Comments on: Plotter made entirely from Lego

By: raefi

raefi — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:58:30 +0000

may i ask what kind of software do you use

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:33:51 +0000

You could make a pretty cool lampshade with this. There were several homebrew LEGO printers/scanners/copiers done back in the day when Mindstorms 1/1.5 came out. I built a copier in 1998.

By: Piter

Piter — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:23:55 +0000

The best thing is bra at 22-back-view.jpg on his site

By: Aaron Sharpe

Aaron Sharpe — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:03:51 +0000

You could buy a kit to do this that came with software for the BBC micro to do this. I borrowed the kit from a college and made it myself a few years ago. It wasn’t great but it worked.

By: spoofy

spoofy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:51:04 +0000

i remember seeing a lego scanner a while back, so this is nothing new. still cool though :)

By: threepointone

threepointone — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:39:41 +0000

yeah, i think someone did this with real ink with the original mindstorms set

By: gopher

gopher — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:14:33 +0000

there was a actual lego kit of a ink pen plotter i wanted when i was a kid but never got. look here http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8094

By: Olle

Olle — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:16:04 +0000

joe: The frame is indeed made out of Lego.

Great hack!

By: miked

miked — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:41:07 +0000

I saw the title and thought bullsh1t. i figure the frame was lego, but the guts were from a real plotter. Wow! Great hack!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:41:03 +0000

You should make the frame out of lego.

By: Franz

Franz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:41:17 +0000

Good!