Skip to main content
Editing Step 4 —

Step Type:

Drag to rearrange

We do not supply the board on which you will draw. It should be square, flat, and smooth. Measure it and mark the center for later. The board pictured is 600mm*600mm and is good for an A4 drawing.

tighten the clamp screws to hold the motors on each corner. the first motor is NW, the second NE, the third SW, the fourth SE. The order is very important!

Feed timing belt around a pulley, through the idlers, and out to the pen holder. Maintaining tension is crucial to accurate drawings.

Attach the servo extension cable to the servo. The extension cable white/red/black should connect to the servo orange/brown/red.

Alligator clips are a great way to hold your paper down during drawing, and can also make sure the servo cable does not catch on anything.

Your contributions are licensed under the open source Creative Commons license.