Part 2 - Super Easy 3D Printed Arduino CNC Drawing Machine - The Software | GRBL | Inkscape Plotter
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Learn how to upload and configure GRBL to your Arduino CNC machine. I'll also help you test it and then show you how to create your own artwork. 👇 More info below 👇
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Disclaimer:
This video is shared for demonstration purposes only.
If you missed part one, covering the 3D printing and assembly you can watch it here: ruclips.net/video/XYqx5wg4oLU/видео.html
Really amazing, how big can you make this, A2, A1 size?
@@unrealone1 I worked on keeping the cost down with this design so I don't think you could go much larger than A3 in landscape orientation. The side to side axis can be increased substantially but the back and fourth in it's current design is not suitable for extending much.
would you please consider DIY Laser CNC?
Thanks in advance
@@TheErixcode I've always wanted a CNC laser. It's on my list of projects to research and design but I'm afraid it's not near the top of the list at the moment.
@@DIYMachines what is at the top of your list, love your videos btw!
Interesting project!...I guess you can make this larger to print A3 etc ??? longer rail etc Laurie
NO if your machine goes wacky ,then you need to troubleshoot and find the reason why and fix it, if one or both motors are moving in the WRONG direction then reverse the plug on the board and try again.
Awesome product and great video! I'm kinda interested in building this, do you know the total cost?
Thank you. It was roughly £85 of you needed to buy most of the electronics and rails/rods.
This is excellent. I have a random collection of parts but I’m going to build this. I have a plan to make a machine that’s carried out a specific task and this would be a great place to start the learning process. Thanks.
Let my copy past my older comment here, hope it helps :-)
Hey guys. I did some research and managed to find all the parts for around 90€. (printing, screws, wood and stuff not included)
Just in case it´s helpful for somebody, here is the list: (note: some parts are from ebay germany but you should find them international also, however most parts are from CN so you have to be patient ;-)) Prices in list are from Sep 24th - prices vary from day to day, but with around 90€ you should be in the same ballpark. Also check for coupon codes on aliexpress!
List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x4umLIupzvAYpdcEAnp_9ZDpc8oV2mRbMIxAm9QQhs0/edit?usp=sharing
@@d3rsch0rsch thanks for that. The only thing I don’t have is a 55mm 8mm rod. I’m hoping I can use a 50mm...
@@geospectrum Glad to hear it might provide some inspiration.
The two videos in this series were great. Would you be able to use this CNC to draw the traces on a piece of copper-clad circuit board before etching it?
I suppose you could - though I have not tried.
Nice Job. How do you create the infill once you create your drawing in Inkscape.
I've seen a few projects like this one but this is by far the best presented. I actually think I can build this. Thanks so much for that. I'm interested in using it to make PCB's without the need for toner transfer. Any hints along those lines are appreciated. I'm learning Kicad now.
Hi Mark. Thanks fo the kind words. :) I'd love to offer you some PCB advice but as it turns out I have just started to learn Kicad myself only just this week. I hope to make a project with a PCB in the future.
Do you know if there is an updated Inkscape extentsion (MI GRBL Z-AXIS Servo Controller) that works on latest Inkscape release?
Hi everybody,
I built (thanks to this amazing tutorial, a big thank you!), this machine.
The machine works, I could test it with drawings in .gcode format but the problem is that the Inkscape extension to generate this famous gcode does not work. After many attempts, python updates and other manipulations, this extension of Inkscape does not work because the lxml is not up to date and it is impossible for me to update it.
- Do you know what other software could replace Inkscape?
- Or if by any chance it is possible that the machine works with another file type than gcode?
I am using an iPad Pro to create the drawings and vectorise them. I was thinking of creating the drawings on ipad and then sending them to a mac book pro in inkscape to change the file type but maybe there is an app that allows saving to the correct format directly from an ipad?
If you have any clues it would be a great relief for me. I think I've reached the end of my skills in this area...
