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Subject: Re: Zoran's plotter

From: "zoran_vasiljevic2000" <v.zoran@...>
Date: 2006-03-27

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "javaguy11111"
<javaguy11111@...> wrote:
>
> This was not explicitly explained on the website, but this is how I
> interpreted it.
> It looks like a small copper cup with a small heater using an smd
> resistor. Paraffin wax is melted inside the cup. A small hollow needle
> is attached to the cup. The needle is tapped against the board which
> draws out some melted paraffin which solidifies. This process is
> repeated about 200 times per second while moving the needle.


You are right.
Only small corrections:
A SMD power transistor is the heater.
The tapping is about 200 times per minute.

Regards, Zoran