Ender 3 Plotter Attachment For Printing Onto Cassettes
A technique to take a look at FDM 3D printers is as machines that flip filament into three-dimensional objects, however at their core they’re much extra versatile than that. Since they will transfer nearly any software round in 3D house, you may as well use them for plotter duties, a undeniable fact that [Geoffrey Gao] made use of when he needed to write labels for a stack of music tapes. The ensuing FS-Plotter mission relies round a Creality Ender 3 FDM printer. Customary g-code from PrusaSlicer is used to maneuver a pen round, after the latter has been fitted right into a (3D-printed) spring-loaded fixture.
The cassette tape is fitted into its personal fixture that’s hooked up to the printer mattress to carry it in place, whereas the writing utensil can transfer in its spring-loaded fixture to account for some unevenness on the floor it’s writing on. Within the linked GitHub mission a PrusaSlicer profile is offered that may generate 2D plotter Gcode. The place [Geoffrey] says that this mission could be very helpful to him as a musician is that it allows him to make small runs of tapes with skilled printing, with out operating into additional bills.
Past placing a writing utensil into the holder, it is also used for gentle engraving and comparable duties, whereas nonetheless making it doable to modify between the FDM hotend and this plotter attachment as wanted. For about $30 in elements, it doesn’t appear to be a nasty deal to get a small-ish plotter and perhaps give that previous Ender 3 a second life.