I thank you in advance for your precious help.
I wish you a lovely evening,
L.M
You should have covered more on converting simple colored drawings.. and how u made the infill into thin lines....
where can I get migrbl
It's on the projects page at www.diymachines.co.uk
Nice video. Great instructions. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thanks for watching!
Hi, i love your Video!
I got a Problem with the scale of the gcode, its too small… how do I fix That ?
Does the preview in the Chillipeper appear to show the intended size correctly?
Would it be possible to turn this into a vinyl cutter by adding a spring to the pen holder rod and using a swivel knife?
Instead of belt can you use T8x8 300-600mm Lead Screw Pitch 2 Lead 8 Stainless Rod Linear Rail Bar Shaft?
Yes you could do this. You would need to adapt the printed parts to accommodate the change in shape.
I'm going to build my own CNC drawing machine. Great tutorials! I'll make my own version mounting the servo on the slider. Thank you!
No problem, your not the first (a probably not the last) I know off who wants to build it that way. Go for it. :)
Hi, I'm building a 2D CNC pen plotter following your video. I’m encountering a weight distribution issue: at the home position, the weight of the pen causes it to tilt downwards, but as it moves up, the pen lifts off the surface, preventing any drawing. Do you have any recommendations for adjustments or additions that might help balance the pen better throughout its movement? Thank you for your help!
I have homing, X and Y moves working perfectly. However, I can only get the pen to move up, not down. I issue M3 S90 and the pen moves up (servo rotates to 90deg). However, when I issue M5, nothing happens. I can issue M3 S10 and the servo goes to 10 degrees but M5 does nothing. What am I doing wrong?
Hello great project i had a couple of issues getting Inkscape on my MacBook, and connecting it to chilipeppr with the json port, luckily I have had a pc to which I could get Inkscape and make chilipeppr work, I was wandering if there was another alternative to chilipeppr preferably not an online app and how I could make Inkscape work on my Mac, also how do you create infill in your drawing using Inkscape?
Excellent set of videos! Have you given any thought to increasing the size of the drawing area? Do you think this drawing mechanism would scale up to 1.5m x 1.5m?
Thank you David, yes I have thought about a larger one. The code would scale just fine. One of my main designs goals was low cost and as you go any larger than this the first increase is an additional rail and stepper motor to form a more traditional gantry.
This should also work nicely with an old 3d printer mainboard. I have an old ender 3 mainboard which is basically an Arduino with stepper drivers...maybe I found a use for it 😁
Amazing videos, I am currently building my own Plotter and everything works, as you explained, till i want do move the servo motor. Nothing happens. do I need to change something in the grblmi files to use a servo ? I ran a test code in the arduino ide and there it moves the servo, but with grbl and "m3 s90","m5" commands it doesnt
I'm back :) I can't get the machine to respond at all to the $H Homing. It appears to respond to $X to unlock. Suggestions?
Running commands manually doesn't do anything. Fan is running from my CNC which makes me hopeful power is running to the board. Generic error i'm receiving below.
ok
[Caution: Unlocked]
ok
ALARM: Homing fail
ok
Grbl Eh Servo 0.9j ['$' for help]
['$H'|'$X' to unlock]
Updates the servo for the pen head works. it responds to m3 s90/m5. So I know something is working at least.
is this machine can be used for the purpose of writting ???
It can draw out writing and you could use a decorative font to mimic handwriting
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Have a nice day!
wonderful work! could you describe the process of editing the image?
MIGRBL is not uploading on my arduino UNO board , it just stuck in uploading and then fail to upload . my board is ok and It works properly on other libraries and codes but can't upload MIGRBL . do you know why? I use arduino uno smd and I done all troubleshooting methods like reset it or checking ports and etc. please help me
I know this is an old video, but hope someone can help. I have everything working, except the file from inkscape does not open in chilipeppr as the correct size. I tried a 210mm x 210mm square, but in chilipeppr it outputs as a fraction of that.
