Ender 3 Pen plotter Kit (leave in place)

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I've designed a Plotter pen holder and Z-axis offset tool for the Ender-3. The beauty is, you can leave it attached and it will not affect normal printing. Along with the Pen holder you will also find the Z-AXIS OFFSET TOOL. This should be fitted ONLY when using your printer as a plotter. It raises the z-axis home location by a few millimetres to keep the nozzle clear when drawing. When your finished plotting, just remove the Pen and the Z-axis offset tool. and your good to go. BTW the Z-Axis offset tool fits over the Facebook QR code. (See images) Now the pen holder print requires supports to be BLOCKED everywhere except where shown in the images.. The supports required are marked in CYAN colour, be sure to block supports everywhere else, ESPECIALLY in the air flow ducts for the built in Nozzle cooling. After successfully printing, you will need to insert a M5 nut in the hexagonal hole around the back of the hole in the fron. I found that putting an M5 x 25 bolt through the hole first, then using the little finger, get the nut started on the back. You can then use the bolt to 'pull' the nut into place. The bolt is then left in to tighten against the pen. THE SECOND PICTURE shows the nut "prior" to being pulled into place. There's a good YouTube video showing you how to use Cura to generate plotter G-code. Its not using a Ender 3, but you should be able to follow. At 4:11 on the video you can use your Z-Axis offset tool instead of a finger!! Any more questions , message me or post in comments