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Tag Archives: hardware
Pen Plotter Replacement Pen DIY V
I’ve been making progress with our pen plotter since I last wrote. Now I’ve simplified the process and am working with some pens I’m very happy with. After consulting with Christophe when I popped into the friendly Open Design City … Continue reading
Posted in Diary, GPS
Tagged hack, hardware, HP DraftPro EXL (7576A), pen plotter, printing
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Pen Plotter Replacement Pen DIY IV
I know I said that I’d update when I’m back after Easter, but I did actually manage to get a working pen together before I left the studio. This is it in action. It seems to work ok – it … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY, hack, hardware, HP DraftPro EXL (7576A), pen plotter, printing
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Pen Plotter Replacement Pen DIY III
This is the start of the prototype II – as you can see I knocked the pen bit out so that I’m left with the barrel with the flange in the right place (this is so much cheaper and easier … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY, hack, hardware, HP DraftPro EXL (7576A), pen plotter, printing
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Pen Plotter Replacement Pen DIY II
As promised, here’s an update about making our old pen plotter sustainable in terms of pen supplies by using archival ink provided by the Lamy M22 refill: At the top of the image you can see prototype I, which sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY, hack, hardware, HP DraftPro EXL (7576A), pen plotter, printing
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Adventures with the My Book World Edition (Whitelight) NAS harddrive
Recently, I’ve been obsessing about the network here at home, now we have our own connection to the Internet and router (in the last flat, we shared this via an Ethernet cable that came from our neighbour’s flat). I wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged hardware, MBWE, networking, nfs
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