Instructables user Ardumotive_com has published a new project that explains how to create your very own Arduino powered mini CNC plotter.

Making an Arduino-based CNC plotter out of a DVD player is as easy as 1, 2, what’s Arduino again?

Instructables member Patrick Panikulam has created a versatile wireless Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver, powered by an Arduino UNO microcontroller and offering a work area of 200 x 162 mm ...

That and an Arduino can make a simple and easy plotter. Just ask [JimRD]. You can also watch it do its thing in the video below. Of course, servos aren’t usually what you use in a plotter.

And that’s exactly what this super-fast Arduino-based plotter is all about. As the story goes, [IV Projects] felt the need for speed after building an earlier pen plotter project that worked ...