Hallo everybody!
I have a problem with the gcode generation on inkscape I replaced the files downloaded from github on the inkscape extension,but when I save the gcode file tells me the directory does not exist
I think it’s a problem with OS X sistem
Thank’s
Are you sure the settings are correct? $100=40 (x, step/mm) $101=40 (y, step/mm) are really high on my machine, 4 steps / mm gets me 78mm when i try to draw 100mm.
hey @DIYMachines, i need some help, at the start where I am supposed to upload the sketch the program says "compilation error: grbl.h: no such file or directory" - What does this mean and what do i do??
Anyone help please? I can move the micro server up and down. but for life of me I can't figure how to move the steppers or motors to go in X/Y axis. I'm using arduino 1.8.12 and GRBL 0.9 but the homing never works. it always fails. I also can't manually run commands to force any movement in the motors. I noticed the heat sinks are not warm at all on the steppers. Not sure if this is expected if the steppers are not active.
I replaced all the steppers and the CNC shield and still didn't see any results.
Any suggestions?
Does anybody knows where to get the MI-GRBL on inkscape page, because I can't find it nowhere, thanks for any help.
Hiii there can you pls help me out? I made my plotter but by using 3 stepper motor no servo used so getting error in calibrating the motors.
Nice. How to picture converter G-code as picture in video please
does the github link not work for the GRBL code anymore? I can't get it to work and get the "grbl:h no such file or directly" invalid library issue no matter how I try to import the file. The steps from 3:17 on I just always get that error
If anyone is finding that their XY motors are only moving the pen around 40% of the area that they should be; I had to change both lines $100 and $101 from 40.000 to 100.000 in the GRBL setup document. That sorted it for me so that the X and Y are at the correct scale.
Is it possible to adjust the rate at which the pen drop/lift servo operates? I'd like to be able to use a more delicate pen but I feel that the servo drops the pen too quickly and may break the pen. Absolutely love this project! thanks!
My servo isn't working n giving error 9 when I type m3 s90 m5 command. Any help
Limit switches are normally closed (closed circuit). Why is $5 set to 0 in the configuration?
I have a yora draw with grbl 1.1f, the pencil up and down commands do not work, what should I do?
I am not getting grbl-mi in examples of arduino after copying this folder to the libraries folder for arduino, pls help
Please tell me, is there such an opportunity for this device, not to draw the whole drawing at once, but in segments, for example, I drew one line and drove off to the zero point for a couple of seconds, then again drew another line and again drove off for a few seconds, and apply this action for everything drawing, yes it will be much more in terms of the time spent, but the fact itself is such an action possible or not?
Next are you can make R2D2 from star wars pleas make it i wil like
Perhaps in the future I might. I have done a BB8 a little while ago: ruclips.net/video/qFbfLk-jUd4/видео.html
Is it possible to try and write my own code in the Arduino IDE without downloading the libraries?
Hello everyone.. does someone else have problems with mi grbl extension?? I am running on windows 10 and it seems that its not working
I run this, but only one axes run smoothly, the other vibrate. Please help me, what did i do wrong?
I've built this robot and the construction was very easy due to the very detailed and clear videos. The problem is the pen holder and the system used to move it. I find the pen holder overcomplicated and lacking any kind of precision, not being able to keep the pen firmly in place while drawing. The GT2 belt used to move up and down the pen holder was impossible to glue to the pen holder itself and I've had to find a different temporary solution. Is there anyone that figured out a better pen holder mechanism??
Hi Lewis!
I am doing this project.
I accidentally bought the a4988 motor driver instead of the tmc2208. Would that cause a problem?
If so what should I do to get it working with these ones because I have to present this as my school project in 2 days?
