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Greetings fellow maker!
In this instructable you will learn about how to make a mini cnc plotter out of scratch and electronics components. You will also learn about basic electronics skills and cnc skills associated with the project.
You can follow up the updates i did before about this project at my Instagram page @hyper_makes
More importantly this is a very detailed instructable and you can’t just fly through steps so take your time. :)

I walked so that you can run”
-Pewdiepie 2020

Supplies:These are the things required for making this project:
HARDWARE
Beginner/Intermediate:
3 X Old DVD motor carriages
1 X CNC Shield V4
1 X Arduino Nano
3 X A4988 stepper driver module
2 or 3 X Limit switches
12V Power supply
USB A to mini B cable
Ribbon cable for stepper motors and limit switches

Expert:
3 X Old DVD motor carriages
1 X 6x8cm Prototying board(minimum area size)
1 X Arduino Nano
3 X A4988 stepper driver module
2 or 3 X Limit switches
1 X PCB mount toggle switch
Male and Female header pins
1 X LED(for power indicator)
1 X L7805 voltage regulator
1 X 5.5mm DC Jack
12V Power supply
USB A to mini B cable
28 SWG Enamelled copper wire or Single core strand hookup wire
Ribbon cable for stepper motors and limit switches

SOFTWARE:
GRBL code
UGS(Universal Gcode Sender)

TOOLS:
Soldering Iron
Solder wire
Flux
Hot glue gun
Super glue
Acrylic sheet or Aluminnium Composite”

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