I designed compact electronics enclouse which components could be found in
|--Hardware | |--CompactElectronicCaseTo3Dprint
Tbh I was not totally satisfied with Biseyler Yapalim's solution of pen holder, so I decided to design my own. This solution could be found in
|--Hardware | |--PenHolderTo3Dprint
Firmware part of this project is based on Jim's Brown modification of Marlin firmware, which he configured specialy for 3D printer Tevo Tarantula. I did couple of changes to this firmware in order to adjust it's functionality for 2D plotter and simplified user interface.
3rd aspect of 2D plotter is process of creating g-code.
- BLUETOOTH XY PLOTTER -> yt series https://youtu.be/6874VkJRhn4, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4685871
- Jim's Brown Marlin firmware configuration -> https://github.com/JimBrown/MarlinTarantula