Plotter

The biggest reason I like this machine’s architecture is its versatility. The same mechanical platform can be used for your plotter. There are plenty of designs on Thingiverse and YouTube that detail plotters of various capabilities that use the same cantilevered system we have here, but the biggest difference between them will be the toolhead. For the plotter, you can fabricate exactly the same machine or modify the same machine as previously to have a different mount for the toolhead. The plotter toolhead will need a small servo motor to raise the pen up and down as it draws on a sheet of paper. If you are feeling creative, you can create a mount for both toolheads. In preparing for this chapter, I actually made two machines and 3D printed the toolhead for the plotter from a design I found on Thingiverse at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5149959. I determined that you could easily hand-cut the same toolhead out of a piece of 3 mm plywood or MDF. If you do go down...