January 14, 2010 2:06 PM
Fluxamacutter press-fit DIY vinyl cutter
by Shawn Wallace
The Fluxamacutter is a design for a simple vinyl cutter that satisfies these criteria:
- Inexpensive ($50-$100 in parts)
- All parts can be cut on a 24"x12" laser cutter
- All press-fit construction: minimize hardware fasteners
- No precision parts required: all hardware cheap and widely available
- Arduino-compatible
- Plug-and-play replacement for existing HPGL-speaking cutters
The initial cutter will be able to take 15"-18" rolls, and will be designed to scale to 24" rolls.
Project milestones are:
- y-axis pinchroller
- tensionable belt holders
- x-axis carriage and linear bearings
- adjustable knife holder
- pen up/down solenoid
- end stops
- stepper controller
- firmware
Some photos:
Projects
- Laser Cut Cards - Construction Kit by Anna France
- MAKE blog post #1: Make a Press-fit Construction Kit by Shawn Wallace
- NIK by Noah Bedford
- Press-fit construction by Elliot Clapp
- Lasercutting! by Jenine Bressner
- Hey FabFolk! It's # 4 :) by Makeda Stephenson
- Sunglasses by Noah Bedford
- Second article for MAKE Blog by Shawn Wallace
- Hello circuits by Elliot Clapp
- Make something (anything) big by Makeda Stephenson
- Shelves from the Shopbot by Jenine Bressner
- Make it Big(ish) by Elliot Clapp
- Re-Programming the Echo Board by Elliot Clapp
- Persistence of Vision by Jenine Bressner
- TARDIS: Moldmaking by Anna France
- 3-D modeling for molding and casting by Jenine Bressner
- Molding and casting a flexible coupling part 2 by Noah Bedford
- Molding and casting a flexible coupling by Noah Bedford
- Monkeys on typewriters by Shawn Wallace
- Molding and casting by Makeda Stephenson
- Moon Crater by Elliot Clapp
- TARDIS: 3D Modeling by Anna France
- New bazaar tutorial by Noah Bedford
- Intro to Bazaar by Noah Bedford
- Half drill bit! by Noah Bedford
- F(l)uxamascanner by Elliot Clapp
- Picza by Noah Bedford
- Licensing by Noah Bedford
- Working outside the lab, but making progress by Jenine Bressner
- Year-long Project by Elliot Clapp
- Coil wrapping machine by Shawn Wallace
- Tintin Rocket (neko-wa kowaii) by Noah Bedford
- Fluxamacutter press-fit DIY vinyl cutter by Shawn Wallace
- Lasercutting! by Jenine Bressner
- Kamina glasses by Noah Bedford
Links
Recent entries
Laser Cut Cards - Construction Kit
3-D modeling for molding and casting
MAKE blog post #1: Make a Press-fit Construction Kit
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