Plotter addon for 3D Printer

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Pen Plotter Addon for 3D Printer Made in Freecad Included Sources Published Here. It's Easy to Mount on the Side of a 40 mm Layer Fan and Can Be Left Permanently Installed. You Will Need Some Smooth 4mm in Diameter Shaft Cut to Length Two Pieces. I Used Aluminum, But Other Materials Like PVC, Steel, Carbon Fiber, Etc., Can Also Be Used. The Shafts Can Be Pressed In No Glue Needed. It Uses a Standard SG90 Miniservo. You Can Find Out If Your Printer Has Free Pins and Activate One for the Servo in Marlin. You'll Also Need a Short 2mm in Diameter Screw for the Connecting Rod, and Standard Screws to Mount the Servo and Its Arm to the Connecting Rod. The Pen Holder Is a Small Piece That Can Be Easily Interchanged for Different Pen Sizes I Have Yet to Design Different Pen Holders for Example for a Fountain Pen. It Can Be Removed or Left Mounted While 3D Printing. It Has a Captive Screw to Keep the Pen in Place, to Which You Can Make a Groove So It's at the Same Height in Every Plot. Probably You'll Need to File the Shaft Holes in This Part a Bit Until It Runs Smoothly. New Added Pen Holder for 12 mm Pen. -- PRINT SETTINGS -- Print All Parts in the Orientation They Are When You Load Them. Standard 0.150 mm Layer Height Is OK for All Parts 0.2 mm for the First Layer. Part 1 - The Support Base This Part Can Be Printed with Standard 20% Infill No Supports, 7 Layers Top, 7 Layers Bottom, 3 Vertical Shells Print a Skirt If You Want, but No Brim is Needed. Part 2 - The Pen Holder 20% Infill, No Supports, 3 Bottom and Top Layers, 2 Vertical Shells Bridges Activated, Brim of at Least 12 mm Otherwise It Can Pop Out of the Build Plate. Part 3 - The Servo Arm Connecting Rod It's Important to Print It with 100% Infill It Does Require Supports No Brim.