Perhaps a nice idea...?

Why do NOT get a cheap printer-scanner-combination and transform it into a CNC-Machine? I guess it would be nice if i could handle that.

The idea already exists. As a tutorial i use the videos from Tinkernut which show the transformation from some DVD-Drives into a CNC-Machine. Here my thoughts:

Hardware

- Arduino (Uno od Nano, but i think Nano)

- 3x Stepper Motor Driver, like in the video with the A3967-Chip

- Printer-Scanner-combination

- Probably a Stepper Motor.

Software

- GRBL to interpret the protocol with the Arduino

- to upload it on the Arduino XLoader

- GRBL-Controller to control the Machine

- makercam.com or easel.inventables.com to create project files

The plan: