Convert Pen Plotter To Vinyl Cutter

I thought about turning it into a laser cutter.

Convert pen plotter to vinyl cutter.

Check out my other video to cut direct from inkscape and not need artcut. This video shows the first tests with an old hp pen plotter able to convert it into a huge vinyl cutter plotter. Look at the output from a vinyl cutting plotter that has a pen on it with the job sent as a knife job rather than a pen job using a magnifying glass and you will notice a slight overcut at the corners. Can anybody help me with this.

After homing your printer go to the manual control tab inside repetier and move the print head up until the tip of the pen goes above the paper. Vinyl cutters can be very expensive so vinyl hacker decided to share with us the alternate route some people have taken. After you ve placing all the blades and the holder on the old hp draftmaster rx pen plotter it s ready to be used as the brand new vinyl cutter. The next step is to make the cutting software ready for the radius correction of.

An old hp pen plotter with a. Not being able to find ways of getting my images from inkscape to artcut2009 this. Awhile back my wife and i bought an old plotter a yard sale unfortunately the pens are dry and i m unable to purchase new. This video shows the first tests with an old hp pen plotter able to convert it into a huge vinyl cutter plotter.

By practicing this method you ll at least save up a few hundreds of dollars buying new vinyl cutter. Then move your x y axis to the edge of where. You may find that a pen plotter doesn t meet enough to make vinyl weed properly at the corners.