3D printers are constructed for additive manufacturing. Nevertheless, at coronary heart, they’re actually simply easy CNC movement platforms, and may be readily repurposed to different duties. As [Arseniy] demonstrates, it’s not that tough to take an affordable 3D printer and switch it right into a viable wooden engraver.
The primary try concerned a easy experiment—heating the 3D printer nozzle, and shifting it into contact with a bit of wooden to see if it may efficiently depart a mark. This labored properly, producing outcomes similar to an affordable laser engraving machine. From there, [Arseniy] set about fixing the wooden with some easy 3D-printed clamps so it wouldn’t transfer throughout extra advanced burning/engraving duties. He additionally discovered a neat trick to easily calibrate the fitting Z peak for wooden burning by utilizing the in-built calibration routines. Additional experiments concerned growing a software for creating high quality G-Code for these engraving duties, and even utilizing the identical strategies on leather-based with nice success.
If it’s good to mark some patterns on wooden and you have already got a 3D printer, this might be an effective way to go. [Arseniy] used it to nice impact within the manufacturing of a plywood dance pad. We’ve featured another nice engraver builds over time, too, together with this revolutionary laser-based challenge. Video after the break.