Hi, you should be OK but the TMC2209 is worth it. I've replied to your Discord message on Discord. :)
I crated everything and it works nice. Only problem is filling with colour. I cannot do this and it does not work. I got only stroke
amazing work, thank you for sharing, can you plz show me how to find configuration file, setting code for grbl i didn't find it... thank you...
How dimensionally accurate is this machine? I am thinking of using it to mark out technical drawings onto plywood for model making.
It's pretty good. As long as you have the GRBL parameters for your machine dialled in. The mains ones being:
@@DIYMachines I think you forgot to check your own comment.
Really awesome tutorial. One of the best explanations i've seen on here. Definitely subscribing. Just one question, I can't seem to get GRBL Arduino sketch to compile? it's suggesting i'm missing files that I am not missing? any help or thoughts would be great, please and thank you.
Once again great tutorial.
I’ve not seen this happen before. I’m very sorry but except for ensuring your Arduino IDE is up to date and the correct board type is selected I’m not sure where else to look. Can anyone else reading these comments suggest anything?
Haven't checked the sketch, but could it be libraries that have not been added?
#great job .wow how amazing is this for me i can't explain to you man .only i can wow and so awesome so meaningful for me as a researcher cnc projects for me
Can you show us how to make a CNC Router machine? Please..........................
I have been trying to find the Inkscape extension for mi grbl but do not see them. Did I miss something?
hey can you help me out I did every instruction but when I test the page size code I get a very small sqaure
hi,will be there any new gcod extension for last version of inkscape?
Hello, when drawing colors, the pen needs to be manually replaced
Hi Lewis! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! I have been following the steps to make my own plotter and have done well so far, but I have encountered a problem with the sevo.
when i engage M5 command it rotates infinitely (and very fast) unlike your video, and makes loud, high pitched noises .
and when i engage M3 command It doesn't move,,,
other parts are working well but the servo I don't have a clue,, please help haha
Did you solve it? What was the problem?
Sir car can you make a air jet loom model diy plzzz
Thanks for the well made tutorial! Any thoughts on how to make this plotter without the need for a base, it would allow to write on bigger and thicker surface. Also are the motor strong enough to write vertical? For example I set up the machine on a wall and it can draw. My daughter room's need some more artwork :)
Thanks Loïc. Goo question about making it without a base. I suppose for what you're suggesting you could attach it to a wooden frame instead of the board, but have the frame sit on the the topside of the printed 'feet' and screw in from below. This would then make the surface of the wall level with he drawing plane. Motor wise, I think it should be OK. Slow the movements down when you export the GCODE - that should help prevent any slipping of the timing belts. Most of the weight (the two stepper motors) is very central to the main machine linear rail on purpose to keep the weight on the extending arm to a minimum.
@@DIYMachines Thanks for the detailed answers. Still wondering the trade-off between all flat or longer pen offset but the lever the pen create might be an issue with rough surface. Got the IKEA cutting board already, but it will stay on the kitchen this round :) will go with your suggestions.
Great walkthrough and impressive mastery of the subject!! Thank you!
Can I made with it 28BYJ-48 stepper motor
Hi... How to fix... Homing Fail Alarm??
I've been trying for 6 months now but the servant doesn't
I don't know what else to do!!
Hi Lewis. The plotter works great for me but when I use Inkscape to create a g code file with a few objects, when it comes into Chilipper, there's a line from the origin to the first object and then line connects all the other objects. But when I made the boundary box file it was ok. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Gord
No need to reply. I figured it out. The M3 and M5 settings need to be reversed as you said :-). Thanks!
Sir i made the machine with your gidence but in my machine it is not homing . When i am giving the comand the motors are not able to move
how you created the pattern of lines inside your drawings?
You can use Axidraw extension for hatch filling in Inscape 1.0.0. After that, you can copy image to Inscape 0.48.5 to make gcode.
hi
i cant find the list of command so i can copy paste the commands. where is it please??
This great you are awesome
Thank you
i like you video
but where did i get the drawing
the drawing link is not working
can we write a document with this machine or just use it for drawing
Bro my grbl mi file is not showing. What I do??
