Hi Any one modified there laser machine or cnc machine for string art machine.
I’m planning to modify laser machine to string art machine by removing the laser engraver and add the pen attachment which draws the circle and pins and then i want to remove the pen attachment and add needle attachment which will have the thread so that it will travel from one pin to another pin?
Here my questions are any software or program which will draw that image as string art?
Also main question is pen attachment and needle attachments are different sizes like width so main problem to alignment. how to use guys manage this issue. will offset will work in this situation or any better idea?
It’s certainly an ambitious project. We make LightBurn specifically for the functions used by a laser engraver, moving on the x and y and turning on and off… you might find something like this is easier using GCode operations, but I’ve never made a string art machine so I’m unsure.
As to centering, I’d say that your pen and your needle would still be centred as long as you’re using a similar holder for both.
I think if I was doing this project I’d look at GRBL based pen plotters.
capable of lifting a pen, and therefore also lifting a needle. Or something like the Axidraw https://axidraw.com/ which uses an Inkscape plugin… again it can lift a pen from a drawing… whereas LightBurn is for shooting a laser.