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Support these projects on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stuffmadehere Check out the subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/stuffmadehere Plasma cutting is incredibly useful. Paired with bending and welding it is often the fastest and cheapest way to build any kind of mechanical structure or enclosure. Results that might take a day on a 3D printer or on a CNC mill can be achieved in minutes on a plasma cutter. Not to mention the cost of sheet metal is a lot cheaper than 3D printer materials or billet for machining. I'm constantly making folded and welded structures with my plasma cutter and every time I have the same problem. I will design a complicated folded part and then when I go to bend it I can't place the bends accurately. I'll spend a lot of time trying to measure them out but the plasma cutter can make any arbitrary shape which can make measuring difficult. To solve this problem I designed and built a pen plotter head for my plasma cutter. It allows me to first draw all of the bend lines then cut out the part. This gives me perfectly registered bend locations that make folding the parts really easy. This video details how I designed it and how it works. These videos usually take a ton of work and a lot of money in tools and materials. I've made a patreon if you're interested in supporting the creation of these projects: https://www.patreon.com/stuffmadehere Here's some of the tools that I use in this video: Retractable sharpies: https://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-32701-Retractable-Permanent-Markers/dp/B0039YGLN4?language=en_US Air solenoid valves: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QWR8537?ie=UTF8&language=en_US Pneumatic Cylinder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J9VFCP2?ie=UTF8&language=en_US Vise brake (highly recommend): https://www.amazon.com/KAKA-Industrial-BDS-6-Inches-Magnetic/dp/B015U79GGQ?s=hi&language=en_US Wera allen keys 1000x better than el cheapos: https://www.amazon.com/Wera-05073593001-Multicolor-Metric-Blacklaser/dp/B009ODV0OE?s=hi&language=en_US Wera allen keys (english): https://www.amazon.com/Wera-05022639001-L-key-Set-SPKL-imperial/dp/B01H88FP24?s=hi&language=en_US Hypertherm powermax 45xp with machine torch: https://www.amazon.com/Hypertherm-Powermax-Machine-System-Leads/dp/B07D396TMC?language=en_US Hypertherm fine cut consumables (great for sheet metal) https://www.amazon.com/Hypertherm-Powermax-Fine-Nozzles-220930/dp/B00769JFCM?language=en_US 100mm linear stage for plasma Z axis - easier than building: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N3U8B6F?ie=UTF8&language=en_US Downdraft fans - these things chooch!: https://www.amazon.com/Strongway-Utility-Blower-12in-2905/dp/B071RNJYTW?language=en_US The best marker ever. Always in my pocket: https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Marker-Black-Acrylic-PK36/dp/B01LXTQK1Y?language=en_US Drag chains: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXNJ7NI?ie=UTF8&language=en_US "computer startup sound" sound from https://freesound.org/people/DeVern/sounds/433930/ is licensed under CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/