DIY Makelangelos

[Dan]

Please use this thread to share your DIY makelangelo builds. That includes finished machines in action, questions about how to build a makelangelo, and more.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for making this software. I’ve created a drawing robot and I’ve used magnets and sheetmetal to allow me to use ball point pens more easily.

Here is a sample: https://youtu.be/mYkLWYFScWI

I plan to post it on thingiverse when i’ve settled on the design a bit and figure out adding limit switches. I have it currently configured as a 3+ hardware.

A few things to note:

when drawing “art” the firmware seems to forget where it is and I have to re-click go home in the GUI despite it actually going home after the “art” is rendered.

A timeout to shut off the motors was a nice feature of the polargraph controller in the case you want to let something run. I did a ~15 hour drawing yesterday.

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