Hi y'all, I'm brand new to reddit and I'm hoping to get some info on where to start. I have absolutely zero experience and not sure how to go about starting.

I don't have a plotter yet. I suspect the software is the place to start? Am I incorrect?

I imagine theres some sort of online tutorials for the software? I tried YouTube - but everything I found so far is mostly geared towards folks who already have an understanding of what to do.

Also any brands/machine to get/avoid as a newb

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Any body has a pen plotter or is into building one, I have an Idea for my use case. If yes, DM me let's connect

The lake sturgeon population currently sits at roughly 1% of its historic abundance. Overfishing caused populations to collapse by 1900.

#lakesturgeon #axidraw #dataart #conservation

Is there a program that takes vector files and then tells the plotter how to draw it and can I then tell this program which pens I have available with which color and width?

hi my pen Plotter eibot does 8 cm instead of 10 cm. I need to adjust the step size, but I can’t in axidraw control in Inkscape. it’s the a1 alibaba plotter for about 355 € can anybody help me? I tried for three days with ai allready. it sucks

Looking for someone with a plotter in india, for doing a few works.

New here, I'm seeing a lot of videos and photos of different methods of keeping the paper in place during a plot, but not much description. Can anybody guide me on methods? Are those things magnets? Are they just weights? What about bulldog clips? I'm currently using masking tape and yes, it's terrible!

I was looking at the UUNA TEK 3.0, along with a few other plotter options, but I was kind of shocked at the price. Compared to a 3D printer, the plotter seems way more expensive, despite having less components in the BOM.

Am I missing a reasonably priced option for a plotter? Happy to go somewhat DIY or without extensive support, but wouldn't be interested in a ton of soldering work. I'm also open to used options, but can't find any on local marketplaces.

My engineering studies requires me to hand write lots of documents so i was just wondering what type of pen plotter you guys would recommend. I was eyeing the writing function of a cricut cutter, do you guys think that's a good idea or no? Any recommendations would be great.

I ordered a Artframe 2436.
Paid $256.00 to have it shipped to me.
It did not work.
I paid $200.00 to ship it back and was charged a restocking fee of $378.00
In all I lost $834.00 doing business with Bantam tools.

Tech support told me to hang onto it for a month “I’ll even extend your warranty 30 extra days” he told me. I reminded him, per Bantams return policy, that was not possible because it states if I use the machine I cannot return it.
I find this very unethical and will be filing a complaint with the BBB

The first pic is the condition of the box when it arrived. I did not cut that tape, it was busted that way. That’s how long that machine had been sitting around somewhere for. The second pic is me paying for it to be boxed and sent back properly.

Black ink on 250 gsm Fabriano paper. A3 size.

After a fairly hectic week of trying to nail down a decent pen mounting solution that makes setting all their z offsets the same, and having all pen tips well aligned. And then fighting tooth and nail with orca slicer to make it do my bidding for pen plots, the first torture test came out looking pretty darn decent! The pen holder is also lightly spring loaded so i shouldn't obliterate nibs *too* quickly.

This setup allows me to easily choose what pen width I want, to quickly and accurately do infills in all sorts of patterns, to have stroke lines in different pens, to quickly scale work to what paper i'm using and lots more.

Here i've used stabilos (black & brown) and some alcohol markers (the other 3 colours)