Can you bring video about 3D printer?.........
is that setting what is the part for the servo moving? I can t make it move.
It is so funny that you posted this right now. For the past week I have been thing about building one of these on my own!
I really like the concept of converting such an analog process (writing) into something controllable.
Your use of writing on the phone case seems like an awesome idea!
Thanks Trevor, that is great timing. I did it for the same reason but thought out in reverse, I wanted to see something as digital as GCODE generate what traditionally is analog (the handwriting). :)
I've been using the phone case eversincme it drew it and feel I little proud of it every time I see it.
@@DIYMachines I am planning on making a slightly modified version. If you'd be interested I can show you the results when it's finished.
Trevor Clarke That would be great to see what you do with it.
Really well done...looking forward to making this as a practice for a cnc router. You've earned a new subscriber
How to use Arduino for 3d printing and laser engraving
Could you design one that is modular? As in, be able to draw on larger surface areas?
You can increase the width without too much trouble, but the axis which holds the pen was never designed to be much longer. A big goal of this project was to keep costs down. I may make a larger version in the future but could not say when. Sorry.
I am having the same issue as you showed in the bad demo. The motor is moving right instead of left. I checked the elevtricals looks fine. Can anyone help me please?
I was able to fix it by changing the wires in the stepper motor as the following.
Red - blank - black - blue - green
Some stepper motors have the wiring direction different. Hope this comment help some one.
Great to hear you solved it, thanks for sharing your solution to help others. 👍🏼
Can you do a video on bulding a 3D printer
Maybe sometime in the future but not soon. I have a lot more to learn before I'm comfortable building machines with very hot nozzles and beds.
CAN YOU TRIPLE LIKE A VIDEO??
You are amazing =)
Best regards, from Colombia!!
Hi Lewis, I have this built, not without some issues purely of my own making. However the use of Inkscape is an issue as a Mac user with Big Sur installed I cannot use Inscape 0.48 which fails with some error on the servo.py file. Is there an alternative resolution you recommened?
Hi Mickey, my main machine is Mac and when I made this I could not find an alternative at the time so I found an old windows machine and used that to create the drawings. It my be worth going through the comments for this project on my site (diymachines.co.uk) as I think someone else may have mentioned an alternative way of doing this.
@@DIYMachines I downloaded a VM from microsoft and am running it in Parallels. Managed to do the box so far. Still learning.
So be grateful for your tutorial. The question is how to make a multicolored painting, change the pen after one layer finished?
Yes, exactly that. I also recommend rehoming after changing the pen between layers jut in case you may have jogged any of the axis whilst changing the pen. Rehoming is very quick one-click action. :)
@@DIYMachines thanks :)
Hi , How do you swap the colors
Hi Lewis, thank you very much indeed fro your tutorials, very well done! I got a lot of fun building the CNC drawing machine and now I'm facing an issue while I'm loding on Arduino UNO the grbl-mi I got the error listed here below. Any suggestion about to solve the error? Many thanks
the fatal error: grbl.h: No such file or directory
# include
^~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
exit status 1
Compilation error: grbl.h: No such file or directory
Can it be used in architecture??......like can in draw architectural drawings from architectural softwares
If your arch software using gcode. I do not think that the arduino software know all gcodes though.
I have a scaling problem! The printer does very large movements ...the 10 cm example sketch exceeds drawing area widely...
OK, been playing with steps...changes scale. I am using A4988, did not find a match for scale yet!
Hi, great videos. I’m nearly done building this but have a couple of issues. 1 noisy steppers and 2 I have had to set the grbl configuration to $100=5.00 x, step/mm)
$101=5.00 (y, step/mm) to stop the x and y trying to go outside the limits of the drawing area, they just fly off at speed! Got to be a config issue but not sure where to start. I have 1.8degree 200step motors.
