Thing of the Week: Plotter Attachment!

Thingiverse now has a Pen Plotter Attachment for the MakerBot, complete with a recently-added spring fixture to improve the contact the pen has to the paper!  Since felt pens come in sizes much smaller than the MakerBot’s 0.5mm resolution, using the MakerBot as a drawing tool actually creates a higher-resolution plotter than the MakerBot is a 3D printer.  How much higher?  One step on the steppers driving the XY stage is a mere 85 microns.

Sweet!