Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter

Re:Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter by panpanna on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:42AM (#20122448)

I just realized such plotters can be useful in many cool applications (eg diy pcb).

Where can I get hold of one for cheap?

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Re:Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter by dbalan on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:02AM (#20122558)

Ebay has a tonne of them. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m...

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Re:Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter by JasuM on Friday June 07, 2019 @05:56AM (#20123073)

My dad used a 3D printer with a Dremel attached to carve PCBs. The PCBs were those that you normally etch, i.e. they had a full copper coating.

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Re:Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter by C1sc0cat on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:37AM (#20122729)

We used to use the top end of the HP plotter range (approx. £12k) when I worked at one of the Big consulting engineers.

I recall we used to move them into the aircon computer room so we could run them over night for increased accuracy.

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Re:Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter by zaarn on Friday June 07, 2019 @05:04AM (#20122849)

You could possibly get a very cheap 3D printer and rig it for 2D plotting fairly easily (using the printer itself to manufacture the missing parts even!)

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