Hi all,

Just thought I'd share my build with guys...this is not my day job so please go easy on me!

I know it's not a proper machine like most of yours but it fits my needs more than the usual router type machine.

So here it is, my tangential knife plotter;

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I've been using the trial version of cambam to produce the gcode to test it out and all seem to work pretty well. Gcode straight into mach3 and off it goes.

The spring in the solenoid is really weak so I've been using an elastic band to retract the knife, it actually works very well so might not upgrade the spring

I've also recorded a short video that I had to upload to youtube (file was too big for this post)...hopefully the link works?

Tangential Knife Plotter - YouTube

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Thanks for looking and good luck with any projects!