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er and a router/ dremel holder-we'll ma ke the penholder first. The
bes t and safest way to test the machine is to use it as a plotter.
Files that were created during the file creation chapter can be used
to test the mac hine. Create as man y test files as you like.
Penholder Tool
The pe nholder is made with a piece of plywood cut to fit the size
of the z- axls table. Drill so me holes in the plywood and corre-
sponding holes in the z-tab le. I drilled the holes in the z-tab le a
little smaller than the se lf-tapping screws I used. The self-tapping
screws work we ll an d eliminat e ha nd-tapping the holes on the z-
table. The drawer slide is mounted on the plywood wit h two sma ll
screws, as it would be if used in a drawer (see Figure 11.1).
Figure tl.1
Slide mounted on
plywood.
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Next, take a junction box like the one in Figure 11 .2 and knock out
two of the openings that are across from each other (see Figure
11.3).
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