Hello, and thank you. First question, which stepper motor drivers are you using? You are correct to adjust $100 and $101 based on your machine. Ideally have it draw a 10cm square and adjust this values up or down until what it draws is actually 10cm's square. Are you zeroing out your axis after homing the machine - if not this is like to cause it fly of at speed and make an uncomfortable noise. Check here in the video: ruclips.net/video/8scKLHz77Lg/видео.html. After zeroing out the co-ordinates in the top right of Chillipeppr should all read 0.
@@DIYMachines many thanks for the reply. I’m zeroing manually at the moment as I don’t have the end stops installed yet. I’m zeroing. In the correct place though! I’m using DRV8825 and the CNC shield
Is set to full step (no jumpers) if that is relevant. I’m drawing a box and it is just about the correct size. This appear to be working ok , just the steppers are noisy and I’m
Puzzled why I need to change the vales in the config file. (I’m using UGS btw)
could you make one of these big enough to do sewing patterns? 1600mm by 3000m?
I am really enjoying the results I get from this, very accurate. I am unfortunately getting an Inkscape crash whenever I try to use the gcode extension on an SVG file with lots going on. Simpler designs convert with no problem and look great on the finished paper. Is there any work around for a big load of gcode that needs creating? In smaller parts perhaps?
Can you layer it?
Sir,
Plesse recommend me some books that can help me to figure out the fundamentals of CNC Plotter/Machine...there are various kind of CNC.... I need to know the basics and then i will make my own designed CNC.....
However you're really a good... explainer...
Awesome build, does it draw fine detail with pencil?
Thanks, I've never actually used a pencil on mine. I put some fine liners in it and had it draw out some fairly detailed technical drawings which it seemed more than capable of.
Спасибо !!! Все информативно.
пожалуйста
Wow.can you please explane me that how did you make the gcode by using the inscape to take varius kind of colours of a image
I put the different colour onto different layers. Then exported each layer one at a time into GCODE. They are each then run on the machine one after another ensuring your home the axis after changing the pen each time. This means you don't have to worry about the layers of the image drifting if you nudge the head of the machine.
@@DIYMachines And how did you create the fill with mi grbl & inkscape? (Great machine by the way!!)
How to create gcode with more layers.plz explain or suggest some video.thank you
Hello, The video inspired me to do the build. However I have run into problems on the software side of things. I own Mac computers and the JSON program needed with chilipeppr does not work with the Mac. I exchanged for Universal Gcode Sender. My next issue is that the older version of Inkscape will not load on the Mac. The MI grbl extension does not work on newer versions. Does anyone know of any work arounds. I can get the machine to work, however the z axis / pen lifter does not work. Does anyone reading this know of any work arounds? Thanks Bill
Hello,
Firstly thank you very much for explaining all these in a simple way. I build the system everything is working well except servo. When I command "m3 s90" the ardiuno is resetting. I did a quick research and the conclusion is "I have to power the servo externally." but I couldn't find the wire diagram for it. Could you help me about how can I power servo externally in this project?
How does GRBL or chillipeppr know my pulley-size thus my steps/mm-ratio?
You set it in the configuration of GRBL in the following values (how many steps of the stepper moor creates 1mm of travel). Only GRBL needs to know this - chillipeppr does not (it's just a utility to stream the GCODE commands to GRBL with a pleasant GUI):
$100=40 (x, step/mm)
$101=40 (y, step/mm)
Take a look here for some more information: diymachining.com/grbl-settings-101-a-how-to-guide/
I hope that helps. Lewis
@@DIYMachines Thank you very much :)
Thank you for making this video. The background music is really unnecessary and unpleasant. Makes learning hard. Please consider publishing educational videos without background music.
Hi, I just sent $$ command in serial monitor but nothing happened. its empty and i cant see nothing. what should i do to get all the command lines displayed? Thanks in advance.
Please check your baud rate in the serial monitor. This might be the problem.