XY Plotter : how to make a smaller size

#1

hello,

I am the happy customer of plotter XY
http://www.makeblock.cc/xy-plotter-robot-kit-v2-0-with-electronic/

it is great.

However, for the project i am working with, I would like the plotter to be have a somehow lower surface. In other words, I need XY to be shorter so that plotter is more compact. I am OK to have smaller drawings :smile:

I would say it needs to be about 80% to 55% of its original size.

Besides, I do not even need to keep the very same exact original aspect ratio (XY)

I beleive all i need to do is to find the right combinaison of : Beam 2424, Beam 2408, Linear Motion Shaft D8 in smaller sizes. And i do not want to cut them myself (i am affraid my metal cutting tools would not be precise enough)

I am struggling tryin to find the right references. can someone point me in the right direction ? has anyone managed to do something similar ?

thanks for your help

fourchette

#2

in case it helps someone : i made a smaller XY table by purchasing 4 units of a somehow smaller linear D8 shaft

=> http://www.makeblock.cc/search.php?search_query=d8

(maybe the 312 mm ?)

And then use a metal saw to cut the long beams 0824 and 2424

I didn’t have to update the firmware source but i figured maybe it would help to modify somewhere the actual size of the table. haven’t found where until now.

#3