Being only ten at the time I was unable to build the thing and, now that I’m 40, I still can’t fathom how to build this DIY CNC plotter out of a DVD player and some Arduino gear.

Ardunino based CNC plotter machine – made from two dvd drives! X and Y axis are using stepper motors and rails from two dvd drives and Z axis is using one micro servo.

Next comes a 36V cnc domain PWM fan output (see circuit diagram above) where the +ve is directly connected to the 36V power input and the -ve is modulated to 0V of cnc domain via a hefty mosfet.

Instructables member “Lingib” has created a awesome Arduino powered Omni Wheel CNC pen plotter, powered by an Arduino Uno and Bluetooth module allowing the system to receive commands via a ...

[Jay]’s plotter is based on the Piccolo, an exceedingly small-scale CNC platform that can be built for $70 with laser-cut parts. This version, though, uses only six parts that can be downloaded ...