New Pen Lifting Tool

[PancakeBot]

Been playing with the M3 and getting a bit frustrated with the pen tool. It’s a bit cumbersome to set up for my non-nimble fingers. So I’m shooting to try to modify the pen tool to actually lift the pen.
Originally I was going to start off with a small holder and screw but I wanted to try out my skills with making something with a 3D printer (that I don’t have yet).
So I came up with a chuck type systems similar to that used on drills.
You stick the pen in, screw the collar down, and it tightens around the pen.
You can download it and print it here.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:624781
The tolerances on the screw may be tight so I don’t know how well it will work.
But if you give it a try, let me know.
You will also need a new backplate. Working on getting the files for that.

[PancakeBot]

Here you can find a proposed mounting setup for the stepper motors that flips them around and allows you to add something to the stepper motor spindle.
Also is a new variation of the pen mount and backplate (dxf file included).
The pen mount acts much like a drill chuck and tightens around the pen. The pen is actually lifted from the board instead of just the plate being raised.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:625677

Let me know if you print it out. I don’t have a 3D printer at this time so I can’t test it. 🙁

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