[chbot] Plotting a Go board

[Richard Jones]

Many thanks Chris,

Nice to hear from you. The plotted area is approximately 422 x 392mm.
So might be possible on an A3 plotter in two plots with good
registration if the board can hang over the sides of the plotter. The
ink for my Rotring pens is about 35 years old, as are the pens!
Although the ink is still liquid and I've given it a really good stir
my lines are looking quite grey. So I've ordered more ink and we're
also experimenting with manual methods using some rather nice $6 pens
from Warehouse Stationery. Any idea what file formats your plotter
likes? I have a mild preference for DXF as I know I can hack that
easily. The boards are 9mm thick do you think that would be a problem
for the plotter?

Cheers

Richard

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Chris Hellyar <chris at trash.co.nz> wrote:
> I've got an Sekonic A3 pen plotter....
>
> I have no idea if it works, but when it did it was cool to watch. :-)
>
> (last time I used it was probably 15 years ago...)
>
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:57 +1200, Richard Jones wrote:
>
> I need to plot some boards for the game of Go like these:
>
> http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=ubuntu&q=go+board&oe=utf-8&cid=13660602530003424513&ei=5L5HTNaSApaoiATmxYzQCA&sa=image&ved=0CGIQ8gIwCTgA#p
>
> Lines are approximately 22mm pitch with nine round blobs.
>
> I think I have some Rotring pens that would do the plotting if the ink
> has not dried up.
>
> Anyone think they can help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
>
> PS. Photos of last nights activities here
> http://picasaweb.google.com/113134050398543502524/ChchRobotics21July2010?feat=directlink
> ,write up to follow later.
>
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