oh, so its a pen plotter, converted to a cutter, thats adapted to be a plotter again for demonstrating???. Wow. Bit like sticking an engine on a pushbike and demonstrating it by peddling up the road. The blade pressure is solenoid controlled, its possible to adapt with a control knob for pressure adjustment. This is just a HP plotter with a roland blade unit fitted and covers removed, no conversion necessary. Result, a piece of equipment capable of less than a cheap chinese vinyl cutter.
Basically, I put a pen in the blade holder for testing while I was still working out dimensions, messing with the serial port and adapters, etc. so I wasn't burning through excessive amounts of vinyl.
While it is indeed capable of less than a chinese plotter, it also cost me nothing. I just needed a plotter to make some stickers to mock a few people on the internet, not run a small business.
This was only uploaded to show a few friends, anyway.
You are very resourceful. My respects, because the forces needed for cutting different materials do vary a lot. (I used graphtec ) Do you know how to sharpen the blades? they are very expensive.
may i know what software are you using
to run a project... thanks
rbznsulit317 1 year ago
oh, so its a pen plotter, converted to a cutter, thats adapted to be a plotter again for demonstrating???. Wow. Bit like sticking an engine on a pushbike and demonstrating it by peddling up the road. The blade pressure is solenoid controlled, its possible to adapt with a control knob for pressure adjustment. This is just a HP plotter with a roland blade unit fitted and covers removed, no conversion necessary. Result, a piece of equipment capable of less than a cheap chinese vinyl cutter.
printer2966 1 year ago
@printer2966
Wow, haters gonna hate.
Basically, I put a pen in the blade holder for testing while I was still working out dimensions, messing with the serial port and adapters, etc. so I wasn't burning through excessive amounts of vinyl.
While it is indeed capable of less than a chinese plotter, it also cost me nothing. I just needed a plotter to make some stickers to mock a few people on the internet, not run a small business.
This was only uploaded to show a few friends, anyway.
kc0kbh 1 year ago
Awesome! How do you control the force on the blade?
superCatia 2 years ago
@superCatia
I put weights on top of the blade holder. Allen keys ziptied to it, small sockets on it, etc.
kc0kbh 2 years ago
You are very resourceful. My respects, because the forces needed for cutting different materials do vary a lot. (I used graphtec ) Do you know how to sharpen the blades? they are very expensive.
superCatia 2 years ago
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plaidrabbits 2 years ago
how did you do it, im gettin a plotter this weekend
bwsclothing 3 years ago
Can you pleas post how you conveted your ploter your a genius.
RashadGl 3 years ago