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Wow, nice to find someone with the same hobby :)

I already had to replace the servo because of over use - unfortunately it’s really hard to get the original servo, got some cheap copycats and they break fairly quickly.

I used some oil paint and a brush to create some plots. I created an svg with layers to move the brush to the paint, draw a circle (to get paint on the brush) and then moved the brush to paint a line. This was repeated with various colours … made for an interest effect!

I engraved some paper and that worked fine (as a test). I’ll definitely be careful with it.

Another idea I had was to have the plotter draw on a arm, something like doing an automatic tattoo but that’s me doing some mindstorming ;)




If you are in EU, I have a spare I can send you (I upgraded to the brushless servo).

You might also want to check Arnaud Pfeffer who uses weird brushes with AxiDraw:

https://x.com/arnaudpfef/status/1830305098376909205?s=46


That’s just an amazing brush, I would love to know how to come up with those ideas - crazy good 8-O (or what’s the emoji for wide eyes mouth open!)

I’m EU based so I could take you up on your offer - I’ll drop you a line this week - cheers :+1:




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