The project uses an Arduino Uno R3, Arduino Mega 2560, Arduino CNC Shield V3 GRBL, Stepper Motor Driver A4988 and Arduino L293D Motor Shield together with a couple of wooden wine boxes to create a ...

Instructables member Patrick Panikulam has created a versatile wireless Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver, powered by an Arduino UNO microcontroller and offering a work area of 200 x 162 mm ...

In fact, if your 3D printed parts look good enough, this could probably pass for a commercial product. For the electronics, the plotter uses an Arduino Uno and a matching CNC Shield.

Being only ten at the time I was unable to build the thing and, now that I’m 40, I still can’t fathom how to build this DIY CNC plotter out of a DVD player and some Arduino gear.