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Golf Ball Printer

An egg printer redesigned in CAD to draw on golf balls, driven by an Inkscape bot that turns images and text into pen paths.

Built with
3D Printing CAD Hardware
Logged
A golf ball printed with a custom design
Spec sheet
Based on
An egg printer
Redesigned
Drawing arm sized for a golf ball
Control
Inkscape bot
Input
Image, SVG, or text

Overview

My golf ball printer was designed from an egg printer. I made some CAD adjustments and redesigned the drawing arm to fit the size of a golf ball.

How it works

The printer is controlled by an Inkscape bot. You upload an image, SVG, or text, and it gets transformed into a path the printer can follow and draw onto the ball.

The pen arm tracing a path around the ball.
A second print, start to finish.

Talk shop about this build

Questions, corrections, or "why didn't you just…" — all welcome.