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AxiDraw V2
In 2015, Wilson began collaborating with Windell Oskay and Lenore Edman of Evil
Mad Scientist Laboratories towards a new AxiDraw model that would be designed
and manufactured in the USA.
This second-generation AxiDraw was enlarged to reach twice the travel area, to
cover a full page of A4 or US Letter paper. Its geometry was changed to use a
single drive belt, with two larger stepper motors stationary on the base. Its major
components would now be made of aluminum (machined or stamped and fold-
ed), and the new pen holder could be mounted vertically or at 45° to the paper.
AxiDraw V3
The third generation, the AxiDraw V3 family, is a full redesign of the machine for
higher performance.
While previous models had steel shafts and linear ball bearing slides, this new
version features custom aluminum extrusions with rolling wheels. The vastly in-
creased stiness of the structures — without added weight — allow the machine
to operate at significantly higher speeds and with higher precision than older ge-
ometries based around steel shafts.
The AxiDraw V3 family is currently available in several models that dier principal-
ly in available travel area: AxiDraw V3, AxiDraw V3 XLX, and the AxiDraw V3/A3.
There is also a Special Edition, AxiDraw SE/A3, which features a base machined
from a solid block of aluminum.
AxiDraw V2, 2016
AxiDraw V3
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